# gws-people

A Claude Code slash command that drives Google Workspace contacts and profiles through the gws CLI: create, search, update and delete records.

- command · `type=command` · Claude Code · 67 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-people.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/commands/gws-people

## What it does

Arguments come in as `[resource] [method] [flags]` and get handed to `gws people`. Three resources are available: `contactGroups`, `otherContacts` and `people`. Methods cover creating contacts one at a time or in batches, searching, listing domain directory people, and swapping contact photos.

You need the Google Workspace CLI (`gws`) on the machine and auth already set up — check it with `gws auth status`. Run `gws people --help` to see every command, and `gws schema people.<resource>.<method>` to inspect a method's parameters. Nothing runs without working auth.

One thing to watch: Google advises sending mutate requests for the same user one after another, since parallel calls raise latency and cause failures. Contact search also needs a warmup request with an empty query first, or the cache stays stale.

## Requirements
- Works with: Google Workspace

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

### Gemini CLI

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

## When to use it
- create a batch of new contacts in one call
- find a person by name, email or phone number
- replace a contact photo
- list domain profiles for the whole organization
- copy an "Other contact" into the myContacts group

## Example prompts
- Create a Google People contact using the name and email from `contacts.csv`
- Search my contacts for everyone at `example.com` and list them
- Update the photo for contact `people/c12345` from `avatar.png`

## Source text · gws-people.md · MIT

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allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit
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# Google Workspace People

Execute Google Workspace People operations: $ARGUMENTS

## Prerequisites

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

## Available Resources and Methods

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

## API Resources

### contactGroups

  - `batchGet` — Get a list of contact groups owned by the authenticated user by specifying a list of contact group resource names.
  - `create` — Create a new contact group owned by the authenticated user. Created contact group names must be unique to the users contact groups. Attempting to create a group with a duplicate name will return a HTTP 409 error. Mutate requests for the same user should be sent sequentially to avoid increased latency and failures.
  - `delete` — Delete an existing contact group owned by the authenticated user by specifying a contact group resource name. Mutate requests for the same user should be sent sequentially to avoid increased latency and failures.
  - `get` — Get a specific contact group owned by the authenticated user by specifying a contact group resource name.
  - `list` — List all contact groups owned by the authenticated user. Members of the contact groups are not populated.
  - `update` — Update the name of an existing contact group owned by the authenticated user. Updated contact group names must be unique to the users contact groups. Attempting to create a group with a duplicate name will return a HTTP 409 error. Mutate requests for the same user should be sent sequentially to avoid increased latency and failures.
  - `members` — Operations on the 'members' resource

### otherContacts

  - `copyOtherContactToMyContactsGroup` — Copies an "Other contact" to a new contact in the user's "myContacts" group Mutate requests for the same user should be sent sequentially to avoid increased latency and failures.
  - `list` — List all "Other contacts", that is contacts that are not in a contact group. "Other contacts" are typically auto created contacts from interactions. Sync tokens expire 7 days after the full sync. A request with an expired sync token will get an error with an [google.rpc.ErrorInfo](https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/errors#error_info) with reason "EXPIRED_SYNC_TOKEN". In the case of such an error clients should make a full sync request without a `sync_token`.
  - `search` — Provides a list of contacts in the authenticated user's other contacts that matches the search query. The query matches on a contact's `names`, `emailAddresses`, and `phoneNumbers` fields that are from the OTHER_CONTACT source. **IMPORTANT**: Before searching, clients should send a warmup request with an empty query to update the cache. See https://developers.google.com/people/v1/other-contacts#search_the_users_other_contacts

### people

  - `batchCreateContacts` — Create a batch of new contacts and return the PersonResponses for the newly Mutate requests for the same user should be sent sequentially to avoid increased latency and failures.
  - `batchDeleteContacts` — Delete a batch of contacts. Any non-contact data will not be deleted. Mutate requests for the same user should be sent sequentially to avoid increased latency and failures.
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