Automate Linear + Google Drive with GAIA
Attach design docs and specs from Google Drive to Linear issues automatically
Engineering issues rarely exist in isolation. Behind most Linear issues is a Google Drive folder full of context: the product spec, the design doc, the API contract, the meeting notes from the scoping session. But that context lives in Drive while the issue lives in Linear, and the link between them is usually an afterthought — a URL pasted into a comment that gets buried, or nothing at all.
GAIA builds and maintains the connection between Drive documents and Linear issues automatically. When a new feature issue is created in Linear, GAIA searches the configured Drive folder for matching spec documents and attaches them. When a new spec doc is created in Drive and follows your team's naming convention, GAIA creates the corresponding Linear issue and links back to the doc.
This integration eliminates the document hunt that slows down engineers at the start of every task and ensures that the historical context behind an issue is always one click away.
5 things you can automate
Everything GAIA can do when Linear and Google Drive are connected.
Auto-attach Drive spec docs to Linear issues
When a new Linear issue is created with the feature label, GAIA searches the product specs folder in Drive for a document matching the issue title and attaches the link automatically so engineers have immediate access to the specification.
Create Linear issues from new Drive spec docs
When a new spec document is added to the designated Drive folder and marked Ready for Engineering, GAIA creates a corresponding Linear issue with the document title, a description pulled from the doc summary, and a link back to Drive.
Attach meeting notes to related Linear issues
When a Google Doc meeting note is created after an engineering planning session and contains Linear issue IDs in the title or body, GAIA attaches the note to each referenced issue so decision context is preserved.
Generate post-mortem docs in Drive from Linear incidents
When a Linear issue labeled incident is resolved, GAIA creates a post-mortem document in the designated Drive folder pre-populated with the issue title, timeline, and description so the team can fill in the analysis without starting from scratch.
Organize Drive docs by Linear project
GAIA maintains a Drive folder structure mirroring your Linear projects. When an issue is created in a Linear project, GAIA creates a corresponding subfolder in Drive so all related documents are organized consistently without manual folder management.
How to set it up
Connect Linear and Google Drive to GAIA in three steps.
- 1
Connect Google Drive and Linear to GAIA
Authorize GAIA with your Google Workspace account and Linear workspace. Designate the Drive folders GAIA should watch and search, and map them to Linear teams or projects.
- 2
Configure matching rules and triggers
Define the naming conventions GAIA should use to match Drive documents to Linear issues, which Drive events should create Linear issues, and which Linear events should create Drive documents.
- 3
Documentation attaches to issues automatically
GAIA monitors both platforms and maintains the links between issues and documents in real time. Engineers find their specs in Linear; documents in Drive always reference their related issues.
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