Google Contacts

Google Contacts is a contact management tool that enables you to store and organize contact information to ease communication with your contacts and keep track of email addresses and phone numbers. This document describes how to connect IBM watsonx Orchestrate to Google Contacts and use its skills on watsonx Orchestrate.

Before you begin

Before you begin, make sure that you meet the following requirements to connect watsonx Orchestrate to Google Contacts.

  1. Enable pop-up windows on your browser.
  2. You must have the Google client ID and client secret to securely authenticate from watsonx Orchestrate to Google Contacts.
  3. See Get your Google API client ID in the Google documentation for step-by-step instructions.
Note: The Google client ID and client secret correspond to your Application client ID and Application client secret on watsonx Orchestrate.

Connecting to Google Contacts

Note: Some app connections require you to allow pop-up windows and redirects in your browser for validation. If you're having trouble connecting to an app, check the address bar to see whether you must turn off the pop-up window and redirect blocking.

Connect to the app according to the credential type that you or your team want to use.

If you want to connect the app to the Orchestrate Agent skill set, skill sets from AI assistants, or the Team skill set with Team credentials, refer to Managing app connections.

If you want to connect to the app to the Personal skill set or the Team skill set with Member credentials, refer to Connecting to apps.

Configuring the connection

To connect watsonx Orchestrate to Google Contacts, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Connect app.
  2. You are prompted to enter the following connection details:
    • Application client ID: The unique identifier generated from the Google API Console that maps to specific project requests.
    • Application client secret: The client secret for the unique application client ID created for a specific project.
  3. Click Connect app.
Note: The icon A green check icon appears to show that the app is connected. indicates that the connection was successfully established.

What to do next

After you connect to the app, you can use the Google Contacts skills. For more information see, Using the chat.

To learn about the available skills, see List of prebuilt apps, skills and skill flowss.

Parent topic:

→ Connecting to apps