gws-drive-upload skill
Google Drive: Upload a file with automatic metadata.
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Install the gws-drive-upload skill
A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli.git /tmp/cli mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -r /tmp/cli/skills/gws-drive-upload ~/.claude/skills/gws-drive-upload
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In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub
The instructions your agent would load
SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub
drive +upload
PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.
Upload a file with automatic metadata
Usage
gws drive +upload <file>Flags
Examples
gws drive +upload ./report.pdf
gws drive +upload ./report.pdf --parent FOLDER_ID
gws drive +upload ./data.csv --name 'Sales Data.csv'Tips
- MIME type is detected automatically.
- Filename is inferred from the local path unless --name is given.
[!CAUTION]
This is a write command — confirm with the user before executing.
See Also
- gws-shared — Global flags and auth
- gws-drive — All manage files, folders, and shared drives commands
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