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Google Docs ACTION

Create Document

Create a new Google Doc with an optional body. The body is rendered as Markdown, so you can include headings (# Title), bold/italic, bullet/numbered lists, links, and code. Optionally place the doc in a specific Drive folder. Returns {documentId, title, url}. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Docs account once, then configure and run Create Document from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_docs-create-document",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_docs: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    title: "Title",
    content: "Content",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Document inputs
Property Type Description
title Title string
Title of the new document.
Required
content Content string
Optional body content, written in Markdown. Example: # Survey\n- First point\n- Second point.
Optional
folderId Folder ID string
The ID of the Drive folder to place the new document in (the string after /folders/ in a Drive folder URL). If omitted, the document is created in the root of My Drive.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
google_docs-create-document
Version
1.0.7
App
Google Docs
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes