Official agent skill

Gws Shared

by JetBrains in JetBrains/skills

gws CLI: Shared patterns for authentication, global flags, and output formatting.

OfficialNo licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Gws Shared

skills CLI
$ npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill gws-shared -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install JetBrains/skills gws-shared --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/JetBrains/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/gws-shared .claude/skills/gws-shared && 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/

Facts

Skill name
gws-shared
GitHub stars
363
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~704 tokens
SKILL.md length
236 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
79
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

gws CLI: Shared patterns for authentication, global flags, and output formatting.

  • Tasks that involve Authentication
  • SKILL.md covers Installation, Authentication, Global Flags and CLI Syntax, plus 3 more sections
  • Reaches github.com; needs GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS

What it does

Gws Shared is an agent skill from JetBrains/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. gws CLI: Shared patterns for authentication, global flags, and output formatting.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 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 Backend & APIs, covering Authentication. It works with Google Workspace. The repository describes itself as: Curated agent skills collection verified by JetBrains.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Authentication

Example prompts

  • “/gws-shared”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e0f258b. 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 (its code samples are bash).

    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:

    • github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Gws Shared loads about 704 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 23 tokens; SKILL.md has 236 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~23
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~704

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 236 words (~704 tokens).

“The gws binary must be on $PATH. See the project README for install options.”

— opening of SKILL.md by JetBrains
name
gws-shared
version
1.0.0
metadata.short-description
Use shared gws CLI conventions
metadata.author
Google Workspace
metadata.source
https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-shared

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in gws-shared of JetBrains/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e0f258b

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in JetBrains/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Google WorkspaceRedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop177—~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Gws Shared

What does Gws Shared do?

gws CLI: Shared patterns for authentication, global flags, and output formatting. Gws Shared is an agent skill from JetBrains/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. gws CLI: Shared patterns for authentication, global flags, and output formatting.

When should I use Gws Shared?

Gws Shared fits situations like: tasks that involve Authentication.

How do I install Gws Shared in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill gws-shared -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (gws-shared in JetBrains/skills) into .claude/skills/gws-shared in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Gws Shared in Codex?

Run `npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill gws-shared -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (gws-shared in JetBrains/skills) into .agents/skills/gws-shared in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Gws Shared 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 JetBrains/skills --skill gws-shared -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gws-shared, .gemini/skills/gws-shared, .github/skills/gws-shared and .opencode/skills/gws-shared in your project.

What does Gws Shared need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Gws Shared needs credentials named GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS.

Does Gws Shared access the network?

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

Is Gws Shared 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 Gws Shared use?

No licence was found for Gws Shared or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Gws Shared use?

About 704 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 Gws Shared?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Gws Shared: Implementing Google Workspace Sso Configuration (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Identity Access Management (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Juejin Publish (bifrost-proxy/bifrost, 160 stars) and Dotnet API (novotnyllc/dotnet-artisan, 233 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Gws Shared?

JetBrains (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in JetBrains/skills, which has 363 GitHub stars. The repository holds 79 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 29, 2026.

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