Scripting with Shiva

Beyond Basic Prompts: Architecting Enterprise AI with Vertex AI and Google Apps Script If you spend enough time building collaboration infrastructure, you eventually hit the ceiling of standard automation. Triggering a basic script to send an email or format a spreadsheet is like building a modern car it’s efficient, but it still requires a driver. The real architectural shift happens when you transition to building a self-driving car : an autonomous system that can process massive datasets, make complex decisions, and route insights without human intervention. Recently, Google introduced the Gemini =AI() function for Workspace, which is fantastic for lightweight, user-facing data enrichment. But if you look under the hood of Google Apps Script, there is a much more powerful, barely documented feature that changes the game for platform engineers: The Vertex AI Advanced Service. This isn't just about sending a prompt to an LLM. By enabling this Advanced Service, Apps Script exposes...