What can an AI agent do with
View all Google Sheets?
The agent can open and read every Google Sheets spreadsheet you have. It cannot change them.
How to spot it
On a Google Workspace connection or settings screen, this is https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.readonly.
With it, an agent can
- Read the data in any of your spreadsheets
It cannot, on its own
- Edit, clear or delete anything
- Create new spreadsheets
What a bad day looks like
Spreadsheets often hold price lists, payroll or customer data, so a leak can expose more than you expect.
Set it up safer
- Keep sensitive spreadsheets in a separate account the agent cannot reach.
Ask the company selling the agent
- Which spreadsheets does it actually need to read?
- Do you store my spreadsheet data, and for how long?
Source
Checked against Google Workspace documentation on 2026-09-28. All Google Workspace permissions →
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