Interact with Google Workspace services via command line using gog-cli. Use when user wants to work with Gmail (search, send, labels, filters), Calendar (events, scheduling, availability), Drive (upload, download, share), Sheets (read, write, format), Docs/Slides (create, export), Contacts, Tasks, Chat, or Classroom. Triggers on "Google", "Gmail", "Calendar", "Drive", "Sheets", "Docs", "Slides", "Contacts", "Tasks", "Google Chat", "Classroom", or any gog command.
Resources
1Install
npx skillscat add steveclarke/dotfiles/gog-cli Install via the SkillsCat registry.
SKILL.md
gog-cli - Google Workspace CLI
Command-line tool for interacting with Google Workspace services.
Service References
Load only the reference file for the service you need:
- Email operations - See references/gmail.md
- Calendar & scheduling - See references/calendar.md
- File storage - See references/drive.md
- Spreadsheets - See references/sheets.md
- Documents & presentations - See references/docs-slides.md
- Contact management - See references/contacts.md
- Task lists - See references/tasks.md
- Team messaging - See references/chat.md
- Education/courses - See references/classroom.md
Global Options
Apply to any command:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--account <email|alias> |
Specify account to use |
--json |
Machine-readable JSON output |
--plain |
Tab-separated plaintext |
--force |
Skip confirmation prompts |
--no-input |
Fail rather than prompt (CI-friendly) |
--verbose |
Show API requests/responses |
Quick Examples
# Gmail: search recent emails
gog gmail search 'newer_than:7d' --max 10
# Calendar: today's events
gog calendar events primary --today
# Drive: list files
gog drive ls --max 20
# Sheets: read cells
gog sheets get <spreadsheetId> 'Sheet1!A1:B10'
# Tasks: list task lists
gog tasks listsUtility Commands
# Current time
gog time now
gog time now --timezone America/New_York
# Auth status
gog auth list --check
gog auth statusTips
- Use
--jsonfor scripting and piping to jq - Most IDs can be found in Google URLs (e.g., spreadsheet ID in sheets URL)
- Gmail search uses Google's search syntax (from:, to:, subject:, newer_than:, etc.)
- Calendar accepts "primary" as calendarId for main calendar