
Gws Classroom
- 23.5k installs
- 30k repo stars
- Updated July 22, 2026
- googleworkspace/cli
gws-classroom is a CLI skill that wraps Google Classroom API for course and student management.
About
CLI wrapper around Google Classroom API for managing courses, students, assignments, and coursework. Developers use this to automate educational program management at the API level. Covers all Classroom API resources including courses, invitations, announcements, grades, and student groups.
- Full Google Classroom API wrapper for v1 API
- Manages courses, rosters, assignments, and announcements
- Supports resource operations like create, update, delete, list, get
Gws Classroom by the numbers
- 23,522 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- +805 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
- Ranked #75 of 3,301 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Security screen: LOW risk (skills.sh audit)
- Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
gws-classroom capabilities & compatibility
- Works with
- google drive
- Use cases
- api development
What gws-classroom says it does
Manage classes, rosters, and coursework
gws classroom <resource> <method> [flags]
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| Installs | 23.5k |
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| repo stars | ★ 30k |
| Security audit | 3 / 3 scanners passed |
| Last updated | July 22, 2026 |
| Repository | googleworkspace/cli ↗ |
How do you manage Google Classroom from CLI?
Programmatically manage Google Classroom courses, assignments, and student enrollments.
Who is it for?
Building educational automation systems with programmatic course and roster management
Skip if: Teams without Google Classroom access or projects that only need generic Google Drive or Calendar APIs instead of Classroom course management.
When should I use this skill?
Need to create, manage, or query Classroom courses and student enrollments
What you get
Created or updated Classroom courses, roster memberships, and coursework assignments via gws API calls.
- Course management operations
- Student roster manipulation
- Assignment and gradebook access
By the numbers
- Metadata version 0.22.5
- Wraps Google Classroom API v1
- Documents courses resource with create, list, and update methods
Files
classroom (v1)
PREREQUISITE: Read../gws-shared/SKILL.mdfor auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, rungws generate-skillsto create it.
gws classroom <resource> <method> [flags]API Resources
courses
create— Creates a course. The user specified inownerIdis the owner of the created course and added as a teacher. A non-admin requesting user can only create a course with themselves as the owner. Domain admins can create courses owned by any user within their domain. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to create courses or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif the primary teacher is not a valid user.delete— Deletes a course. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to delete the requested course or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif no course exists with the requested ID.get— Returns a course. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to access the requested course or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif no course exists with the requested ID.getGradingPeriodSettings— Returns the grading period settings in a course. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user isn't permitted to access the grading period settings in the requested course or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif the requested course does not exist.list— Returns a list of courses that the requesting user is permitted to view, restricted to those that match the request. Returned courses are ordered by creation time, with the most recently created coming first. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` for access errors.INVALID_ARGUMENTif the query argument is malformed. *NOT_FOUNDif any users specified in the query arguments do not exist.patch— Updates one or more fields in a course. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to modify the requested course or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif no course exists with the requested ID. *INVALID_ARGUMENTif invalid fields are specified in the update mask or if no update mask is supplied.update— Updates a course. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to modify the requested course or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif no course exists with the requested ID. `FAILED_PRECONDITION` for the following request errors: CourseNotModifiable * CourseTitleCannotContainUrlupdateGradingPeriodSettings— Updates grading period settings of a course. Individual grading periods can be added, removed, or modified using this method. The requesting user and course owner must be eligible to modify Grading Periods. For details, see licensing requirements.aliases— Operations on the 'aliases' resourceannouncements— Operations on the 'announcements' resourcecourseWork— Operations on the 'courseWork' resourcecourseWorkMaterials— Operations on the 'courseWorkMaterials' resourceposts— Operations on the 'posts' resourcestudentGroups— Operations on the 'studentGroups' resourcestudents— Operations on the 'students' resourceteachers— Operations on the 'teachers' resourcetopics— Operations on the 'topics' resource
invitations
accept— Accepts an invitation, removing it and adding the invited user to the teachers or students (as appropriate) of the specified course. Only the invited user may accept an invitation. This method returns the following error codes: *PERMISSION_DENIEDif the requesting user is not permitted to accept the requested invitation or for access errors.create— Creates an invitation. Only one invitation for a user and course may exist at a time. Delete and re-create an invitation to make changes. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to create invitations for this course or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif the course or the user does not exist. `FAILED_PRECONDITION`: if the requested user's account is disabled.delete— Deletes an invitation. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to delete the requested invitation or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif no invitation exists with the requested ID.get— Returns an invitation. This method returns the following error codes: `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to view the requested invitation or for access errors.NOT_FOUNDif no invitation exists with the requested ID.list— Returns a list of invitations that the requesting user is permitted to view, restricted to those that match the list request. Note: At least one ofuser_idorcourse_idmust be supplied. Both fields can be supplied. This method returns the following error codes: *PERMISSION_DENIEDfor access errors.
registrations
create— Creates aRegistration, causing Classroom to start sending notifications from the providedfeedto the destination provided incloudPubSubTopic. Returns the createdRegistration. Currently, this will be the same as the argument, but with server-assigned fields such asexpiry_timeandidfilled in. Note that any value specified for theexpiry_timeoridfields will be ignored.delete— Deletes aRegistration, causing Classroom to stop sending notifications for thatRegistration.
userProfiles
get— Returns a user profile. This method returns the following error codes: *PERMISSION_DENIEDif the requesting user is not permitted to access this user profile, if no profile exists with the requested ID, or for access errors.guardianInvitations— Operations on the 'guardianInvitations' resourceguardians— Operations on the 'guardians' resource
Discovering Commands
Before calling any API method, inspect it:
# Browse resources and methods
gws classroom --help
# Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaults
gws schema classroom.<resource>.<method>Use gws schema output to build your --params and --json flags.
Related skills
Forks & variants (1)
Gws Classroom has 1 known copy in the catalog totaling 6 installs. They canonicalize to this original listing.
- jetbrains - 6 installs
How it compares
Choose gws-classroom over generic gws-drive or gws-sheets skills when automation targets Classroom courses, rosters, and coursework rather than file storage or spreadsheets.
FAQ
What API does gws-classroom wrap?
gws-classroom wraps Google Classroom API v1 through gws classroom resource method commands. The readme documents a courses resource with create, list, and update operations for classes, rosters, and coursework.
What setup does gws-classroom require?
gws-classroom requires the gws binary and the gws-shared/SKILL.md file for authentication, global flags, and security rules. Run gws generate-skills if gws-shared is missing, and use gws classroom --help for CLI reference.
Is Gws Classroom safe to install?
skills.sh reports 3 of 3 security scanners passed. Review the Security Audits panel on this page before installing in production.