# Connections

> Bring files in from an account elsewhere. Google Drive is the one you can connect today.

Canonical: https://benchy.world/docs/connections
Last updated: 2026-10-09

Benchy sees only the files you pick, never the rest of the account.

## Connect Google Drive [#connect]

Open **Profile** from the account menu, go to **Connections**, choose **Connect** beside Google Drive, and sign in to Google. Each connection shows the Google account it uses.

## Pick files in a chat [#pick-files]

In a chat, choose **+**, then **Add from Google Drive**. Google's own picker opens, with **My Drive**, **Shared with me** and **Shared drives**; the first time, you sign in to Google there.

Picking a file copies it into your private **My files** and attaches it to your message. Picking it again reuses your copy unless the original has changed. **Open in Google Drive** on the copy goes back to the original.

A Google Drive link in a message doesn't bring the file in; Benchy only gets files you choose in the picker. Drop a link on the message box and the picker opens on it.

## What comes in [#what-comes-in]

Google Docs come in as Markdown, Google Drawings as PNG, a Google Sheet as its first sheet in CSV, and Google Slides as the slides' text. Images, text, Markdown, CSV and JSON come in as they are. PDFs and Word, Excel and PowerPoint files aren't in the picker — add those from your device.

## Keeping a copy current [#keeping-a-copy-current]

A copy keeps a link to its original, so your work doesn't break if the original changes, moves or disappears. Nothing updates on its own: **Update** on the copy takes the newer version, or says nothing has changed and writes nothing. See [Files and versions](https://benchy.world/docs/files-and-versions).

## Who can use a connection [#who-can-use]

A connection is yours alone. Only you pick files through it, in your browser — not the workspace owner, an agent, an API key or a connected app.

If you remove Benchy under your Google account's third-party access, Benchy offers to connect again the next time you pick files.

## Disconnect [#disconnect]

Disconnect from **Connections**: Benchy forgets its access and asks Google to revoke it. Files already copied in stay; only new picking stops.

## Models on other sites [#other-model-sites]

Benchy never signs in to Thangs, MakerWorld, Printables or Cults for you. To move your shop to World, download your models from your account there, then ask your agent to use the [Move your shop to Benchy](https://benchy.world/docs/skills/move-your-shop-to-benchy) skill. It reads your public listing pages for titles, descriptions, tags and prices, records where each model came from, and uploads your files as private listings. You confirm the prices, licenses and membership plans, and nothing is public until you say so.