drivectl - your command-line tool for interacting with Google Drive

Interact with Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets using the drivectl CLI. Use this skill when asked to list Drive files, download files, read/update Sheets, or cr...

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This skill provides guidance on using the drivectl command-line tool to interact with Google Workspace (Drive, Docs, Sheets).

Prerequisites & Authentication

• Ensure drivectl is available in your PATH or in the current working directory (e.g., ./drivectl). If it is not installed, you can quickly download the latest prebuilt binary by running the bundled script: scripts/install.sh.
• Crucial Rule: Always append -O json to drivectl commands when you need to parse the output programmatically or return structured information.

First-time Authentication

The user must authenticate before using drivectl. It securely caches tokens locally so this only needs to happen once. If the user hasn't authenticated, guide them to do so:

drivectl auth login --secret-file /path/to/your/client_secret.json

(If operating on a headless system or inside an agent environment without a browser, append the --no-browser-auth flag to print a manual authorization URL that the user can click).

Available Modules

The drivectl tool provides several subcommands organized by Workspace service. Pick the correct reference depending on the user's request.

• Google Drive (Files/Folders): See references/drive.md for listing, querying, searching, and downloading files.
• Google Docs: See references/docs.md for creating docs from Markdown, reading docs, converting to Markdown, and exploring tab structures.
• Google Sheets: See references/sheets.md for reading ranges, updating cells, and exporting sheets to CSV.

Dynamic Discovery (Fallback)

If the built-in commands (list, docs, sheets) do not cover the requirement, you can use the call subcommand to dynamically invoke any Google Workspace API endpoint using Google Discovery.

See references/discovery.md for detailed instructions on how to formulate and execute these dynamic API calls.