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Connect Google Drive to sync your Google Docs for documentation analytics.

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What’s synced

Weave syncs the following data from your Google Drive:
Weave currently supports Google Docs only. Google Sheets, Slides, and other file types are not synced.

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Connecting Google Drive

1

Start connection

Go to Data and click Connect on Google Drive
2

Authorize Weave

Sign in to Google and authorize Weave to access your Drive
3

Select files

Use the Google Picker to choose which files and folders to track
4

Confirm selection

Review your selection and complete the connection

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Access and permissions

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What Weave can access

Weave requests read-only access to Google Drive:
  • Read files - View document content you’ve selected
  • Read metadata - Access file names, dates, and ownership
  • Read comments - View comments on selected documents
Weave does not write to or modify your Google Drive.

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File selection

When you connect Google Drive, you use Google’s native file picker to select specific files and folders. Weave only syncs content from your selections. Folder selection: When you select a folder, Weave syncs all Google Docs within that folder and its subfolders.
All selected items must be from the same drive (either your personal “My Drive” or a specific shared drive). You cannot mix items from different drives.

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Shared drives

Weave supports both personal drives (“My Drive”) and shared drives (formerly Team Drives). When connected to a shared drive, Weave can sync members for user attribution.
Personal drives don’t have a member list, so user matching relies on email addresses from document metadata.

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Metrics enabled

Once connected, Weave tracks documentation activity. See Documentation metrics for details on:
  • Doc activities - Count of document edits and comments (document creates and edits with no content change aren’t counted by default)
  • Doc words modified - Volume of documentation changes
  • Substantialness ratios - Proportion of major, medium, and minor changes
  • Technical ratio - Balance of technical vs non-technical documentation

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Real-time updates

After the initial sync, Weave receives real-time updates via webhooks when documents in your selected files and folders are modified.

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Troubleshooting

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Documents not syncing

  1. Verify the document is a Google Doc (not Sheets, Slides, or uploaded files)
  2. Check that the document is in a selected folder or was directly selected
  3. Re-sync the workspace from Data

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Users not matching

Weave matches Google Drive users to accounts by email. If a user isn’t linked:
  1. Ensure their Google email matches their Weave account email
  2. Check the members connection page for unlinked users

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Disconnecting Google Drive

To disconnect Google Drive, contact Weave support at support@workweave.ai. Google Drive connections are managed at the organization level and require support assistance to remove. To revoke Weave’s access from the Google side, go to your Google Account permissions and remove the Weave app.
Last modified on October 17, 2026