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Create and edit native Google Docs through connected tools.

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# Google Docs

Create and edit native Google Docs through connector tools, which handle authentication. For content edits, `batch_update_document` calls Google's `documents.batchUpdate` API. Verify connector capabilities before claiming a feature is unsupported.

## Choose the route

- **New document:** create a native Google Doc with the Drive create action and `application/vnd.google-apps.document`.
- **Edit an existing document:** edit the specified document in place. Read the target and surrounding structure with the Google Docs tools before writing. For large responses or complex native controls, optionally use the [file-backed read helper](references/reference-trusted-read-wrapper.md) to save a searchable outline and control inventory. Do not write through an opaque control range you cannot inspect.
- **Use a template:** when creating a new document from a template, copy it natively to preserve its formatting and embedded features. When adapting a past document, update task-relevant content across every retained tab; preserving structure does not mean carrying forward old people, dates, links, or approvals. Edit an existing document in place when that is what the user requests.
- **Convert Word to Google Docs:** only when the user supplies a Word file and asks to convert it. Call `mcp__codex_apps__google_drive_import_document` with `source_file` set to its absolute local path, the desired `title`, and `upload_mode: "native_google_docs"`. Preserve the source file. Verify the response identifies a native Google Doc (`application/vnd.google-apps.document`) and supplies its ID or URL, then read it back to check content, headings, lists, tables, and embedded elements against the source. When layout fidelity matters, compare an exported PDF with the source rendering. Repair conversion drift with scoped edits that preserve the source formatting, and report any remaining fidelity loss.

Place new documents and template copies in `ChatGPT` at My Drive root unless the user specifies another location. Edit existing documents in place.

## Edit without losing structure
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