# Driver routes from a Google Drive file to Google Sheets with AI | InstaMaps
> Driver routes from a Google Drive file to Google Sheets, in Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini.
Source: https://get-instamaps.com/workflows/google-drive-file-driver-routes-to-google-sheets
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# Driver routes from a Google Drive file to Google Sheets
Stops split across drivers, in the best order, with a Google Maps link for each driver. Ask your AI in plain English: it reads a Google Drive file, InstaMaps does the location work, and the results land in Google Sheets.
Google Drive file
→
InstaMaps
Driver routes
→
Google Sheets
Works inClaudeChatGPTCopilotGemini
[Add InstaMaps to your AI →](#setup)
Free connector · sign in with Google · about a minute
## The prompt
Using the rows in this CSV or Excel file in my Google Drive: , plan routes for 2 drivers starting from , with an 8-hour shift and 15 minutes at each stop, and put the results in a new tab of this Google Sheet: .
Replace the parts in .
## What comes back
* Each driver's stops in order, with arrival times
* A Google Maps link per driver to drive from
* Any stops that don't fit the shift, with the reason
* Anything that can't be placed or answered comes back with the reason. Nothing is dropped.
## Set it up
### Driver routes in Claude
Every plan, including Free. On Free, InstaMaps uses your one custom connector; Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar are directory connectors and don't count against it.
1. In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors, and choose "Add custom connector".
2. Name it InstaMaps and paste https://get-instamaps.com/mcp. Click Add.
3. Click Connect and continue with Google. You land back in Claude, ready to ask.
4. Paste the prompt above.
[Claude's own guide ↗](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp)
### Driver routes in ChatGPT
Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces (in beta). An admin turns on developer mode first: Workspace Settings, then Permissions & Roles, then Connected Data.
1. Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, click +, then "Add custom MCP server".
2. Name it InstaMaps. Under Connection, enter https://get-instamaps.com/mcp as the server URL and choose OAuth.
3. Click "I understand and want to continue", then "Create as a plugin", and install it. Sign in with Google when asked.
4. Paste the prompt above.
[ChatGPT's own guide ↗](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/custom-mcp-server)
### Driver routes in Microsoft Copilot and Teams
Through Copilot Studio, with a Copilot Studio licence. Your Microsoft 365 admin approves the agent before the rest of the organisation can use it.
1. In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, "Add a tool", "New tool", and choose Model Context Protocol.
2. Name it InstaMaps, enter https://get-instamaps.com/mcp as the server URL, choose OAuth 2.0 with dynamic discovery, then Create and "Add to agent".
3. Publish the agent, then under Channels choose "Teams and Microsoft Copilot" and "Add channel". Share it from Availability options.
4. Paste the prompt above.
[Microsoft Copilot and Teams's own guide ↗](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/mcp-add-existing-server-to-agent)
### Driver routes in Gemini
The Gemini app with a personal Google account (US, 18 and over, English). Work accounts use Gemini Enterprise, where an admin adds InstaMaps: write to hello@get-instamaps.com for the sign-in details it needs.
1. On gemini.google.com, open Settings, then Connected Apps.
2. Under Custom apps, click "Add a custom app" and enter https://get-instamaps.com/mcp. Click Next and sign in with Google.
3. In a chat, type @ and pick InstaMaps to use it.
4. Paste the prompt above.
[Gemini's own guide ↗](https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17209137)
## Before you start
Reading a Google Drive file
Share the file with InstaMaps, or set it to "anyone with the link can view". InstaMaps reads it straight from Drive.
Writing to Google Sheets
InstaMaps writes to the sheet itself: share it with the address the answer gives you, as Editor. It adds new dated columns or a new tab, and never overwrites a cell.
## Run it on a schedule
Every weekday at 7am, for that day's stops: using the rows in this CSV or Excel file in my Google Drive: , plan routes for 2 drivers starting from , with an 8-hour shift and 15 minutes at each stop, and put the results in a new tab of this Google Sheet: .
* **Claude.** Scheduled tasks run a prompt hourly, daily, on weekdays or weekly, with the connectors you've added. They need a paid plan (Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise), and on Pro and Max they run in the cloud, so your computer can be off.
* **ChatGPT.** ChatGPT has scheduled tasks, but OpenAI doesn't yet say whether they can use a custom connector. Run the prompt by hand until it does.
* **Microsoft Copilot and Teams.** Copilot Studio agents can run on a schedule with a Recurrence trigger. The run uses the agent author's sign-ins.
* **Gemini.** Google doesn't yet say whether scheduled actions can use a custom app. Run the prompt by hand until it does.
## Good to know
* Up to 100 stops and 10 drivers per plan, on roads in Great Britain and the US. Google Maps picks the roads when the driver opens the link.
* The connector is free: 5,000 tool calls a day per person, and a whole sheet read by link counts as one call.
* Rather do it without an AI? [Use the free tool on our site](/tools/multi-driver-route-planner).
## Related workflows
[→Driver routes in Google Sheets](/workflows/google-sheets-driver-routes-to-google-sheets)[→Driver routes from Google Sheets to a Google Drive file](/workflows/google-sheets-driver-routes-to-google-drive-file)[→Driver routes from Google Sheets to Gmail](/workflows/google-sheets-driver-routes-to-gmail)[→Driver routes from Google Sheets to Google Calendar](/workflows/google-sheets-driver-routes-to-google-calendar)[→Driver routes in Google Drive file](/workflows/google-drive-file-driver-routes-to-google-drive-file)[→Driver routes from a Google Drive file to Gmail](/workflows/google-drive-file-driver-routes-to-gmail)
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