
A solid wrapper around Google Sheets API v4 that handles the authentication headaches for you. Covers the full API surface from basic read/write operations to batch updates and developer metadata management. The helper commands for appending rows and reading ranges will handle 90% of common use cases, while the raw API access lets you do complex spreadsheet manipulation when needed. Requires the gws CLI tool and proper Google Workspace authentication setup. If you're building automation that touches Google Sheets regularly, this beats wrestling with OAuth flows and API quirks yourself.
$ npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-sheets --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
PREREQUISITE: Read
../gws-shared/SKILL.mdfor auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, rungws generate-skillsto create it.
gws sheets <resource> <method> [flags]
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
+append | Append a row to a spreadsheet |
+read | Read values from a spreadsheet |
batchUpdate — Applies one or more updates to the spreadsheet. Each request is validated before being applied. If any request is not valid then the entire request will fail and nothing will be applied. Some requests have replies to give you some information about how they are applied. The replies will mirror the requests. For example, if you applied 4 updates and the 3rd one had a reply, then the response will have 2 empty replies, the actual reply, and another empty reply, in that order.create — Creates a spreadsheet, returning the newly created spreadsheet.get — Returns the spreadsheet at the given ID. The caller must specify the spreadsheet ID. By default, data within grids is not returned. You can include grid data in one of 2 ways: * Specify a field mask listing your desired fields using the fields URL parameter in HTTP * Set the includeGridData URL parameter to true.getByDataFilter — Returns the spreadsheet at the given ID. The caller must specify the spreadsheet ID. For more information, see Read, write, and search metadata. This method differs from GetSpreadsheet in that it allows selecting which subsets of spreadsheet data to return by specifying a dataFilters parameter. Multiple DataFilters can be specified.developerMetadata — Operations on the 'developerMetadata' resourcesheets — Operations on the 'sheets' resourcevalues — Operations on the 'values' resourceBefore calling any API method, inspect it:
# Browse resources and methods
gws sheets --help
# Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaults
gws schema sheets.<resource>.<method>
Use gws schema output to build your --params and --json flags.
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