Gws Docs

The gws-docs skill enables users to read and write Google Docs through command-line operations by wrapping Google Workspace APIs, allowing developers and automation tools to programmatically create documents, retrieve their content, and apply batch updates. It solves the problem of integrating Google Docs functionality into CLI workflows and scripts without requiring direct API interaction. The skill is for users of the Google Workspace CLI who need to automate document management tasks.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-docs --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

docs (v1)

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

gws docs <resource> <method> [flags]

Helper Commands

Command	Description
`+write`	Append text to a document

API Resources

documents

batchUpdate — Applies one or more updates to the document. 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. Other requests do not need to return information; these each return an empty reply. The order of replies matches that of the requests.
create — Creates a blank document using the title given in the request. Other fields in the request, including any provided content, are ignored. Returns the created document.
get — Gets the latest version of the specified document.

Discovering Commands

Before calling any API method, inspect it:

# Browse resources and methods
gws docs --help

SKILL.md on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/googleworkspace/cli
Categories: Documentation, CLI & Terminal, Office & Documents