Compare Two Google Sheets Tabs

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This skill lets your AI read two tabs of a Google Sheet and report the differences between them. Once added, your AI can compare the data in both tabs and point out what does not match, so you do not have to check it yourself.

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

After adding it, tell your AI which Google Sheet to look at and name the two tabs you want compared. Your AI will read both tabs and give you a summary of the differences.

Then ask your AI: use the Compare Two Google Sheets Tabs skill

What your AI can do with it

  • Read data from two tabs in a Google Sheet
  • Compare the contents of the two tabs
  • Identify where the data in the tabs differs
  • Report the differences between the tabs

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by googleworkspace/cli in skills/recipe-compare-sheet-tabs/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-sheets

Read data from two tabs in a Google Sheet to compare and identify differences.

Steps

  1. Read the first tab: gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range "January!A1:D"
  2. Read the second tab: gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range "February!A1:D"
  3. Compare the data and identify changes

Signals

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