# google-chat

This skill lets your agent read and send Google Chat messages, share files, reply in threads and manage spaces. Handy when chat work happens from the terminal.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 339 installs · ★ 447
- Author: sanjay3290
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/google-chat

## What it does

Everything runs through `scripts/chat.py` and `scripts/auth.py`, no MCP server involved. Auth is standalone OAuth: `python scripts/auth.py login` opens a browser, `status` verifies the session, `logout` clears it. Tokens sit in the system keyring — Keychain on macOS, Windows Credential Locker on Windows, Secret Service API on Linux. Expired ones refresh on their own.

Reads are compact by default: one block per message with timestamp, sender and text, roughly 14x smaller than the raw API payload. Pass `--raw` when you need the full JSON. There are commands for listing spaces, finding a space by name, listing threads and members. On the write side you get messages, DMs, thread replies, media and reactions. Any write command accepts `--dry-run`, which prints the request instead of sending it.

The catch: a Google Workspace account is required, personal Gmail accounts are not supported. Every action goes out as the authenticated user, so confirm the text before posting to a space. You can only edit or delete messages you sent — for anything older, look up its name with `get-messages` first.

## Requirements
- Works with: Google Workspace

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/google-chat/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install sanjay3290/ai-skills google-chat
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills --path skills/google-chat
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill google-chat -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-chat/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull the latest messages from a busy space
- send a DM to a teammate by email
- attach screenshots to a channel message
- reply inside an existing thread instead of starting a new one
- fix or remove a message you already sent

## Example prompts
- show the last 10 messages from spaces/AAAA123
- send "Deploy started" to the team space
- reply in spaces/AAAA123/threads/T: "Looking into it"

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: google-chat
description: |
  Interact with Google Chat - send, read, edit, delete and react to messages, share images
  and files, reply in threads, and manage spaces and DMs. Use when user asks to: send a
  message on Google Chat, read chat messages, list chat spaces, find a chat room, send a DM,
  share a screenshot or file, edit or delete something already sent, or create a new space.
  Lightweight alternative to full Google Workspace MCP server with standalone OAuth authentication.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: sanjay3290
  version: "1.1"
---

# Google Chat

Lightweight Google Chat integration with standalone OAuth authentication. No MCP server required.

> **⚠️ Requires Google Workspace account.** Personal Gmail accounts are not supported.

Everything is sent as the authenticated user, so treat write commands as outward-facing:
confirm the exact text with the user before posting to a space, and never send to a channel
the user did not name.

## First-Time Setup

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
python scripts/auth.py login     # opens browser
python scripts/auth.py status    # verify
python scripts/auth.py logout
```

## Commands

All operations via `scripts/chat.py`. Auto-authenticates on first use if not logged in.

### Reading

```bash
python scripts/chat.py get-messages spaces/AAAA123 --limit 10
python scripts/chat.py get-messages spaces/AAAA123 --limit 10 --raw   # full JSON
python scripts/chat.py get-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ
python scripts/chat.py list-threads spaces/AAAA123
python scripts/chat.py list-spaces
python scripts/chat.py find-space "Project Alpha"    # ignores punctuation/spacing
python scripts/chat.py list-members spaces/AAAA123
```

Read output is compact by default — one block per message with its timestamp, sender, text
and resource name. That is roughly 14x smaller than the raw API payload, which matters when
an agent is paying for every token it reads. Use `--raw` when you need the full JSON.

### Writing

```bash
python scripts/chat.py send-message spaces/AAAA123 "Hello team!"
python scripts/chat.py send-dm user@example.com "Hey, quick question..."
python scripts/chat.py reply-in-thread spaces/AAAA123 spaces/AAAA123/threads/T "Following up."
python scripts/chat.py send-media spaces/AAAA123 "Latest mocks" --file a.png --file b.png
python scripts/chat.py edit-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ "Corrected text."
python scripts/chat.py delete-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ
python scripts/chat.py delete-message spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ --force   # has thread replies
python scripts/chat.py add-reaction spaces/AAAA123/messages/XYZ 👍
````
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