Create and Configure a Shared Drive

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Set up a Google Shared Drive and give the right people access without doing it manually. Once this skill is added, your AI can create a new Shared Drive and add members with the access roles they need.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

After adding the skill, ask your AI to create a Shared Drive and tell it who should be added and what access each person needs.

Then ask your AI: use the Create and Configure a Shared Drive skill

What your AI can do with it

  • Create a new Google Shared Drive
  • Add members to a Shared Drive
  • Assign each member an appropriate access role
  • Get a new Shared Drive ready for a team in one request

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by googleworkspace/cli in skills/recipe-create-shared-drive/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

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

Create a Google Shared Drive and add members with appropriate roles.

Steps

  1. Create shared drive: gws drive drives create --params '{"requestId": "unique-id-123"}' --json '{"name": "Project X"}'
  2. Add a member: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "DRIVE_ID", "supportsAllDrives": true}' --json '{"role": "writer", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "member@company.com"}'
  3. List members: gws drive permissions list --params '{"fileId": "DRIVE_ID", "supportsAllDrives": true}'

Signals

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Source
github.com/googleworkspace/cli