---
name: "google_drive_search"
area: "googleworkspace"
title: "Search Google Drive"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/google_drive_search"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/googleworkspace"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_search"
---

# Search Google Drive (`google_drive_search`)

Files in a mailbox user's Drive, shared drives included, whose words match.

Files in a mailbox user's Drive (shared drives included) whose words match: name, size, kind, when changed and its link. Free.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

The agent needs a document the team keeps in Drive.

## Say this to your agent

> Find the returns policy Doc in our Drive.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `mailbox` | string | no | One of the mailboxes the agent may act as; optional when only one is connected. Up to 254 characters. |  |  |
| `query` | string | yes | 1 to 200 characters. |  |  |
| `limit` | integer | no | 1 to 50. |  | `20` |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `google_drive_search` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/googleworkspace` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example",
  "query": "returns policy"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/google_drive_search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example", "query": "returns policy"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "google_drive_search",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example",
    "files": [
      {
        "id": "1Kq3xYvA8bFzN2wL6pTq9RmJc0dUe4HsV",
        "name": "Returns policy",
        "size": null,
        "folder": false,
        "type": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
        "modified_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "link": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kq3xYvA8bFzN2wL6pTq9RmJc0dUe4HsV/edit"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

`result`: mailbox; files: each with id, name, size, folder, type, modified_at and link.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_connected` | 409 | Google Workspace isn't connected yet. | Connect it with google_connect. |
| `not_allowed` | 403 | The mailbox is not one the agent may act as. | Use a connected mailbox; the owner adds one by connecting again. |
| `vendor_rejected` | 502 | Google refused: delegation is missing a scope, or Google said no. | Ask the Workspace admin to grant what the message names. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [google_connect](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_connect.md): Connects the company's Google Workspace through its own service account, for the mailboxes the agent may act as. Free.
- [google_mail_search](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_search.md): The newest messages in a mailbox, or those matching a Gmail search. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_mail_read](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_read.md): One message in full, with its body as text and its attachments' names. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_mail_send](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_send.md): Sends an email, or a reply in the same thread, as one of the company's mailboxes. $0.001 a call.
- [google_calendar_events](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_events.md): The events in a mailbox's calendar between two times, in UTC. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_calendar_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_create.md): Adds an event to a mailbox's calendar and invites its attendees, with a Meet link if asked. $0.001 a call.
- [google_calendar_cancel](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_cancel.md): Cancels an event and tells its attendees; waits for the owner by default. $0.001 a call.
- [google_drive_read](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_read.md): A Drive file's words: Docs, Sheets, Slides, text, PDF or Office, up to 5 MB. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [google_drive_upload](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_upload.md): Writes a text file into a Drive folder; replacing one waits for the owner. $0.001 a call.
- [google_disconnect](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_disconnect.md): Forgets the service account's key and the mailboxes; nothing in Google Workspace changes. Free.