docs +write

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This skill connects your AI to Google Workspace so it can create and edit files like Docs and Sheets, and work with Gmail and Calendar. Once added, your AI can draft documents, update spreadsheets, send emails, and manage events for you. It works through the Google Workspace command-line tool, which covers Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Add the skill, then ask your AI to create a document, update a spreadsheet, or handle an email or calendar task. It will use your Google Workspace account to get it done.

Then ask your AI: use the docs +write skill

What your AI can do with it

  • Create and edit Google Docs
  • Create and update Google Sheets
  • Draft and send Gmail messages
  • Manage Calendar events
  • Work with files stored in Drive

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by googleworkspace/cli in skills/gws-docs-write/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Append text to a document

Usage

gws docs +write --document <ID> --text <TEXT>

Flags

FlagRequiredDefaultDescription
--documentDocument ID
--textText to append (plain text)

Examples

gws docs +write --document DOC_ID --text 'Hello, world!'

Tips

  • Text is inserted at the end of the document body.
  • For rich formatting, use the raw batchUpdate API instead.

[!CAUTION] This is a write command — confirm with the user before executing.

See Also

  • gws-shared — Global flags and auth
  • gws-docs — All read and write google docs commands

Signals

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Catalog kind
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gws-docs-write
Source
github.com/googleworkspace/cli