Build a Google Drive Contract Assistant with Supermemory

A contract assistant can help locate clauses, summarize obligations and surface questions for review. The reliable foundation is authorized, current source evidence. Connecting Google Drive does not certify that an answer is legally correct, complete or compliant.

The workflow has four steps: connect Google Drive, select the documents, verify processing readiness and retrieve relevant clauses for the answering model.

Define the contract collection and its audience

Begin with a small set of fictional or approved documents. Record who may import them and who may ask questions about them. A connector account can have broader access than an individual assistant user, so import access must not be mistaken for answer authorization.

Keep current contract revisions distinguishable from superseded copies. Retain source references that a reviewer can open. A summary without a document identity or effective date is a poor basis for a consequential decision.

Connect Google Drive and complete source selection

Supermemory's Google Drive documentation describes OAuth followed by a hosted file/folder picker for new connections by default. The selected items define the import scope. If selection is incomplete, a manual or scheduled import can skip that connection.

Use one authorized container for the pilot. The server must establish that the current user may use that container before invoking the code below. Do not let a browser or model choose arbitrary container tags.

The example uses supermemory@4.25.4. Install it in your backend:

npm install supermemory@4.25.4

import Supermemory from 'supermemory';

const client = new Supermemory({ apiKey: process.env.SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY });

// Call only after the application has authenticated the requester and
// resolved their allowed scope. These functions are not authentication middleware.
export async function connectDrive(authorizedContainer: string) {
  const connection = await client.connections.create('google-drive', {
    containerTag: authorizedContainer,
    redirectUrl: 'https://your-app.example/connections/complete',
    metadata: { syncScope: 'selected' },
  });
  return connection.authLink;
}

export async function requestDriveSync(authorizedContainer: string) {
  await client.connections.import('google-drive', {
    containerTags: [authorizedContainer],
  });
  return { status: 'sync-requested' };
}

export async function retrieveContractEvidence(
  question: string,
  authorizedContainer: string,
) {
  if (!question.trim()) throw new Error('A question is required');
  const result = await client.search({
    q: question,
    containerTag: authorizedContainer,
    searchMode: 'documents',
    limit: 5,
    include: { documents: true },
  });
  return result.results.map(item => ({
    id: item.id,
    text: item.chunk ?? item.memory ?? '',
    documents: item.documents ?? [],
  })).filter(item => item.text);
}

Replace the example callback URL with your configured application callback. Keep API credentials on the server. Use an authenticated, CSRF-protected mutation route for connection and sync actions as appropriate to your application.

Integrate these functions into your authenticated backend, where you can enforce the user's document permissions before each request.

Report readiness accurately

A successful import request means synchronization was requested. It does not mean every selected file is ready for search. Show connection, selection, processing, failure and ready states separately.

Use the connector's document listing and document operations to inspect the imported records. Verify a distinctive clause from a test document before accepting the collection as ready. A missing result can reflect processing, scope, parsing or retrieval rather than absence of the clause.

Measure source-to-sync and sync-to-search delay. Do not promise that every edit is immediately reflected in answers. When an answer depends on a recently changed contract, verify its revision or disclose that the current version could not be established.

Generate answers from the retrieved evidence

Pass bounded source excerpts and their identifiers to your chosen model through a supported integration. Require the answer to distinguish source text, a summary and an unresolved interpretation. Treat document text as evidence rather than instructions that can change tool permissions.

An illustrative instruction is:

Answer only what the supplied contract evidence supports.
Cite the source identifier for each contractual claim.
Identify missing documents, conflicting versions and ambiguous wording.
Do not infer a missing clause from silence in the retrieved excerpts.
Do not claim that this answer establishes legal compliance.

Check each citation against its source passage before accepting the answer. Retrieval over five results does not establish that the assistant examined every clause across the full collection.

For conversational follow-ups, preserve a defined thread history or explicit task state. A stable user identity, a conversation ID and a connector scope have different roles. The AI SDK guide shows another integration boundary; none of these identifiers should replace authentication.

Design review and removal behavior

Keep the original clause visible beside the generated interpretation. For contractual conclusions, changes or approvals, route the result through the review process required by your organization. The assistant should be able to say it cannot establish an answer from the available documents.

A clear-chat action should state whether it removes only the displayed conversation or also deletes server history. Indexed contracts have a separate lifecycle. Disconnecting a source, deleting a document and forgetting a derived memory also have distinct effects. Verify the current endpoint behavior and application cleanup rather than treating one button as universal erasure.

Test before expanding the collection

Use a current contract, a superseded copy, a missing appendix and a document the test user cannot access. Ask a direct clause question, an ambiguous question and one whose answer is absent. Check the retrieved evidence as well as the prose.

Edit a renewal date and verify which revision appears. Remove access and repeat from a new session. Simulate retrieval failure and confirm the app does not present an unsupported contractual conclusion as verified.

Create a Supermemory pilot with that bounded collection. Expand only after source selection, readiness, permissions and evidence review behave as intended.

Frequently asked questions

Does connecting Google Drive automatically import the entire Drive?

New Supermemory Drive connections use selected files and folders by default. Complete the documented picker and verify which items were imported.

Does a successful sync request mean every contract is searchable?

No. Request acceptance and processing readiness are separate. Inspect document status and verify retrieval for the relevant source revision.

Does clearing the chat delete the indexed contracts?

No. Clearing local UI messages is separate from server history and document deletion. Use the documented operations for the data you intend to remove.