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Google Drive

What gets indexed

Section titled “What gets indexed”
  • Google Docs, Sheets, Slides
  • PDFs (with OCR for scanned documents)
  • Images (OCR)
  • Word, Excel, PowerPoint files
  • Full folder hierarchy preserved

Setup

Section titled “Setup”
  1. Run ctxd install-app or connect via the dashboard
  2. Authorize access via Google OAuth
  3. Indexing starts automatically

OAuth scopes

Section titled “OAuth scopes”

ctxd requests read-only access to your Drive files. It does not modify, delete, or share any files.

Search examples

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text:"quarterly report" application:google_drive
text:budget IN:/Finance/2025
text:(proposal OR "project plan") application:google_drive date:>2025-01-01

Sync

Section titled “Sync”

Changes in Drive (new files, edits, deletions) are tracked automatically. The index stays current without manual intervention.