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Keep Cody in Step With Drive Updates

When an important Drive file changes, send the updated version to Cody for processing.

Trigger

File Updated

Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

Action

Create Document From File

Tool to create a document by uploading a file (up to 100 MB). Supports txt, md, rtf, pdf, ppt, pptx, pptm, doc, docx, docm formats. Use when you need to add file-based documents to Cody's knowledge base. The file is processed asynchronously.

Why this helps

A revised policy or plan can leave Cody answering from an older version of a document.

  • Prompt Cody to process changed source files.
  • Reduce the chance of relying on stale knowledge.
  • Avoid manually checking Drive for every revision.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Cody once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3Describe in one instruction which updated Drive files should be reprocessed in Cody.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive File Updated trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real supported file update and check Cody's processing status.

Questions about this workflow

Will Cody replace the previous document version?

The listed Cody action creates a document from a file. Whether that replaces an existing Cody document depends on the action configuration and available identifiers.

What happens if a file changes several times?

The trigger runs when Drive detects a file update. You can tell Notis in your instruction how to handle each update, but the available events do not specify deduplication behavior.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Cody. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Google Drive triggers

Cody actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Conversation

Tool to create a new conversation with a specified bot. Use when starting a new conversation thread with optional focus mode to limit bot's knowledge base to specific documents.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Document

Tool to create a new document with text or HTML content in Cody AI. Use when you need to add documents to Cody's knowledge base with up to 768 KB of content.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

TriggerPolling

Create Document From File

Tool to create a document by uploading a file (up to 100 MB). Supports txt, md, rtf, pdf, ppt, pptx, pptm, doc, docx, docm formats. Use when you need to add file-based documents to Cody's knowledge base. The file is processed asynchronously.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create Document from Webpage

Tool to create a document from a publicly accessible webpage URL. Use when you need to import content from a webpage into Cody AI. The webpage must be accessible without login. If request fails, ensure the URL is publicly accessible and not blocked by a firewall.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create Folder

Tool to create a new folder in Cody AI for organizing content. Use when you need to create a folder to organize documents or conversations.

ActionInstant

File Shared (Permissions Added)

Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.

TriggerPolling

Delete Conversation

Tool to delete a conversation by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a conversation from the system.

ActionInstant

File Updated

Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Delete Document

Tool to delete a document by id. Use when removing a document that is no longer needed.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Get Conversation

Tool to fetch a conversation by its ID from Cody AI. Use when you need to retrieve details about a specific conversation. Supports optional includes parameter to filter response to list document IDs.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Google Drive and Cody, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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