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Reduces context-switching and manual API integration overhead by unifying access to Google Workspace services through a single CLI, enabling teams to automat…

Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills.

Automate bulk email sending and calendar invites across your Google Workspace organization
Query Gmail, Drive, and Sheets data directly from terminal for reporting and analysis
Manage user accounts and permissions across Google Workspace without leaving the command line

30,411 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Why it matters

Reduces context-switching and manual API integration overhead by unifying access to Google Workspace services through a single CLI, enabling teams to automate multi-service workflows and embed Workspace operations into deployment pipelines.

Best for

DevOps teams and platform engineers automating Google Workspace provisioning, reporting, and inter-service workflows at scale.

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Source

https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli

By googleworkspace

How to Get It

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Command

npm install -g @googleworkspace/cli

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First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me automate bulk email sending and calendar invites across my Google Workspace organization

PrerequisitesNode.js 18+ (or download a pre-built binary from GitHub Releases); a Google Cloud project for OAuth credentials (gws auth setup can walk you through it); a Google account with Google Workspace access.CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars30,411Contributors43Last updated2026-08-01LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-17 · scanner vattempted-no-data

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Discussed on Hacker News

Google Workspace CLI — Hacker News · 953 pts
Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI — Hacker News · 716 pts
Gemini CLI as an agent harness for Google Workspace CLI (gws) — Hacker News · 2 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

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Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 28,775 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

4/5

Versatility

5/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.85 / 5.00 SolidEvaluatedJun 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 28,775 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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