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A lot it seems to mirror syntax of Claude Code

Integration with Google Docs/Spreadsheets/Drive seems interesting but it seems to be via MCP so nothing exclusive/native to Gemini CLI I presume?

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There seems to be an awful many "could" and "might" in that part. Given how awfully limited the Gemini integration inside Google Docs is, it's an area that's just made me feel Google is executing really slowly on this.

I've built a document editor that has AI properly integrated - provides feedback in "Track Changes" mode and actually gives good writing advice. If you've been looking for something like this - https://owleditor.com

It looks nice, but for my use it's very specifically not reviews I want in AI integration with an editor, but to be able to prompt it to write or rewrite large sections, or repeated references to specific things, with minimal additional input. I specifically don't want to go through an approve edit by edit - I'll read through a diff and approve all at once or just tell it how to fix its edits.

Claude at least is more than good enough to do this for dry technical writing (I've not tried it for anything more creative), and so I usually end up using Claude Code to do this with markdown files.

I think this guide is mostly AI slop. The Google docs section is full of "they might have support for this" "you could do this", "maybe they will add this MCP". How is that a guide?

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