Agent skill

Spreadsheet Management

This skill should be used when the user asks about Google Sheets, spreadsheets, cells, rows, columns, charts, or data tables.

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Spreadsheet Management

skills CLI

$ npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install freema/mcp-gsheets spreadsheet-management --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management .claude/skills/spreadsheet-management && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "spreadsheet-management" agent skill from https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets/tree/main/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management into .claude/skills/spreadsheet-management/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "spreadsheet-management", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets/tree/main/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install freema/mcp-gsheets spreadsheet-management --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management .agents/skills/spreadsheet-management && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "spreadsheet-management" agent skill from https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets/tree/main/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management into .agents/skills/spreadsheet-management/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "spreadsheet-management", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install freema/mcp-gsheets spreadsheet-management --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management .cursor/skills/spreadsheet-management && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "spreadsheet-management" agent skill from https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets/tree/main/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management into .cursor/skills/spreadsheet-management/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "spreadsheet-management", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets.git --path plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install freema/mcp-gsheets spreadsheet-management --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management .gemini/skills/spreadsheet-management && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "spreadsheet-management" agent skill from https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets/tree/main/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management into .gemini/skills/spreadsheet-management/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "spreadsheet-management", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install freema/mcp-gsheets spreadsheet-management

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management .github/skills/spreadsheet-management && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "spreadsheet-management" agent skill from https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets/tree/main/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management into .github/skills/spreadsheet-management/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "spreadsheet-management", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install freema/mcp-gsheets spreadsheet-management --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management .opencode/skills/spreadsheet-management && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "spreadsheet-management" agent skill from https://github.com/freema/mcp-gsheets/tree/main/plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management into .opencode/skills/spreadsheet-management/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "spreadsheet-management", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: spreadsheet-management
GitHub stars: 100
Token cost: ~486 tokens
SKILL.md length: 131 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 1
Repo updated: Oct 4, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

This skill should be used when the user asks about Google Sheets, spreadsheets, cells, rows, columns, charts, or data tables.

Asks about Google Sheets
SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Tools Reference, Spreadsheet ID and Range Notation, plus 1 more section
Reaches docs.google.com
Tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets

What it does

Spreadsheet Management is an agent skill from freema/mcp-gsheets. This skill should be used when the user asks about Google Sheets, spreadsheets, cells, rows, columns, charts, or data tables. Activates for reading, writing, formatting, or analyzing spreadsheet data.

Its SKILL.md is about 490 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Excel spreadsheets. It works with Google Sheets, Model Context Protocol, TypeScript and Node.js. The repository describes itself as: MCP server for Google Sheets - Read, write and manipulate spreadsheets through Claude Desktop. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Asks about Google Sheets
Tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets

Example prompts

“/spreadsheet-management”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 632b685. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- docs.google.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Spreadsheet Management loads about 486 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 131 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~486

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from freema/mcp-gsheets at commit 632b685, republished under its MIT licence (© freema). 131 words, ~486 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/spreadsheet-management/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: spreadsheet-management
description: This skill should be used when the user asks about Google Sheets, spreadsheets, cells, rows, columns, charts, or data tables. Activates for reading, writing, formatting, or analyzing spreadsheet data.

When the user asks about spreadsheets or data in Google Sheets, use the gsheets MCP tools.

When to Use This Skill

Activate when the user:

Wants to read spreadsheet data ("Get data from sheet", "Read column A")
Needs to write data ("Update cell A1", "Add a row", "Append data")
Formats cells ("Make header bold", "Add borders", "Change colors")
Creates charts ("Create a bar chart", "Add a pie chart")
Manages sheets ("Create new sheet", "Delete sheet", "Copy sheet")

Tools Reference

Task	Tool
Read range	`sheets_get_values`
Read multiple	`sheets_batch_get_values`
Get info	`sheets_get_metadata`
Write range	`sheets_update_values`
Append rows	`sheets_append_values`
Insert rows	`sheets_insert_rows`
Format cells	`sheets_format_cells`
Borders	`sheets_update_borders`
Merge	`sheets_merge_cells`
Create chart	`sheets_create_chart`
New sheet	`sheets_insert_sheet`

Spreadsheet ID

Found in the URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{SPREADSHEET_ID}/edit

Range Notation

Sheet1!A1:D10     # Specific range
Sheet1!A:A        # Entire column
Sheet1!1:1        # Entire row
A1:D10            # First sheet, specific range
'Sheet Name'!A1   # Sheet name with spaces

Example Workflows

Read and summarize:

sheets_get_metadata spreadsheetId="1Bxi..."
sheets_get_values spreadsheetId="1Bxi..." range="Data!A1:F100"

Format header row:

sheets_format_cells spreadsheetId="1Bxi..." range="A1:Z1" bold=true backgroundColor="#4285f4"

Create chart:

sheets_create_chart spreadsheetId="1Bxi..." sheetId=0 chartType="BAR" dataRange="A1:B10"

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management of freema/mcp-gsheets.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 632b685

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Gdoc To Markdowniurykrieger/claude-bedrock	105	1 repos	~3.8k	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	5 mo ago
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Works with

Questions about Spreadsheet Management

What does Spreadsheet Management do?

This skill should be used when the user asks about Google Sheets, spreadsheets, cells, rows, columns, charts, or data tables. Spreadsheet Management is an agent skill from freema/mcp-gsheets. This skill should be used when the user asks about Google Sheets, spreadsheets, cells, rows, columns, charts, or data tables.

When should I use Spreadsheet Management?

Spreadsheet Management fits situations like: asks about Google Sheets; tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets.

How do I install Spreadsheet Management in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management in freema/mcp-gsheets) into .claude/skills/spreadsheet-management in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Spreadsheet Management in Codex?

Run `npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude/gsheets/skills/spreadsheet-management in freema/mcp-gsheets) into .agents/skills/spreadsheet-management in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Spreadsheet Management in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add freema/mcp-gsheets --skill spreadsheet-management -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/spreadsheet-management, .gemini/skills/spreadsheet-management, .github/skills/spreadsheet-management and .opencode/skills/spreadsheet-management in your project.

What does Spreadsheet Management need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Spreadsheet Management is instructions for the agent only.

Does Spreadsheet Management access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: docs.google.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Spreadsheet Management safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Spreadsheet Management use?

Spreadsheet Management is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Spreadsheet Management use?

About 486 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Spreadsheet Management?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Spreadsheet Management: Bilig Workpaper (agent-skills-hub/agent-skills-hub, 111 stars), Google Sheet (CraftOS-dev/CraftBot, 392 stars), Managing Google Workspace (taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp, 3.3k stars) and Gdoc To Markdown (iurykrieger/claude-bedrock, 105 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Spreadsheet Management?

freema (a GitHub user) maintains it in freema/mcp-gsheets, which has 100 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

Source: freema/mcp-gsheets on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Spreadsheet Management

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

When to Use This Skill

Tools Reference

Spreadsheet ID

Range Notation

Example Workflows

Files

Compare with similar skills

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