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Recipe Share Doc And Notify

  • 24.3k installs
  • 30k repo stars
  • Updated July 22, 2026
  • googleworkspace/cli

recipe-share-doc-and-notify is a Google Workspace CLI recipe that shares Google Docs with edit access and notifies collaborators via email.

About

recipe-share-doc-and-notify is a Google Workspace CLI recipe that shares a Google Docs document with edit access and emails collaborators the link. Software engineers use it to automate collaborative document sharing workflows. It chains Drive permissions, Docs, and Gmail APIs into a single automated task.

  • Multi-API workflow (Drive, Docs, Gmail) via single CLI
  • Shares documents with edit access and sends notifications
  • Eliminates manual sharing and email steps

Recipe Share Doc And Notify by the numbers

  • 24,321 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +806 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #41 of 690 Office & Documents skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Security screen: LOW risk (skills.sh audit)
  • Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

recipe-share-doc-and-notify capabilities & compatibility

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

What recipe-share-doc-and-notify says it does

Share a Google Docs document with edit access and email collaborators the link.
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-share-doc-and-notify

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Installs24.3k
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Last updatedJuly 22, 2026
Repositorygoogleworkspace/cli

How do you share a Google Doc and email the link via CLI?

Automate document sharing and collaborator notifications across teams

Who is it for?

Automating collaborative document sharing

Skip if: Repos using Confluence or Notion as the canonical doc store, or share-only workflows without email notification.

When should I use this skill?

You need to share documents and notify team members programmatically

What you get

Google Doc shared with edit permissions plus Gmail messages delivering the document link to collaborators.

  • Doc shared with edit permissions
  • Gmail notifications with document links

By the numbers

  • Requires 3 prerequisite skills: gws-drive, gws-docs, gws-gmail
  • Recipe metadata version 0.22.5

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Share a Google Doc and Notify Collaborators

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

Share a Google Docs document with edit access and email collaborators the link.

Steps

1. Find the doc: gws drive files list --params '{"q": "name contains '\''Project Brief'\'' and mimeType = '\''application/vnd.google-apps.document'\''"}' 2. Share with editor access: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "DOC_ID"}' --json '{"role": "writer", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "reviewer@company.com"}' 3. Email the link: gws gmail +send --to reviewer@company.com --subject 'Please review: Project Brief' --body 'I have shared the project brief with you: https://docs.google.com/document/d/DOC_ID'

Related skills

FAQ

Which gws skills does recipe-share-doc-and-notify require?

recipe-share-doc-and-notify requires gws-drive, gws-docs, and gws-gmail loaded alongside the gws binary per metadata version 0.22.5 before running the share-and-email workflow.

How does the recipe locate the Google Doc?

recipe-share-doc-and-notify uses gws drive files list with a query combining name contains and mimeType filters so agents can target a Project Brief or similarly named document before applying permissions.

Is Recipe Share Doc And Notify safe to install?

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

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