DocAssistant

This Google Apps Script injects an AI-powered writing assistant in Google Docs. The script is powered by OpenAI's Chat Completions API.

Table of Contents

• Key Features
  • Demo
• System Architecture
• End-to-End Flow
• Usage

Key Features

The tool provides these features within Google Docs:

1. Generate Ideas: Generate 10 ideas based on input text.
2. Generate Essay: Generates ~400 essay based on prompt.
3. Summarize Text: Summarize given text.
4. Generate Social Media Posts: Generate text for social media posts on Twitter, Linkedin and Instagram.

Demo

Watch the demo video below to see this tool in action:

doc-assistant-demo.webm

System Architecture

Components

1. Google Docs: Google Docs serve as the starting point where you can use this tool.
2. Google Apps Script: The DocAssistant.gs script adds a new menu item "DocAssistant" and sub menus for different features within Google Docs. The script invokes OpenAI Chat Completions API with a prompt that includes details about the selected feature and the selected text.
3. OpenAI Chat Completions API: The OpenAI API generates the content as requested by user. I used gpt-3.5-turbo model for the demo, see Usage section for using a different model.

 

End-to-End Flow

1. User Input: User selects some text and selects one of features from the "DocAssistannt" menu.
2. Generate Prompt: The DocAssistant.gs script generates a prompt based on the selected feature and the selected text.
3. Invoke OpenAI Chat Completions API: The script invokes the OpenAI Chat Completions API with the generated prompt.
4. Update Document: The script appends the LLMs response at the end of the document.

 

 

Usage

1. Open any document in Google Docs and go to: Extensions > Apps Script.
2. Add the Google Apps Script (DocAssistant.gs) to your project.
3. Set script properties:
   • OPENAI_API_KEY: Set your OpenAI key
   • OPENAI_MODEL: Set model name (Default is gpt-3.5-turbo)
4. DocAssistant menu will appear in the Google Docs menu bar.