Google Workspace CLI
One CLI over Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, and Chat — with agent skills.
Use it for
Scripting Workspace tasks you already have permission for
Skip it if
Shared mailboxes or admin actions without a service account
What it is
A single command-line surface over the Workspace APIs, shipped with skills so an agent knows how to call it. This is the pattern worth noticing: a CLI plus skills is often a better agent integration than an MCP server, because the commands are inspectable and the permissions are whatever your account already has.
Install
Clone the repository, then copy the skill folder into your agent's skills directory — ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code. Skills are plain files: no build step, no daemon.
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cliHow to judge it
Read the SKILL.md before you install. A good skill states when it applies, what it must not do, and how to verify the result. A skill that only lists adjectives will change the agent's tone without improving its output — skip those.
Other Productivity skills
- Agent Skills — The reference collection: document, spreadsheet, and slide skills from the team that defined the format.
- Claude Skills Collection — Hundreds of skills across engineering, marketing, product, and operations.
- Book to Skill — Turns a technical book PDF into a skill you can query later.