When Google Docs and Sheets connectors are missing in Grok Bot

Grok Bot’s Google Drive connector stays file-level: search, read, download, create, copy, share, trash, rename, move. update_file changes title and parent only. It does not insert body text into an existing Doc, apply heading styles, or write cells on an existing Sheet.

Staff (Colin) said in-place Doc/Sheet editing belongs in dedicated Google Docs and Google Sheets connectors. Those connectors were briefly in the Grok Bot marketplace in early August 2026, then pulled while details are finished. As of Sep 8, 2026 there was no ETA to restore them, and catalog search for “Google Docs” / “Google Sheets” still returns Drive (and unrelated hits), not the dedicated editors. Thread: forum 169971.

What still works on Drive

1. Connect Google Drive from the Bot connector / plugin marketplace with the same Google account you use for Gmail or Calendar if those are already linked.
2. Ask for file-level work: find a Doc, download it, create a new Doc from text with create_file, share, rename, move, trash.
3. Keep standing jobs that must edit one living file ID off the “create a new Doc every run” path — that changes the ID and breaks bookmarks.

Consumer grok.com Drive chat behavior is a different surface: Connect Google Drive so Grok can open your Docs and Sheets.

Interim paths (and their costs)

• Agent Computer browser signed into Google can edit a Doc or Sheet by hand, but that session is not the Drive MCP OAuth token. Google’s short restart timer can force a human password again while MCP reads still work.
• A custom Docs/Sheets MCP you host yourself can fill the gap. Staff had no restore date; weigh build cost against waiting for the marketplace connectors to return.

Pitfalls

• Searching the marketplace for Docs/Sheets and treating Drive as the editor — Drive deliberately stops at metadata and file ops.
• Expecting includeTrash-style flags or Drive update_file to write cell ranges. That API shape is not on the Drive connector.
• Building a long-lived custom connector the week before staff restore the first-party ones without checking the thread for an ETA update.