Connect Google
Docs works on your own Google account, from this computer. Nothing goes through PriorStates. Two steps, once.
1 · Your OAuth client
Google needs to know which program is asking. Until this app is verified by Google, you create that identity yourself; it takes about five minutes.
- Open console.cloud.google.com and create a project (any name).
- APIs & Services → Library: enable Google Docs API and Google Drive API.
- APIs & Services → OAuth consent screen: External, fill in the name and your email, add yourself under Test users.
- APIs & Services → Credentials → Create credentials → OAuth client ID → type Desktop app.
- Paste the client id and secret here.
2 · Sign in
Google will show a warning that the app is unverified — it is your own client, on your own project; choose Continue. Docs asks to read and edit your documents and their comments.
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Chrome side panel
Docs can sit in Chrome's side panel beside the document's own tab. The panel is Desk's: open Desk and follow In Chrome. Once it is on, open a Google Doc and click the Desk icon. To bring text from the document into a question there: select it, copy it (⌘C / Ctrl+C), then press Use selection beside Ask.
An app update replaces the folder in place; press Reload on the extension's card in
chrome://extensions afterwards. The extension's options hold the hub's Desk port (8898 unless changed).
Which document?
Paste the link of a Google Doc you can edit. It opens beside this window, with the assistant here.