Email a Google Drive File Link

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Lets your agent share a Google Drive file and email the link with a message to recipients.

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

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Email a Google Drive File Link skill

About this capability

Share a Google Drive file and email the link with a message to recipients.

What this skill tells your AI

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

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

Share a Google Drive file and email the link with a message to recipients.

Steps

  1. Find the file: gws drive files list --params '{"q": "name = '\''Quarterly Report'\''"}'
  2. Share the file: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "FILE_ID"}' --json '{"role": "reader", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "client@example.com"}'
  3. Email the link: gws gmail +send --to client@example.com --subject 'Quarterly Report' --body 'Hi, please find the report here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/FILE_ID'

Signals

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