Recipe Compare Sheet Tabs

Read data from two tabs in a Google Sheet to compare and identify differences.

Security Scan

The skill's actions (reading two sheet tabs and comparing them) match its name and instructions; it's an instruction-only recipe that delegates Google Sheets access to the gws/gws-sheets tooling and does not request unrelated credentials or install steps.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match the runtime instructions. Requiring the 'gws' CLI and the 'gws-sheets' skill is proportionate for reading Google Sheets data. Minor metadata mismatch noted: SKILL.md lists metadata.version 0.22.5 while registry version is 1.0.14 (likely benign but inconsistent).

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md only instructs the agent to run two gws sheets +read commands with given spreadsheet ID/ranges and then compare results. It does not ask to read unrelated files, environment variables, or send data to external endpoints outside the expected tooling.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — lowest-risk install footprint.

Credentials

The skill itself declares no env vars or credentials, which is reasonable because it delegates Google access to the gws/gws-sheets tooling. Users should be aware that gws/gws-sheets likely require Google auth credentials (not shown here) and those credentials will govern access to spreadsheets.

Persistence & Privilege

No elevated persistence requested (always:false). The skill is user-invocable and uses normal model invocation; nothing here requests cross-skill or system-wide config changes.

Assessment

This recipe is narrowly scoped and appears coherent, but before installing: (1) confirm the 'gws' CLI and the 'gws-sheets' skill are from a trusted source and understand how they authenticate to Google; (2) ensure the Google account used has only the necessary sheet access (avoid using highly privileged service accounts); (3) test on a non-sensitive spreadsheet to confirm behavior; and (4) note the small metadata/version mismatch in SKILL.md which may indicate packaging oversight but not a functional problem.

Compare Two Google Sheets Tabs

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-sheets

Read data from two tabs in a Google Sheet to compare and identify differences.

Steps

1. Read the first tab: gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range "January!A1:D"
2. Read the second tab: gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range "February!A1:D"
3. Compare the data and identify changes