How-to·July 25, 2026, 17:21

Grok now works directly in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides

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SpaceXAI has launched a free Grok add-on for Google Workspace. It puts an AI assistant in a side panel in the word processing, spreadsheet and presentation apps, but Born City also points to data security concerns.

SpaceXAI has built an add-on that makes the Grok chatbot available directly inside Google's office apps. With a single installation from the Google Workspace Marketplace, users get access to Grok in Google Docs (text), Sheets (spreadsheets) and Slides (presentations).

According to the outlets The Tech Outlook and Born City, the add-on was announced or released around July 24-25, 2026. That is about a week after SpaceXAI launched a similar integration for Microsoft 365.

How it works

Grok opens in a side panel in the document. There, users can chat with it to draft and rewrite text, build spreadsheets with formulas, create slides and insert images generated by AI.

In Sheets, according to The Tech Outlook, Grok can answer questions that reference specific cells, write and fill in formulas, insert charts and run scenario analyses. In Slides, it can turn an outline into a presentation with research from the web and X, add charts and images, and keep the theme already in use.

In Docs, it can turn messy notes into structured drafts, fix grammar and keep the style consistent. According to the same article, it can also pull recent emails or files from Google Drive when connectors are enabled.

Pricing and reach

The add-on is free to install. Born City writes that premium features require a subscription to SuperGrok or Business. The Marketplace page shows more than 59,000 installs and a 5-star rating from 23 reviews.

Access and security

The add-on asks for permission to view, edit and delete documents in Docs, Sheets and Slides, as well as files in Google Drive. It can also run third-party content on the web and connect to external services.

Born City notes that the add-on requires access to Gmail and Drive, and that this raises data security concerns for companies. The outlet also writes that on July 10, 2026, cereblab revealed that Grok's coding tool Grok Build CLI had sent unredacted file contents to Google Cloud Storage, including a 5.10 GiB repository with .env files, and that SpaceX reportedly shut down the upload features on July 13-14. That claim appears only at Born City.

Born City also writes that Grok 4.5 was rolled out on July 23, 2026, but is not available in the EU. The sources do not make clear whether the model can be used in the add-on by users in the EU.

The Marketplace page was last updated on November 5, 2026, so features and permissions may have changed since the launch.