Google Docs ACTION
Create Document From Template
Create a new Google Doc by copying a template document and substituting
{{placeholder}} tokens with values. Use Find Document to resolve the template's name to its ID. 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 Template 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-from-template",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
google_docs: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
templateId: "Template ID",
title: "Title",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "google_docs-create-document-from-template",
"configured_props": {
"google_docs": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"templateId": "Template ID",
"title": "Title"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "google_docs",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "google_docs-create-document-from-template",
arguments: {
templateId: "Template ID",
title: "Title",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
templateId Template ID | string | The ID of the template document to copy. The template should contain placeholders like {{name}}. Use Find Document to resolve a template's name to its ID. Required |
title Title | string | Title of the new document. Required |
variables Variables | string | JSON object mapping placeholder tokens to their replacement values. Tokens are matched as {{key}} in the template. Example: {"species": "Velociraptor", "location": "Paddock 11"}. 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-from-template
- Version
- 1.0.7
- App
- Google Docs
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗