Agent skill

Google Drive

Interact with Google Drive - search files, find folders, list contents, download files, upload files, create folders, move, copy, rename, and trash files.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Google Drive

skills CLI

$ npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-drive --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/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-drive .claude/skills/google-drive && 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 "google-drive" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-drive into .claude/skills/google-drive/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-drive", 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/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-drive

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 sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-drive --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-drive .agents/skills/google-drive && 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 "google-drive" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-drive into .agents/skills/google-drive/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-drive", 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 sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-drive --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-drive .cursor/skills/google-drive && 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 "google-drive" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-drive into .cursor/skills/google-drive/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-drive", 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/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git --path skills/google-drive

--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 sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-drive --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/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-drive .gemini/skills/google-drive && 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 "google-drive" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-drive into .gemini/skills/google-drive/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-drive", 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 sanjay3290/ai-skills google-drive

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 sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-drive .github/skills/google-drive && 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 "google-drive" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-drive into .github/skills/google-drive/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-drive", 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 sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -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 sanjay3290/ai-skills google-drive --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/google-drive .opencode/skills/google-drive && 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 "google-drive" agent skill from https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/google-drive into .opencode/skills/google-drive/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "google-drive", 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: google-drive
GitHub stars: 431
Token cost: ~999 tokens
SKILL.md length: 189 words
Files: 6 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 24
Repo updated: Sep 10, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Interact with Google Drive - search files, find folders, list contents, download files, upload files, create folders, move, copy, rename, and trash files.

User asks to: search Google Drive
SKILL.md covers First-Time Setup, Read Commands, Write Commands and Search Query Formats, plus 3 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python; reaches drive.google.com
Find a file/folder

What it does

Google Drive is an agent skill from sanjay3290/ai-skills. Interact with Google Drive - search files, find folders, list contents, download files, upload files, create folders, move, copy, rename, and trash files. Use when user asks to: search Google Drive, find a file/folder, list Drive contents, download or upload files, create folders, move files, or organize Drive content. Lightweight integration with standalone OAuth authentication supporting full read/write access.

Its SKILL.md is about 1000 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts (for example `README.md`, `scripts/auth.py` and `scripts/drive.py`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering OAuth and OpenID Connect. It works with Google Drive. The repository describes itself as: 24 cross-platform agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex & Gemini CLI — databases, messaging, research, TTS, DevOps, and Google Workspace. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

User asks to: search Google Drive
Find a file/folder
List Drive contents
Organize Drive content

Example prompts

“/google-drive”

Requirements

Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 281d88d. 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
Ships 3 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- python
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:
- drive.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

Google Drive loads about 999 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 107 tokens; SKILL.md has 189 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~107
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~999

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sanjay3290/ai-skills at commit 281d88d, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sanjay3290). 189 words, ~999 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/google-drive/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: google-drive
description: Interact with Google Drive - search files, find folders, list contents, download files, upload files, create folders, move, copy, rename, and trash files. Use when user asks to: search Google Drive, find a file/folder, list Drive contents, download or upload files, create folders, move files, or organize Drive content. Lightweight integration with standalone OAuth authentication supporting full read/write access.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata.author: sanjay3290
metadata.version: 1.0

Google Drive

Lightweight Google Drive integration with standalone OAuth authentication. No MCP server required. Full read/write access.

Requires Google Workspace account. Personal Gmail accounts are not supported.

First-Time Setup

Authenticate with Google (opens browser):

bash

python scripts/auth.py login

Check authentication status:

bash

python scripts/auth.py status

Logout when needed:

bash

python scripts/auth.py logout

Read Commands

All operations via scripts/drive.py. Auto-authenticates on first use if not logged in.

bash

# Search for files (full-text search)
python scripts/drive.py search "quarterly report"

# Search by title only
python scripts/drive.py search "title:budget"

# Search using Google Drive URL (extracts ID automatically)
python scripts/drive.py search "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ABC123..."

# Search files shared with you
python scripts/drive.py search --shared-with-me

# Search with pagination
python scripts/drive.py search "report" --limit 5 --page-token "..."

# Find a folder by exact name
python scripts/drive.py find-folder "Project Documents"

# List files in root Drive
python scripts/drive.py list

# List files in a specific folder
python scripts/drive.py list 1ABC123xyz --limit 20

# Download a file
python scripts/drive.py download 1ABC123xyz ./downloads/report.pdf

Write Commands

bash

# Upload a file to Drive root
python scripts/drive.py upload ~/Documents/report.pdf

# Upload to a specific folder
python scripts/drive.py upload ~/Documents/report.pdf --folder 1ABC123xyz

# Upload with a custom name
python scripts/drive.py upload ~/Documents/report.pdf --name "Q4 Report.pdf"

# Create a new folder
python scripts/drive.py create-folder "Project Documents"

# Create a folder inside another folder
python scripts/drive.py create-folder "Attachments" --parent 1ABC123xyz

# Move a file to a different folder
python scripts/drive.py move FILE_ID DESTINATION_FOLDER_ID

# Copy a file
python scripts/drive.py copy FILE_ID
python scripts/drive.py copy FILE_ID --name "Report Copy" --folder 1ABC123xyz

# Rename a file or folder
python scripts/drive.py rename FILE_ID "New Name.pdf"

# Move a file to trash
python scripts/drive.py trash FILE_ID

Search Query Formats

The search command supports multiple query formats:

Format	Example	Description
Full-text	`"quarterly report"`	Searches file contents and names
Title	`"title:budget"`	Searches file names only
URL	`https://drive.google.com/...`	Extracts and uses file/folder ID
Folder ID	`1ABC123...`	Lists folder contents (25+ char IDs)
Native query	`mimeType='application/pdf'`	Pass-through Drive query syntax

File ID Format

Google Drive uses long IDs like 1ABC123xyz_-abc123. Get IDs from:

search results
find-folder results
list results
Google Drive URLs

Download Limitations

Regular files (PDFs, images, etc.) download directly
Google Docs/Sheets/Slides cannot be downloaded via this tool
For Google Workspace files, use export or dedicated tools

Token Management

Tokens stored securely using the system keyring:

macOS: Keychain
Windows: Windows Credential Locker
Linux: Secret Service API (GNOME Keyring, KDE Wallet, etc.)

Service name: google-drive-skill-oauth

Automatically refreshes expired tokens using Google's cloud function.

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts) in skills/google-drive of sanjay3290/ai-skills.

SKILL.md
README.md
requirements.txt
scripts/auth.py
scripts/drive.py
scripts/requirements.txt

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 281d88d

Compare with similar skills

Google Drive next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Google Drive compared with similar skills
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Google Drive this skillsanjay3290/ai-skills	431	—	~999	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	28 days ago
Web SearchPhilip-Cao-9527/code-note-helper	273	—	~650	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	2 mo ago
Google Drive Automationaiskillstore/marketplace	430	3 repos	~1.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	yesterday
Google DriveCraftOS-dev/CraftBot	392	—	~3.8k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	yesterday
Google Workspacegoogle/adk-recipes	10k	—	~4.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	today
Fortify Developmentcoollabsio/coolify	63k	4 repos	~1.9k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	yesterday

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Questions about Google Drive

What does Google Drive do?

Interact with Google Drive - search files, find folders, list contents, download files, upload files, create folders, move, copy, rename, and trash files. Google Drive is an agent skill from sanjay3290/ai-skills. Interact with Google Drive - search files, find folders, list contents, download files, upload files, create folders, move, copy, rename, and trash files.

When should I use Google Drive?

Google Drive fits situations like: user asks to: search Google Drive; find a file/folder; list Drive contents; organize Drive content.

How do I install Google Drive in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/google-drive in sanjay3290/ai-skills) into .claude/skills/google-drive in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Google Drive in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/google-drive in sanjay3290/ai-skills) into .agents/skills/google-drive in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Google Drive 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 sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-drive -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/google-drive, .gemini/skills/google-drive, .github/skills/google-drive and .opencode/skills/google-drive in your project.

What does Google Drive need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Google Drive needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Google Drive access the network?

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

Is Google Drive 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Google Drive use?

Google Drive is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Google Drive use?

About 999 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Google Drive?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Google Drive: Web Search (Philip-Cao-9527/code-note-helper, 273 stars), Google Drive Automation (aiskillstore/marketplace, 430 stars), Google Drive (CraftOS-dev/CraftBot, 392 stars) and Google Workspace (google/adk-recipes, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Google Drive?

sanjay3290 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sanjay3290/ai-skills, which has 431 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 10, 2026.

Source: sanjay3290/ai-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Google Drive

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Google Drive

First-Time Setup

Read Commands

Write Commands

Search Query Formats

File ID Format

Download Limitations

Token Management

Files

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