Pair with Google Drive
Keep your workspace in Google Drive.
A Hillnote workspace is just a folder of plain markdown — so drop it in Google Drive and File Stream carries it to every device, no Hillnote cloud required. Hillnote watches the folder and reconciles edits that arrive from elsewhere, and your notes stay reachable by everything else that works with Drive.
Everywhere Drive already is.
Keep the workspace inside your mounted Google Drive and it follows you to every device you're signed into — Drive for desktop streams it on demand, or mirrors it for full offline access. The same files, kept in step by a service you already trust.
Edits from outside, handled.
When Drive lands a change from another device — or another app or agent edits a file — Hillnote notices in the background. If you're not mid-edit it quietly reloads; if you are, it keeps both with git-style conflict markers you resolve inline. A change synced in by Drive never clobbers what you're writing.
How Hillnote stays in step with your Drive.
Watches the folder
A file watcher notices the moment Drive lands a change from another device, app, or agent.
Silent reload when idle
No unsaved edits? The new version just reloads in place, like an editor refreshing a file that changed on disk.
Conflict markers mid-edit
Editing when a change arrives? Hillnote keeps both with git-style markers and lets you resolve inline — never a silent overwrite.
Cloud-streamed, handled
Drive streams online-only files on demand; Hillnote reads them with a timeout and, if one isn't downloaded yet, prompts you to keep the workspace available offline so reads stay instant.
Backup & history, free
Drive keeps an off-machine copy and its own version history of the workspace as a side effect.
Still plain markdown
It's a folder of files — open it in any editor or move it out of Drive whenever you like.
Reachable by everything that works with Drive.
Because it's plain files in your Drive, your notes plug into the rest of the Drive ecosystem: NotebookLM can import them and keep them auto-synced as research sources, they open in Google Docs as markdown, and Gemini in Drive can summarize and search across them. And since Drive streams the folder to your disk, the agents you pair with Hillnote work on it like any local project.
Your notes work with everything else, too.
Because the workspace is plain files in your Drive, the agents you pair with Hillnote read and edit it like any local folder — and Google's own AI can reach it in the cloud.
Download for MacGoogle Drive questions, answered
How do I keep a workspace in Google Drive?
Install Google Drive for desktop, put the workspace folder inside your mounted Drive, and open it in Hillnote from that path. Drive streams it to every device you're signed into — turn on mirroring if you want the whole workspace available offline.
Does Hillnote notice changes made outside the app?
Yes — that's the point. Hillnote watches the workspace folder, so when Drive syncs in a change from another device (or another app or agent edits a file), it reconciles: a silent reload if you're not mid-edit, or git-style conflict markers to resolve inline if you are. Your words are never quietly replaced.
What about online-only (streamed) files?
Hillnote reads files Drive streams on demand. If one isn't downloaded yet, it lets you know and prompts you to make the workspace available offline (Drive for desktop mirroring) so reads stay instant instead of stalling.
Do I still need Hillnote's own sync?
No. Letting Google Drive carry the folder between devices is an alternative to Hillnote's built-in cloud sync — use whichever you prefer, and keep some workspaces local-only if you like.
What else can work with my notes in Drive?
Plenty, because they're just files. NotebookLM can import your markdown and keep it auto-synced as sources, the notes open in Google Docs, Gemini in Drive can summarize and search across your Drive files, and the agents you pair with Hillnote — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini — work the folder like any local project.
Is it really just files?
Completely. It stays plain markdown in a folder, so you can move it out of Drive, open it in another editor, or hand it to an agent at any time — no lock-in.