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meta_google_drive_download_file
Tool tool. Download ANY file from Google Drive to local disk. Works for all Drive-hosted file types: MP4 videos, PDFs, images, ZIPs, Office docs, etc. Google Workspace formats (Docs, Sheets, Slides) are automatically exported to their most portable equivalent (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX). Args: file_url: Full Google Drive file URL (https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/view) or a bare file ID. destination_dir: Local directory to save the file. Defaults to the system temp directory. Returns: JSON with: - local_path: Absolute path to the downloaded file. - name: Original Drive filename. - mimeType: MIME type of the downloaded file. - size_bytes: File size on disk.
This is a read-only tool: it returns google drive download file for your Meta Ads account. It changes nothing.
Ask Claude
You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:
Google drive download file in my Meta Ads account for [file url].
It takes 1 required and 1 optional parameter.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
file_url | string | Yes | File Url |
destination_dir | string | No | Destination Dir |
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Before you can call it
This tool needs a connected Meta Ads account. The Meta Ads connect guide covers the OAuth flow and the permissions it asks for, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.
Workflows that use this
Rather than calling tools one at a time, these skills run a whole procedure against the same account: