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Create a Shared Drive

Create a Google Shared Drive and add or list members with roles using the gws CLI

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googleworkspace/cli
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32,059
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill gives an AI agent a short, step-by-step recipe for setting up a shared folder in Google Drive (a Shared Drive) that a team can use together. Once installed, the agent can create the drive with a name, give specific people access as writers, and list who has access, by running the gws command-line tool. It relies on the companion gws-drive skill for the underlying Drive commands.

Great for

  • Team leads or admins who want an agent to set up a new team Shared Drive quickly
  • Developers automating Google Workspace administration through the gws CLI
  • People who already use gws and want a ready-made recipe for Drive permissions

Skip it if

  • Users without a Google Workspace account or the gws tool installed, since the commands will fail without them
  • Anyone wanting to remove access or manage roles beyond the steps shown, because the skill only covers creating a drive, adding a writer, and listing permissions
  • Situations where adding members to a company drive should be reviewed by a human first, because the agent will run commands that change real sharing settings

Try asking

  • “Create a Shared Drive called Project X and add alex@company.com as an editor”
  • “Set up a new shared drive for the marketing team and list who has access”
  • “Add member@company.com as a writer on my existing shared drive”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Create a Shared DriveInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    recipe-create-shared-drive.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip recipe-create-shared-drive.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip recipe-create-shared-drive.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent the exact drive name and member email addresses so it can fill in the commands without guessing
  • Ask the agent to list permissions after adding someone to confirm the change worked
  • Check the Shared Drive ID returned by the create step before reusing it in later commands

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from googleworkspace/cli under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.