Turn your Google Drive files into a searchable AI knowledge base

Automatically reads new files in Google Drive and lets you ask questions about them in plain English.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each content chunk.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsKnowledge Base & RAGEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Google DriveMistral AIOpenAISupabase

The problem it solves

Your documents pile up in Google Drive and finding a specific answer means opening file after file and scanning through them. You want to just ask a question about your own files and get a direct answer instead of searching manually.

Who it fits

Businesses or teams that want instant answers from their own documents instead of searching through files by hand.

How it works

  1. Starts automatically when a new file lands in a Google Drive folder
  2. Extracts all the text, including tables, from the file
  3. Splits the content into chunks and converts it into searchable AI embeddings
  4. Stores it in a database built for fast lookup
  5. Answers your questions about the documents, remembering earlier parts of the conversation
What you get

Answers pulled straight from your own files

You get instant answers to questions about your own documents without digging through folders.

What you get

An AI chat that answers questions about your own documents, with the source content stored and searchable.

What you need

A Google Drive account, a Mistral AI API key, an OpenAI API key, and a Supabase account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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