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Recipe Share Folder With Team

  • 24.1k installs
  • 30k repo stars
  • Updated July 22, 2026
  • googleworkspace/cli

recipe-share-folder-with-team is a CLI recipe that automates sharing Google Drive folders with multiple collaborators.

About

A recipe for sharing Google Drive folders with team members at different permission levels. Use this when you need to grant multiple collaborators access to project files with role-based permissions in a repeatable way.

  • Share folders and contents with multiple collaborators in one operation
  • Set different permissions (editor, viewer) per user
  • Verify permissions after sharing

Recipe Share Folder With Team by the numbers

  • 24,107 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +795 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #36 of 2,742 Automation & Workflows 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-folder-with-team capabilities & compatibility

Works with
google drive
Use cases
project management
From the docs

What recipe-share-folder-with-team says it does

Share a Google Drive folder and all its contents with a list of collaborators.
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-share-folder-with-team

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Installs24.1k
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Last updatedJuly 22, 2026
Repositorygoogleworkspace/cli

How do you share a Google Drive folder via CLI?

Share Google Drive folders with team members and set role-based permissions for collaboration.

Who is it for?

Sharing project folders with team members at different permission levels

Skip if: Creating new folders, managing non-Drive file stores, or one-off personal file shares outside a named team folder.

When should I use this skill?

Granting folder access to multiple collaborators

What you get

Google Drive folder with editor or viewer permissions applied for each listed collaborator

  • Folder permission grants
  • Collaborator access configuration

By the numbers

  • Recipe metadata version 0.22.5
  • Requires gws binary and gws-drive prerequisite skill

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Share a Google Drive Folder with a Team

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

Share a Google Drive folder and all its contents with a list of collaborators.

Steps

1. Find the folder: gws drive files list --params '{"q": "name = '\''Project X'\'' and mimeType = '\''application/vnd.google-apps.folder'\''"}' 2. Share as editor: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "FOLDER_ID"}' --json '{"role": "writer", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "colleague@company.com"}' 3. Share as viewer: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "FOLDER_ID"}' --json '{"role": "reader", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "stakeholder@company.com"}' 4. Verify permissions: gws drive permissions list --params '{"fileId": "FOLDER_ID"}' --format table

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FAQ

How does recipe-share-folder-with-team locate the folder?

recipe-share-folder-with-team runs gws drive files list with a query matching folder name and mimeType application/vnd.google-apps.folder, then applies gws drive permissions to grant editor or viewer roles.

What does recipe-share-folder-with-team require?

recipe-share-folder-with-team needs the gws binary and the gws-drive prerequisite skill loaded first. Recipe metadata is version 0.22.5 in the googleworkspace/cli productivity domain.

Is Recipe Share Folder With Team 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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