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Recipe Create Events From Sheet

  • 24.2k installs
  • 30k repo stars
  • Updated July 22, 2026
  • googleworkspace/cli

recipe-create-events-from-sheet is a Google Workspace CLI recipe that creates calendar events from spreadsheet rows.

About

recipe-create-events-from-sheet is a Google Workspace CLI recipe that reads event data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet and creates Google Calendar entries for each row. Software engineers use it to bulk-create calendar events from structured data. It combines Sheets and Calendar APIs to automate event generation.

  • Bulk creates calendar events from spreadsheet data
  • Combines Sheets and Calendar APIs in single workflow
  • Supports batch event creation with attendee lists

Recipe Create Events From Sheet by the numbers

  • 24,180 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +808 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #46 of 690 Office & Documents skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Security screen: MEDIUM risk (skills.sh audit)
  • Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

recipe-create-events-from-sheet capabilities & compatibility

Works with
google drive
Use cases
project management · orchestration
From the docs

What recipe-create-events-from-sheet says it does

Read event data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet and create Google Calendar entries for each row.
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-create-events-from-sheet

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Last updatedJuly 22, 2026
Repositorygoogleworkspace/cli

How do you create calendar events from Google Sheets rows?

Bulk create calendar events from structured spreadsheet data

Who is it for?

Bulk calendar event creation from spreadsheet data

Skip if: One-off single events or teams without a prepared sheet schema and both gws-sheets and gws-calendar skills available.

When should I use this skill?

You need to generate multiple calendar events from a data source

What you get

Google Calendar events created from each spreadsheet row in the configured sheet range

  • Calendar events per sheet row
  • Automated sheet-to-calendar sync run

By the numbers

  • Recipe metadata version 0.22.5
  • Requires gws-sheets and gws-calendar prerequisite skills
  • Reads sheet range example Events!A2:D via gws sheets +read

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Create Google Calendar Events from a Sheet

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-sheets, gws-calendar

Read event data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet and create Google Calendar entries for each row.

Steps

1. Read event data: gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range "Events!A2:D" 2. For each row, create a calendar event: gws calendar +insert --summary 'Team Standup' --start '2026-01-20T09:00:00' --end '2026-01-20T09:30:00' --attendee alice@company.com --attendee bob@company.com

Related skills

FAQ

How does recipe-create-events-from-sheet read event data?

recipe-create-events-from-sheet uses gws sheets +read with a spreadsheet ID and range such as Events!A2:D, then iterates rows to create Google Calendar entries through gws calendar commands.

Which gws skills does the sheet-to-calendar recipe need?

recipe-create-events-from-sheet requires the gws binary plus gws-sheets and gws-calendar prerequisite skills. Recipe metadata is version 0.22.5 in googleworkspace/cli.

Is Recipe Create Events From Sheet safe to install?

skills.sh reports 2 of 3 security scanners passed. Review the Security Audits panel on this page before installing in production.

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