# gws-classroom

Controls Google Classroom courses and coursework from Claude Code using the gws command-line interface.

- command · `type=command` · Claude Code · 69 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-classroom.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

This command connects Claude Code to Google Classroom v1 through the `gws` CLI. The agent can list courses, manage assignments, and review guardian profiles or student rosters.

You must install the `gws` binary first. Verify your session with `gws auth status`. The tool also expects `../gws-shared/SKILL.md`, created by running `gws generate-skills`. Without valid authentication, Google Classroom API calls fail with permission errors.

## Requirements
- Works with: Google Workspace

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

### Gemini CLI

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.gemini/commands/gws-classroom.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-classroom.md

## When to use it
- create courses and assign owner accounts
- retrieve lists of active invitations by course ID
- update grading period configurations for courses
- configure notification subscriptions with the registrations resource

## Example prompts
- /gws-classroom courses list
- /gws-classroom courses get --id 12345
- /gws-classroom invitations list --course_id 12345

## Source text · gws-classroom.md · MIT

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allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit
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description: "Google Classroom: Manage classes, rosters, and coursework."
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# Google Workspace Classroom

Execute Google Workspace Classroom operations: $ARGUMENTS

## Prerequisites

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

## Available Resources and Methods

# classroom (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 classroom <resource> <method> [flags]
```

## API Resources

### courses

  - `create` — Creates a course. The user specified in `ownerId` is the owner of the created course and added as a teacher. A non-admin requesting user can only create a course with themselves as the owner. Domain admins can create courses owned by any user within their domain. This method returns the following error codes: * `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to create courses or for access errors. * `NOT_FOUND` if the primary teacher is not a valid user.
  - `delete` — Deletes a course. This method returns the following error codes: * `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to delete the requested course or for access errors. * `NOT_FOUND` if no course exists with the requested ID.
  - `get` — Returns a course. This method returns the following error codes: * `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to access the requested course or for access errors. * `NOT_FOUND` if no course exists with the requested ID.
  - `getGradingPeriodSettings` — Returns the grading period settings in a course. This method returns the following error codes: * `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user isn't permitted to access the grading period settings in the requested course or for access errors. * `NOT_FOUND` if the requested course does not exist.
  - `list` — Returns a list of courses that the requesting user is permitted to view, restricted to those that match the request. Returned courses are ordered by creation time, with the most recently created coming first. This method returns the following error codes: * `PERMISSION_DENIED` for access errors. * `INVALID_ARGUMENT` if the query argument is malformed. * `NOT_FOUND` if any users specified in the query arguments do not exist.
  - `patch` — Updates one or more fields in a course. This method returns the following error codes: * `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to modify the requested course or for access errors. * `NOT_FOUND` if no course exists with the requested ID. * `INVALID_ARGUMENT` if invalid fields are specified in the update mask or if no update mask is supplied.
  - `update` — Updates a course. This method returns the following error codes: * `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to modify the requested course or for access errors. * `NOT_FOUND` if no course exists with the requested ID. * `FAILED_PRECONDITION` for the following request errors: * CourseNotModifiable * CourseTitleCannotContainUrl
  - `updateGradingPeriodSettings` — Updates grading period settings of a course. Individual grading periods can be added, removed, or modified using this method. The requesting user and course owner must be eligible to modify Grading Periods. For details, see [licensing requirements](https://developers.google.com/workspace/classroom/grading-periods/manage-grading-periods#licensing_requirements).
  - `aliases` — Operations on the 'aliases' resource
  - `announcements` — Operations on the 'announcements' resource
  - `courseWork` — Operations on the 'courseWork' resource
  - `courseWorkMaterials` — Operations on the 'courseWorkMaterials' resource
  - `posts` — Operations on the 'posts' resource
  - `studentGroups` — Operations on the 'studentGroups' resource
  - `students` — Operations on the 'students' resource
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