Create Google Doc

Tool ID: googledrive_doc_create

Summary

Creates a new Google Doc with a title and optional plain-text body. Requires your explicit confirmation. Prefer naming a shared folder so the file is easy for your team to find.

When to use it

  • New document — Meeting notes, a brief, a draft letter.
  • Seed with text — Create the Doc and insert a plain-text starting body in one step.
  • Put it in the right place — Create directly inside a known folder id.

What you need

Requirement Required?
Metraclick connection Yes
Tool enabled for your account Yes
Google Drive credentials (with Docs write access) Yes

Parameters

Parameter Required? Description
title Yes Document title.
confirm Yes to create Must be true to create the file.
body No Optional plain text inserted into the Doc. (Not HTML or Markdown.)
folder_id No Destination folder id. If omitted (or root), the file stays in the connected account’s My Drive — often hard to find with a service account.

What you get back

Field Meaning
file The new Doc’s metadata and links (same shape as Get file), including web_view_link when available

Example prompts

Create a Google Doc titled “Kickoff notes” in folder id 1XyZ… with a short agenda as the body. Ask me to confirm before creating it.

I confirm — create that Doc now.

Make an empty Google Doc called “Vendor checklist” in our Shared Projects folder. Confirm with me first.

Tips

  • Confirm clearly — Creation does not run until you approve. There is no dry-run for this tool.
  • Shared folder — Strongly recommended when Drive is connected via a service account; otherwise the file may only appear in that account’s Drive.
  • Plain text body — Formatting beyond plain text needs to be done afterward in Google Docs.
  • Find the folder first — Use Browse or Search to get the right folder_id.

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