Navigate folders with AI agent in Google Drive

[sati-bodhi]

Describe the problem/error/question

AI Agent has the tools to search items (files and folders) in a drive and read some documents, but doesn’t have the tools to list items in a folder. Tested with http requests node. I was able to get the list by manually executing the step with the required params, but the LLM doesn’t seem to know how to use the tool properly.

What is the error message (if any)?

Bad request - please check your parameters

{
“errorMessage”: “Bad request - please check your parameters”,
“errorDetails”: {},
“n8nDetails”: {
“time”: “02/08/2025, 9:38:17 am”,
“n8nVersion”: “1.104.2 (Self Hosted)”,
“binaryDataMode”: “default”
}
}

Please share your workflow

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Share the output returned by the last node

[
  {
    "response": [
      {
        "id": "17yeqyilJJUfu8mHYq6udpqlwrt7vVqVW",
        "name": "JCP 2.0",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder",
        "webViewLink": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17yeqyilJJUfu8mHYq6udpqlwrt7vVqVW"
      },
      {
        "id": "1DwvmnT67ODLsklBtZyhkMu93HB0NZlFraK9HjT0IOjY",
        "name": "JCP 2.0 Working Group Gantt Chart",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet",
        "webViewLink": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DwvmnT67ODLsklBtZyhkMu93HB0NZlFraK9HjT0IOjY/edit?usp=drivesdk"
      },
      {
        "id": "1HlTNe7FdEHS1PeasgJ_BOOrlUiVgvhRgx9TXQL9juuc",
        "name": "-- JCP 2.0 Programming --",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
        "webViewLink": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HlTNe7FdEHS1PeasgJ_BOOrlUiVgvhRgx9TXQL9juuc/edit?usp=drivesdk"
      },
      {
        "id": "10fiHE0d6-Wo_CukVAIiUmmIFG2ADCdGf",
        "name": "JCP 2.0 20220214 Discussion.pptx",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation",
        "webViewLink": "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10fiHE0d6-Wo_CukVAIiUmmIFG2ADCdGf/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=107786621438246272756&rtpof=true&sd=true"
      },
      {
        "id": "1dMuYgAD-w_cT1VW2iKUoLuC2oeqotfpR1kxBmZRetY4",
        "name": "Land vision for JCP 2.0",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
        "webViewLink": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dMuYgAD-w_cT1VW2iKUoLuC2oeqotfpR1kxBmZRetY4/edit?usp=drivesdk"
      },
      {
        "id": "1XluD9vPWLMFVA9eU5W_wSR4CC-Ko7DNP",
        "name": "Land vision for JCP 2.0",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.shortcut",
        "webViewLink": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XluD9vPWLMFVA9eU5W_wSR4CC-Ko7DNP/view?usp=drivesdk"
      },
      {
        "id": "1K-Jw3Urv-V-AQoOMli34XtJ8wz4dkBJC",
        "name": "JCP 2.0 20220117 Discussion.pptx",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation",
        "webViewLink": "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K-Jw3Urv-V-AQoOMli34XtJ8wz4dkBJC/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=107786621438246272756&rtpof=true&sd=true"
      },
      {
        "id": "1wiWTUtxaKxVuO8jWgsbXpXMGZVwydcaSq7lMQ6AeL20",
        "name": "2021-12-06 First JCP 2.0 meeting",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
        "webViewLink": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wiWTUtxaKxVuO8jWgsbXpXMGZVwydcaSq7lMQ6AeL20/edit?usp=drivesdk"
      },
      {
        "id": "1IT8sCiDPHzfioCXQYrwNRp8A1PdyLOfRGnJvRVHHVfE",
        "name": "JCP 2.0 - Preferred Commitments & Contributions",
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
        "webViewLink": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IT8sCiDPHzfioCXQYrwNRp8A1PdyLOfRGnJvRVHHVfE/edit?usp=drivesdk"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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