Connecting Google and setting data access grants

Modified on: Fri, 25 Sep, 2026 at 3:25 AM

Connecting Google

Where: Settings › Connectors

  1. Head to Settings → Connectors and pick Google.
  2. Work your way through Google's standard permission screens.


  1. Connection status. Click through to connect or to manage an existing link.
  2. What Google covers. Calendar and Gmail supply Chat and the Hub; Drive acts as a source of files.
  3. Import files from Drive. Brings documents directly into your Private Data Storage.

Data access grants

Where: Settings › Connectors › lower half

Lower down that same tab, every connected account divides into two permissions that operate independently.



  1. Chat. Allows your connected data to be referenced during conversation (coming soon, not available on launch). 
  2. Private Data Storage. Allows sources from that account to be imported into your PDS.

Underneath each grant you'll find the scopes it reaches — Google Calendar, Google Drive and Gmail in Google's case — so nothing about a toggle's reach is left to guesswork before you leave it on.

These really are independent of one another: Gmail can feed the Hub while no file is ever imported, or Drive can supply files while your mail stays out of conversations entirely.

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