Connected Apps
Connected Apps let Scholarly read selected information from services you already use, so AI Chat can answer questions grounded in your real files and schedule. Today, Scholarly supports Google Workspace — connecting Google links Drive and Calendar in one step.
What Connecting Google Workspace Does
When you connect Google Workspace:
- Drive — AI Chat can search and read files in your Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, and more) when you ask it to.
- Calendar — AI Chat can look up upcoming events, deadlines, and meetings so you can ask questions like "What's on my calendar for finals week?" or "Pull up the syllabus from last Tuesday's class."
Both Drive and Calendar turn on automatically the moment Google is linked — you don't need to enable them separately.
How to Connect
- Open Settings from the sidebar or your profile menu.
- Go to the Connected Apps tab.
- Click Connect next to Google.
- Sign in with your Google account and review the permissions.
- Once you confirm, Drive and Calendar both switch to Enabled in Settings.
How to Disconnect
In Settings → Connected Apps, click Disconnect next to Google. Scholarly immediately stops searching your Drive and Calendar, and removes the access token.
Reconnecting
If you ever see a Reconnect prompt instead of Connected, that means Google revoked or expired the access token — clicking Reconnect runs the link flow again and restores Drive and Calendar.
Using Connected Apps in Chat
You don't need to do anything special. Once Google is linked, the AI uses Drive and Calendar as additional tools when your question benefits from them. For example:
- "Find the cover sheet for my final lab report in Drive."
- "Pull last week's lecture notes from Drive."
- "What classes do I have tomorrow?"
- "When is my next study group meeting?"
Files Scholarly reads from Drive aren't stored long-term — they're used to answer the current question, the same way an @-linked file is.
Privacy
- Connected Apps are opt-in. Nothing is connected by default.
- Scholarly only uses the permissions you approve during the Google sign-in step.
- Disconnect any time from Settings — Scholarly drops the token immediately.
- See the Privacy Policy for the full details on how connected-app data is handled.
Pricing
Connecting Google Workspace is included on every plan, including Free.
Related
- AI Chat and Voice Mode — how chat uses linked tools.
- Settings — find the Connected Apps tab.
- Sharing — sharing the files you create back out.