Agent skill

Recipe Watch Drive Changes

by googleworkspace in googleworkspace/cli

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

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Install Recipe Watch Drive Changes

skills CLI
$ npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-watch-drive-changes -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install googleworkspace/cli recipe-watch-drive-changes --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/googleworkspace/cli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes .claude/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes && 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
recipe-watch-drive-changes
GitHub stars
31k
Token cost
~231 tokens
SKILL.md length
61 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
77
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

  • Works in 3 steps: Create subscription: gws events… → List active subscriptions: gws events… → Renew before expiry: gws events +renew…
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Recipe Watch Drive Changes is an agent skill from googleworkspace/cli. Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

Its SKILL.md is about 230 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Google Drive and Google Workspace. The repository describes itself as: 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… The licence is Apache-2.0.

Example prompts

  • “/recipe-watch-drive-changes”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Create subscription: gws events subscriptions create --json '{"targetResource": "//drive.googleapis.com/drives/DRIVE_ID", "eventTypes"…
  2. List active subscriptions: gws events subscriptions list
  3. Renew before expiry: gws events +renew --subscription SUBSCRIPTION_ID

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a3768d0. 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

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Recipe Watch Drive Changes loads about 231 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 61 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~231

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 googleworkspace/cli at commit a3768d0, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© googleworkspace). 61 words, ~231 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
recipe-watch-drive-changes
description
Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.
metadata.version
0.22.5

Watch for Drive Changes

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

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

Steps

  1. Create subscription: gws events subscriptions create --json '{"targetResource": "//drive.googleapis.com/drives/DRIVE_ID", "eventTypes": ["google.workspace.drive.file.v1.updated"], "notificationEndpoint": {"pubsubTopic": "projects/PROJECT/topics/TOPIC"}, "payloadOptions": {"includeResource": true}}'
  2. List active subscriptions: gws events subscriptions list
  3. Renew before expiry: gws events +renew --subscription SUBSCRIPTION_ID

© googleworkspace, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes of googleworkspace/cli.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a3768d0

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Questions about Recipe Watch Drive Changes

What does Recipe Watch Drive Changes do?

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder. Recipe Watch Drive Changes is an agent skill from googleworkspace/cli. Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

How do I install Recipe Watch Drive Changes in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-watch-drive-changes -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes in googleworkspace/cli) into .claude/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Recipe Watch Drive Changes in Codex?

Run `npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-watch-drive-changes -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes in googleworkspace/cli) into .agents/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Recipe Watch Drive Changes 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 googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-watch-drive-changes -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes, .gemini/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes, .github/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes and .opencode/skills/recipe-watch-drive-changes in your project.

What does Recipe Watch Drive Changes need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Recipe Watch Drive Changes is instructions for the agent only.

Does Recipe Watch Drive Changes access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Recipe Watch Drive Changes 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 Recipe Watch Drive Changes use?

Recipe Watch Drive Changes is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Recipe Watch Drive Changes use?

About 231 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 924 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 Recipe Watch Drive Changes?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Recipe Watch Drive Changes: Gws (kv0906/pm-kit, 138 stars), Google Workspace CLI (laude-institute/headlong, 1.2k stars), Google Workspace Ops (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars) and Chart To Drive (ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst, 304 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Recipe Watch Drive Changes?

googleworkspace (a GitHub organization) maintains it in googleworkspace/cli, which has 31,280 GitHub stars. The repository holds 77 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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