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Connect Google Drive to Perplexity

Give Perplexity governed access to Google Drive’s 16 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Google Drive to Perplexity in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Google Drive in Runlayer

    Add Google Drive from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Perplexity to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Google Drive’s 16 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Perplexity setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Google Drive

    Sign in the way Google Drive requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Google Drive from Perplexity

    Google Drive’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

16 Google Drive tools in Perplexity

Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call. 5 read data only and 1 can change or delete data.

  • Copy file

    Create a copy of a file in Google Drive.

  • Create doc from markdown

    Create a beautifully formatted Google Doc from markdown content.

  • Create file

    Create a new file in Google Drive with text or base64-encoded content.

  • Create folder

    Create a new folder in Google Drive to organize files.

  • Delete file

    Delete a file or folder by moving it to trash.

  • Fetch file

    Fetch a file from Google Drive using its Google Drive file ID (don't use exa nor brave to read files).

  • Get metadata

    Get detailed metadata about a specific file or folder, including size, ownership, sharing status, modification dates, and more.

  • List folder

    List all files and folders within a specific folder.

See all 16 Google Drive tools

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Perplexity

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Perplexity exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Google Drive call from Perplexity passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Perplexity as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Managed browser extension (available)

    Managed Chrome, Edge, and Firefox deployments can monitor supported web-chat activity and apply prompt-time controls where the surface permits it.

  • Native enforcement adapter (not available)

    Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Perplexity yet, so control happens at the gateway.

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