Gws Drive Upload

Google Drive: Upload a file with automatic metadata.

Security Scan

The skill is a thin, coherent wrapper around the gws CLI to upload files to Google Drive, but it defers authentication and global flags to a shared SKILL.md—verify that file before use.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description align with requirements: the skill invokes the 'gws' CLI to upload files. Requiring the 'gws' binary is appropriate and no unrelated binaries or credentials are requested.

Instruction Scope

Instructions are narrowly scoped to calling 'gws drive +upload <file>' and include a CAUTION about writes. However the SKILL.md tells the agent to read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules; that means the agent will look outside this skill for authentication/configuration, so inspect that shared file to understand what data or credentials it exposes.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — lowest-risk install model (nothing is written by the skill itself).

Credentials

The skill declares no required env vars, but it depends on auth described in gws-shared. This is reasonable for a CLI wrapper, but you should verify how gws-shared supplies credentials (env vars, files, tokens) and confirm no unrelated secrets are required.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent/system-wide changes. Autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default) but not by itself a concern here.

Assessment

This skill is a small wrapper that runs the 'gws' CLI to upload files. Before installing or using it: (1) open ../gws-shared/SKILL.md (or run 'gws generate-skills' as suggested) to see exactly how authentication is configured and where credentials are stored; (2) confirm the gws binary you will run is from a trusted source; (3) be aware this is a write operation—confirm with the user before uploading and check the target parent folder ID to avoid accidental data exposure.

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

Flag	Required	Default	Description
<file>	✓	—	Path to file to upload
--parent	—	—	Parent folder ID
--name	—	—	Target filename (defaults to source filename)

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