Use Google Docs with MonstarX
In shortConnect Google Docs in Backend → Cloud by signing in with Google. MonstarX's builder can then find and read your documents in any mode, and create a new document or edit one when you ask in Build mode. Your app never gets your Google account.
Read documents and create or edit them.
- Type
- Business tool · sign in
- Category
- Documents, calendars and files
- Connect with
- Sign in with your account
Google Docs is Google’s word processor. Connect it to a project and MonstarX’s builder — the AI you chat with — can read the documents you already keep there: build from the brief in your “App spec” doc, use the copy your team wrote, or write release notes into a new document when you ask.
This is a business tool: MonstarX uses your documents for you. The app you build never gets your Google account.
What can MonstarX do with it?
Section titled “What can MonstarX do with it?”| What MonstarX can do | When |
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| Find documents — list the Google Docs in your Drive by name, with their links and when they last changed | Any mode |
| Read a document, including every tab in it | Any mode |
| Create a blank document with a title you give | Only in Build mode, when you asked |
| Edit a document — add or replace text, headings and formatting | Only in Build mode, when you asked |
What it never does: delete a document, move it to the bin, or change who it is shared with. It does not open other kinds of files in your Drive.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”- A Google account with Google Docs.
- You own the MonstarX project. Only the owner can connect or disconnect a tool.
- If your company uses Google Workspace, your admin may have to allow MonstarX before you can sign in.
Connect your account
Section titled “Connect your account”There are no keys to copy. You sign in with Google, and Google asks you to allow:
- See, edit and create your Google Docs documents — used to read documents and, when you ask, to create or edit one.
- See information about your Google Drive files — names and dates only, not their contents. Used to find your documents by name.
Google also shares your name and email address, so MonstarX can show which account is connected.
Connect it in MonstarX
Section titled “Connect it in MonstarX”-
Open your project and click Backend in the top bar, then Cloud.
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Scroll to Connectors and find Google Docs.
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Click Connect. Google opens. Choose your account, check what MonstarX asks for, and allow it.
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You come back to your project. The row now says Connected as and your Google email.
Ask MonstarX to use it
Section titled “Ask MonstarX to use it”| You type | What happens |
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| “Read my ‘Studio app brief’ doc and build what it describes.” | MonstarX finds the document, reads it and builds from it. |
| “Use the wording in the ‘Homepage copy’ doc for the landing page.” | It reads the doc and puts that text on the page. |
| “Create a doc called ‘Release notes — booking app’ and write down what changed today.” | In Build mode, it creates the document and writes the notes into it. |
Security and privacy
Section titled “Security and privacy”- Stays with MonstarX. Your Google sign-in is stored encrypted on MonstarX’s servers. It is never written into your app’s code or given to your app.
- One project. The connection works only in the project where you made it.
- Read as information. MonstarX treats what a document says as information, never as instructions to follow.
- Disconnect any time. Click Disconnect beside Google Docs in BackendCloud and confirm. MonstarX forgets the sign-in and tells Google to cancel its access.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- Edits are real and show in the document straight away. Google Docs keeps a version history (File → Version history) if you want to go back.
- To point MonstarX at one document, paste its link — the document’s ID is in it.
- Each Google tool connects on its own. Connecting Docs does not connect Sheets or Slides.
- Have a Word file or PDF rather than a Google Doc? Attach it to your message instead — see Build from documents.
Frequently asked questions
Section titled “Frequently asked questions”Can MonstarX delete my documents?
No. It can create a document and edit one when you ask, in Build mode. It cannot delete or share documents.
Can it read every file in my Google Drive?
No. It can see the names of your Drive files so it can find documents, and it can open Google Docs documents. It does not open other files.
Do I need this to build from a spec?
No. You can also attach the document to your message. Connecting Google Docs helps when the spec lives in Docs and keeps changing.
How do I remove MonstarX from my Google account?
Click Disconnect in Backend → Cloud. MonstarX also cancels its access with Google.