Recipe Watch Drive Changes
- 24.4k installs
- 30k repo stars
- Updated July 22, 2026
- googleworkspace/cli
Watch-drive-changes is a Google Workspace CLI recipe that subscribes to notifications when files change in Google Drive.
About
Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder using the Google Workspace Events API. The skill creates event subscriptions, monitors for file updates, and renews subscriptions before expiry. Developers use this to build reactive workflows that respond to Drive changes.
- Subscribe to Drive file and folder change events
- Receive notifications via Pub/Sub topics
- Manage subscription lifecycle automatically
Recipe Watch Drive Changes by the numbers
- 24,430 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- +806 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
- Ranked #33 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)
recipe-watch-drive-changes capabilities & compatibility
- Capabilities
- event monitoring · notifications · subscriptions
- Works with
- google drive
- Use cases
- orchestration
What recipe-watch-drive-changes says it does
Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.
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| Installs | 24.4k |
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| repo stars | ★ 30k |
| Security audit | 3 / 3 scanners passed |
| Last updated | July 22, 2026 |
| Repository | googleworkspace/cli ↗ |
How do you subscribe to Google Drive file change events?
Developers build event-driven workflows that respond to Google Drive file changes.
Who is it for?
Building event-driven workflows that react to file changes in Google Drive
Skip if: Developers who only need a one-time file download or listing without ongoing push notifications or Pub/Sub infrastructure.
When should I use this skill?
A developer asks to watch, subscribe to, or get real-time notifications for Google Drive file or folder changes using gws.
What you get
Active event subscription delivering Drive file update notifications to a configured Pub/Sub topic.
- drive event subscription
- pub/sub notification stream
By the numbers
- Recipe metadata version 0.22.5 in googleworkspace/cli
- Documents google.workspace.drive.file.v1.updated as the subscribed event type
Files
Watch for Drive Changes
PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-eventsSubscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.
Steps
1. Create subscription: gws events subscriptions create --json '{"targetResource": "//drive.googleapis.com/drives/DRIVE_ID", "eventTypes": ["google.workspace.drive.file.v1.updated"], "notificationEndpoint": {"pubsubTopic": "projects/PROJECT/topics/TOPIC"}, "payloadOptions": {"includeResource": true}}' 2. List active subscriptions: gws events subscriptions list 3. Renew before expiry: gws events +renew --subscription SUBSCRIPTION_ID
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Which event type does recipe-watch-drive-changes subscribe to?
recipe-watch-drive-changes subscribes to google.workspace.drive.file.v1.updated on a Drive targetResource such as //drive.googleapis.com/drives/DRIVE_ID, delivering notifications through a Pub/Sub topic endpoint.
What gws skill is required for recipe-watch-drive-changes?
recipe-watch-drive-changes requires the gws-events utility skill and the gws binary to run gws events subscriptions create with JSON targetResource and notificationEndpoint parameters.
Is Recipe Watch Drive Changes safe to install?
skills.sh reports 3 of 3 security scanners passed. Review the Security Audits panel on this page before installing in production.