gog — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

---
name: gog
description: "Google Workspace CLI for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, and Docs."
homepage: https://gogcli.sh
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# gog

Use `gog` for Gmail/Calendar/Drive/Contacts/Sheets/Docs. Requires OAuth setup.

Prefer an already-authorized host account: run the requested `gog` command first. Enter setup only after an authentication error. Never ask for passwords, client secrets, or refresh tokens in chat.

Setup (once)

- `gog auth credentials /path/to/client_secret.json`
- `gog auth add [email protected] --services gmail,calendar,drive,contacts,docs,sheets`
- `gog auth list`

Remote / headless Gateway hosts

When the Gateway host has no local browser display:

1. Prefer a live callback listener on the Gateway host. From the machine with the browser, forward the exact callback port (`ssh -L <port>:127.0.0.1:<port> user@gateway-host`), open the authorization URL `gog` prints, and let the redirect complete on that forwarded port.
2. When a live listener is unavailable, the operator picks one paste-mode path in a trusted shell on the Gateway host. Callback URLs must never enter chat or agent tool input:
   - `--manual`: the operator pastes the full redirect URL into `gog`'s interactive prompt.
   - `--remote --step 1`: prints `auth_url` (and `state_reused`) then exits. After browser consent, the operator runs `--remote --step 2 --auth-url <callback-url>` in the trusted shell. A failed `localhost` page load after consent is expected.
3. Keep the same resolved config context across remote steps: `GOG_CONFIG_DIR` takes precedence over `--home`, which takes precedence over `GOG_HOME`. Also preserve `--client`, services/scopes, redirect URI, and consent options. Matching unexpired manual state may be reused (`state_reused=true`).
4. If desktop keyring is unavailable, configure the file backend (`gog auth keyring file`) and set `GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD` in the Gateway environment so non-interactive agent/`--no-input` runs can read tokens. `gog auth doctor` reports when the password is missing.
5. Callback received is not the same as token stored. If token exchange or identity lookup fails behind a proxy, restart from step 1 after the operator approves scoped egress or proxy exceptions for the required Google endpoints. Do not bypass host network policy or reuse failed or expired state.

For diagnostics, inspect every entry reported by `gog auth list --check`; its exit status does not prove every stored token is valid. Likewise, inspect the status reported by `gog auth doctor` rather than relying only on its exit code.

Common commands

- Gmail search: `gog gmail search 'newer_than:7d' --max 10`
- Gmail messages search (per email, ignores threading): `gog gmail messages search "in:inbox from:ryanair.com" --max 20 --account [email protected]`
- Gmail send (plain): `gog gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Hi" --body "Hello"`
- Gmail send (multi-line): `gog gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt`
- Gmail send (stdin): `gog gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Hi" --body-file -`
- Gmail send (HTML): `gog gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Hi" --body-html "<p>Hello</p>"`
- Gmail draft: `gog gmail drafts create --to [email protected] --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt`
- Gmail send draft: `gog gmail drafts send <draftId>`
- Gmail reply: `gog gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Re: Hi" --body "Reply" --reply-to-message-id <msgId>`
- Calendar list events: `gog calendar events <calendarId> --from <iso> --to <iso>`
- Calendar create event: `gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso>`
- Calendar create with color: `gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso> --event-color 7`
- Calendar update event: `gog calendar update <calendarId> <eventId> --summary "New Title" --event-color 4`
- Calendar show colors: `gog calendar colors`
- Drive search: `gog drive search "query" --max 10`
- Contacts: `gog contacts list --max 20`
- Sheets get: `gog sheets get <sheetId> "Tab!A1:D10" --json`
- Sheets update: `gog sheets update <sheetId> "Tab!A1:B2" --values-json '[["A","B"],["1","2"]]' --input USER_ENTERED`
- Sheets append: `gog sheets append <sheetId> "Tab!A:C" --values-json '[["x","y","z"]]' --insert INSERT_ROWS`
- Sheets clear: `gog sheets clear <sheetId> "Tab!A2:Z"`
- Sheets metadata: `gog sheets metadata <sheetId> --json`
- Docs export: `gog docs export <docId> --format txt --out /tmp/doc.txt`
- Docs cat: `gog docs cat <docId>`

Calendar Colors

- Use `gog calendar colors` to see all available event colors (IDs 1-11)
- Add colors to events with `--event-color <id>` flag
- Event color IDs (from `gog calendar colors` output):
  - 1: #a4bdfc
  - 2: #7ae7bf
  - 3: #dbadff
  - 4: #ff887c
  - 5: #fbd75b
  - 6: #ffb878
  - 7: #46d6db
  - 8: #e1e1e1
  - 9: #5484ed
  - 10: #51b749
  - 11: #dc2127

Email Formatting

- Prefer plain text. Use `--body-file` for multi-paragraph messages (or `--body-file -` for stdin).
- Same `--body-file` pattern works for drafts and replies.
- `--body` does not unescape `\n`. If you need inline newlines, use a heredoc or `$'Line 1\n\nLine 2'`.
- Use `--body-html` only when you need rich formatting.
- HTML tags: `<p>` for paragraphs, `<br>` for line breaks, `<strong>` for bold, `<em>` for italic, `<a href="url">` for links, `<ul>`/`<li>` for lists.
- Example (plain text via stdin):

  ```bash
  gog gmail send --to [email protected] \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-file - <<'EOF'
  Hi Name,

  Thanks for meeting today. Next steps:
  - Item one
  - Item two

  Best regards,
  Your Name
  EOF
  ```

- Example (HTML list):
  ```bash
  gog gmail send --to [email protected] \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-html "<p>Hi Name,</p><p>Thanks for meeting today. Here are the next steps:</p><ul><li>Item one</li><li>Item two</li></ul><p>Best regards,<br>Your Name</p>"
  ```

Notes

- Set `[email protected]` to avoid repeating `--account`.
- For scripting, prefer `--json` plus `--no-input`.
- Sheets values can be passed via `--values-json` (recommended) or as inline rows.
- Docs supports export/cat/copy. In-place edits require a Docs API client (not in gog).
- `gog gmail search` returns one row per thread; use `gog gmail messages search` when you need every individual email returned separately.