Toloka

Inspiration

I'm originally from Ukraine. When the hot war started 4 years ago everyone was helping out people escaping including me. One of the most vital things people needed was information: how to get services, do basic things in another country, things like this. And later on it kept being a neccessity to share information about overcoming everyday buerocratic challenges. It would be useful I thought to be able to share my own experience solving some common issue with others but let them update this knowledge if some aspect of it changes after a while.

What it does

This is Google Document shared publicly with commenting permission. Enyone can leave comments and the text will auto-update itself without having to edit it manually and having the editing permission.

How we built it

I used Apps Script, a Javascript-based tool built into Google Workspace. Drive API allows me to access comments left on the document and Gemini 3 helps updating text.

Challenges we ran into

For now there's no support for formatted text as it requires more time to implement and test. Comments are currently checked by schedule, every 5 minutes. I would like to fix these problems and create an add-on out of this.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

It works and lets you experience the basic idea behind it. It's like Wikipedia without overhead and hasstle.

What we learned

There are many limitations with comments and getting notifications about new ones is complex but can be done given enough time and effort.

What's next for Toloka

I would like to address the shortcomings of the prototype and make an add-on based on this idea, so I can let people install it and try in real life scenarios.

Built With

• appsscript
• driveapi
• javascript