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Knowledge Base

Google Drive

Google Drive is a cloud-based file storage and collaboration platform that lets teams create, store, and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. Connecting Google Drive to Harmony turns your shared drives into a searchable knowledge base, giving the AI instant access to up-to-date files when resolving tickets. This means agents and end users get accurate answers drawn directly from your existing documentation without switching tools.

Capabilities

  • File Indexing: Automatically syncs and indexes Docs, Sheets, Slides, and other files from shared drives to keep knowledge current.
  • Contextual Search: Surfaces relevant Drive content during ticket resolution so agents can find answers without leaving Harmony.
  • Permission-Aware Access: Respects existing Google Drive sharing permissions to ensure users only see content they are authorized to view.

What Harmony does with Google Drive

Harmony connects to Google Drive so employees can ask questions in Slack or Microsoft Teams and get answers drawn directly from Docs, Sheets, Slides, and other files stored in shared drives. When someone needs a policy, a runbook, or a pricing sheet, Harmony surfaces the right content without requiring the employee to know where it lives. The integration keeps Harmony's knowledge current by continuously indexing new and updated files, so answers always reflect the latest version of the truth. Teams spend less time hunting for documents and more time acting on the information they contain.

Data synced

  • Google Docs text content and revision metadata
  • Google Sheets cell data and sheet names
  • Google Slides presentation text and structure
  • Shared drive file names, URLs, and last-modified timestamps

Actions available

  • Index new and updated files automatically as they are created or changed in Drive
  • Retrieve and cite specific file sections as source references in Harmony answers
  • Respect Drive sharing permissions so employees only see content they are authorized to access

Real-world use cases

Policy Lookup: An HR manager asks Harmony in Slack where to find the current parental-leave policy, and Harmony responds with a direct quote and a link to the exact Google Doc in the People team shared drive.

Runbook Retrieval: An on-call engineer types a question about restarting a service into the IT support Slack channel, and Harmony pulls the relevant steps from the infrastructure runbook stored in Google Drive and posts them inline.

Onboarding Self-Service: A new hire asks Harmony for the employee onboarding checklist on their first day, and Harmony locates the latest version of the Google Sheet in the Onboarding shared drive and shares the link with a summary of outstanding tasks.

FAQ

Google Drive is a cloud-based file storage and collaboration platform used by teams to create, share, and manage documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other files. Connecting Google Drive gives Harmony access to the content inside shared drives and My Drive folders so it can answer employee questions with sourced, file-level evidence.