Google Drive: link Drive folders to projects

The Google Drive integration connects at the organization level and surfaces files at the project level. An admin connects the organization's Google account a single time, and from then on any project can have one or more Drive folders linked to it.

Linked folders show up inside the project's Files tab alongside Lavori's own file storage. Selecting a linked folder lists the files it contains, pulled live from Google Drive, so what you see in Lavori always reflects what is currently in the Drive folder.

Connecting Google is an organization admin action. Open Organization settings and go to the Integrations tab. Under Google Drive you will see the current status and a Connect button. Selecting Connect sends you to Google's consent screen, where you sign in and grant access to your Drive.

Once you approve, you are returned to the Integrations tab and the connection is marked as connected, showing the Google email it is linked to. The connection belongs to the whole organization, so every project in that organization can link folders from the same Google account.

You can also connect Drive during onboarding. The Connect Google Drive step opens Google's consent screen in a popup and confirms the connection without leaving the wizard. This step is optional and can be skipped and completed later from Organization settings.

• Connecting requires an organization admin role.
• The connection is shared across the entire organization, not per user or per project.
• After connecting, the Integrations tab shows the linked Google email address.

Google Drive must be configured at the platform level before any organization can connect. If the platform has not been given Google OAuth credentials, the Integrations tab shows Drive as not configured and the Connect button is unavailable.

When this happens, an organization admin cannot resolve it from settings alone. The platform operator needs to supply the Google OAuth credentials on the server before connecting becomes possible.

Once Google is connected, open the project you want to attach files to and go to its Files tab. From there you can browse your Google Drive and pick a folder to link.

The folder picker starts at My Drive and lets you drill into subfolders using the breadcrumb trail at the top. When you find the folder you want, choose Link next to it. Lavori records the link and the folder immediately becomes available in the project's Files tab.

Linking a folder requires an admin role on the project. A project can have several Drive folders linked at once, and linking the same folder twice simply updates the existing link rather than creating a duplicate.

• Browse from My Drive and navigate into subfolders to find the right folder.
• Choose Link to attach a folder to the current project.
• Multiple folders can be linked to a single project.

In the Files tab, linked Drive folders appear next to Lavori's own folders. Selecting a linked folder lists its files, fetched directly from Google Drive, showing each file's name, type, size, and modified date. You can switch between a grid and a list view and sort by name, date, or size.

Each file can be downloaded straight from Lavori. Downloads stream the original file from Drive, so you always get the current version. Only files that live inside a linked folder can be opened this way, which keeps access scoped to the folders a project has actually been given.

The file list updates in real time. When something changes in a linked Drive folder, the open Files view refreshes on its own so the contents stay current without a manual reload.

You can upload files from Lavori directly into a linked Drive folder. The uploaded file is placed into the Google Drive folder itself, so it appears both in Lavori and in Drive.

Uploads are limited to common document and media types, including PDFs, images (PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF), plain text and CSV, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Each upload can be up to 25 MB. Files outside these types are rejected.

By default, linked Drive folders are visible to project members but not to contractors. To give a contractor access to a specific linked folder, an admin uses the Manage access option on that folder.

The access dialog lists the organization's contractors and lets you invite one to the folder or revoke their access at any time. A contractor only sees the linked folders they have been explicitly invited to, and can only list and download files from those folders. This lets you share a single Drive folder with an outside collaborator without exposing the rest of the project's Drive content.

• Only contractors in your organization can be invited to a folder.
• Contractors see only the linked folders they have been granted.
• Access can be revoked per contractor per folder at any time.

To stop showing a Drive folder in a project, unlink it from the project's Files tab. Unlinking only removes the connection in Lavori; it does not delete the folder or any files in Google Drive.

An admin can disconnect Google for the whole organization from the Integrations tab. Disconnecting removes the stored connection so projects can no longer reach Drive folders until the organization reconnects. As with unlinking, your Drive content itself is never deleted from Google.