# gws-admin

A Claude slash command that runs Google Workspace Admin SDK operations: users, groups, devices, domains.

- command · `type=command` · Claude Code · 74 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/commands/google-workspace/gws-admin.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/commands/gws-admin

## What it does

Give the command a resource, a method and flags, and it maps them onto `gws admin <resource> <method> [flags]`. The reference covers Directory API resources such as `users`, `groups`, `members`, `chromeosdevices`, `mobiledevices`, `orgunits`, `roles`, `roleAssignments`, `schemas`, `domains`, `domainAliases`, `tokens`, `privileges`, `asps`, `channels`, `twoStepVerification`, `customers` and `resources`.

You need the Google Workspace CLI `gws` on the machine first. Run `gws auth status` to confirm authentication, and `gws admin --help` for the full command list. Skip that step and nothing runs.

Some methods come with caveats. `members list` and `mobiledevices list` time out after 60 minutes. `chromeosdevices action` is marked deprecated in favour of `BatchChangeChromeOsDeviceStatus`. Deprovisioning a Chrome OS device halts policy syncing and drops device-level printers, and the device must be wiped before it can be enrolled again. Nested group membership checks only work when both entities sit in the same domain; for outside entities you need the Cloud Identity Groups API.

## Requirements
- Works with: Google Workspace

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --command google-workspace/gws-admin
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/commands/gws-admin.md` — Call it with /gws-admin. For all projects use ~/.claude/commands/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.codex/prompts/gws-admin.md` — Call it with /prompts:gws-admin. Codex marks this format deprecated in favour of skills

### GitHub Copilot

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/prompts/gws-admin.prompt.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.gemini/commands/gws-admin.toml` — Gemini stores commands as TOML: the prompt text goes into the prompt field

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/commands/google-workspace/gws-admin.md

## When to use it
- create a group in the domain and delete it later
- add a user to a group or remove one
- list Chrome OS and mobile devices on the account
- move devices into an organizational unit
- assign a role or review existing role assignments

## Example prompts
- List every user in the domain with `gws admin users list`
- Add this employee to the `engineering@example.com` group
- Move the devices into the `Sales` OU

## Source text · gws-admin.md · MIT

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---
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit
argument-hint: "[resource] [method] [flags]"
description: "Google Workspace Admin SDK: Manage users, groups, and devices."
---

# Google Workspace Admin

Execute Google Workspace Admin operations: $ARGUMENTS

## Prerequisites

- Google Workspace CLI (`gws`) must be installed
- Authentication configured: Run `gws auth status` to verify
- Review `gws admin --help` for all available commands

## Available Resources and Methods

# admin (directory_v1)

> **PREREQUISITE:** Read `../gws-shared/SKILL.md` for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run `gws generate-skills` to create it.

```bash
gws admin <resource> <method> [flags]
```

## API Resources

### asps

  - `delete` — Deletes an ASP issued by a user.
  - `get` — Gets information about an ASP issued by a user.
  - `list` — Lists the ASPs issued by a user.

### channels

  - `stop` — Stops watching resources through this channel.

### chromeosdevices

  - `action` — Use [BatchChangeChromeOsDeviceStatus](https://developers.google.com/workspace/admin/directory/reference/rest/v1/customer.devices.chromeos/batchChangeStatus) instead. Takes an action that affects a Chrome OS Device. This includes deprovisioning, disabling, and re-enabling devices. *Warning:* * Deprovisioning a device will stop device policy syncing and remove device-level printers. After a device is deprovisioned, it must be wiped before it can be re-enrolled.
  - `get` — Retrieves a Chrome OS device's properties.
  - `list` — Retrieves a paginated list of Chrome OS devices within an account.
  - `moveDevicesToOu` — Moves or inserts multiple Chrome OS devices to an organizational unit. You can move up to 50 devices at once.
  - `patch` — Updates a device's updatable properties, such as `annotatedUser`, `annotatedLocation`, `notes`, `orgUnitPath`, or `annotatedAssetId`. This method supports [patch semantics](https://developers.google.com/workspace/admin/directory/v1/guides/performance#patch).
  - `update` — Updates a device's updatable properties, such as `annotatedUser`, `annotatedLocation`, `notes`, `orgUnitPath`, or `annotatedAssetId`.

### customer

  - `devices` — Operations on the 'devices' resource

### customers

  - `get` — Retrieves a customer.
  - `patch` — Patches a customer.
  - `update` — Updates a customer.
  - `chrome` — Operations on the 'chrome' resource

### domainAliases

  - `delete` — Deletes a domain Alias of the customer.
  - `get` — Retrieves a domain alias of the customer.
  - `insert` — Inserts a domain alias of the customer.
  - `list` — Lists the domain aliases of the customer.

### domains

  - `delete` — Deletes a domain of the customer.
  - `get` — Retrieves a domain of the customer.
  - `insert` — Inserts a domain of the customer.
  - `list` — Lists the domains of the customer.

### groups

  - `delete` — Deletes a group.
  - `get` — Retrieves a group's properties.
  - `insert` — Creates a group.
  - `list` — Retrieves all groups of a domain or of a user given a userKey (paginated).
  - `patch` — Updates a group's properties. This method supports [patch semantics](https://developers.google.com/workspace/admin/directory/v1/guides/performance#patch).
  - `update` — Updates a group's properties.
  - `aliases` — Operations on the 'aliases' resource

### members

  - `delete` — Removes a member from a group.
  - `get` — Retrieves a group member's properties.
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