Files and documents

Guile and Dropbox

PDF, Word, text notes and Paper files with Markdown export, read-only.

What Guile reads from Dropbox

Guile reads the text of PDF, Word, plain-text and Markdown files, and of Dropbox Paper documents that export as Markdown. Dropbox's screen may say the app can also add, change or delete files. Guile only reads, unless an admin turns on changes in connected apps (each one waits for your Confirm).

How to connect Dropbox

  1. In Guile, open Apps > Add an app and choose Connect on Dropbox.
  2. In the secure sign-in window, sign in to Dropbox.
  3. Dropbox's screen names Guile's sign-in partner and what it asks for. Choose Allow.
  4. Back in Guile, learning starts on every supported file and checks again each night.
  5. To read one folder instead, open Manage > Choose sources, untick Include all supported content, including new sources, type the folder's path under Folder path (includes subfolders), such as /Client projects, and choose Save sources.

If something doesn't work

  • Dropbox says the app is blocked for your team: a team admin opens the Admin console, opens the menu to the left of Dropbox, then Settings > Integrations, and allows the app or adds an exception. Then connect again.
  • A file is missing: Guile skips spreadsheets, presentations, images, scanned PDFs, Paper docs that do not export as Markdown, and anything over 2 MB.
  • To remove the grant in Dropbox as well: click your avatar, then Settings > Apps, the arrow beside the app, and Disconnect. In Guile, choose Disconnect.

Still stuck? Write to hello@goguile.com.