# google-drive-comments

Drive comment workflows for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides in Codex. Adds evidence-backed comments, replies to threads, and resolves discussions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 3 installs · ★ 7604
- Author: OpenAI · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/google-drive/skills/google-drive-comments/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/google-drive-comments

## What it does

This skill handles comment workflows across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and generic Drive files. Before drafting notes, the agent locates the target file and inspects the relevant surface: document text, sheet ranges, or slide outlines. It does not guess quotes.

Drive API comments frequently appear unanchored inside Google editor interfaces. To prevent orphaned notes, the skill embeds direct evidence into comment bodies: exact quotes for Docs, sheet tabs with ranges like `Budget!C12` for Sheets, or slide numbers for Slides. Vague feedback referencing generic targets without evidence is rejected before sending.

Creating, replying, and resolving happen inside a single `bulk_update_file_comments` call. When updates exceed the tool limit, the agent asks before splitting into multiple batches. A final summary tallies updated and resolved threads.

## Requirements
- Works with: Google Drive

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill google-drive-comments -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill google-drive-comments -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins google-drive-comments
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/google-drive/skills/google-drive-comments
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/google-drive/skills/google-drive-comments/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add review comments to Google Docs with exact quoted phrases
- leave feedback on Google Sheets formulas using cell ranges like `Budget!C12`
- reply to existing comment threads across Google Drive files
- bulk resolve addressed discussions via `bulk_update_file_comments`

## Example prompts
- Review the draft in Google Docs and leave comments on claims that need citations
- Reply to open questions on the `Pipeline` sheet and mention cell D10
- Resolve all addressed comments on slide 4 in the project presentation

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: google-drive-comments
description: Write, reply to, and resolve Google Drive comments on Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive files with evidence-backed location context. Use when the user asks to leave comments, review a file with comments, respond to comment threads, or resolve Drive comments.
---

# Google Drive Comments

Use this skill for comment workflows in the unified Google Drive plugin. Drive comments can apply to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and generic Drive files, but API-created comments may appear unanchored in the Google editor UI. Every new top-level comment must therefore include enough surface-specific evidence for the reader to find the target without relying on native UI anchoring.

## Workflow

1. Ground the target file first.
- If the user did not provide an exact file URL or ID, search Drive, list recent files, list folders, or read metadata until the target file is unambiguous.
- Identify whether the file is a Google Doc, Sheet, Slides deck, or generic Drive file before drafting comments.

2. Read the surface that will be commented on.
- For Docs or text-like files, read the document text around each likely target.
- For Sheets, read spreadsheet metadata first, then read the specific sheet tabs and ranges that may receive comments.
- For Slides, read the presentation outline or text first, then read specific slides or thumbnails when visual context is needed.
- Do not guess a target quote, slide number, sheet name, or cell range from memory or search snippets.

3. Draft all intended comment updates before writing.
- Prefer one `bulk_update_file_comments` call for all creates, replies, and resolves in the same user request.
- Keep the batch to the action limit exposed by the tool. If the request needs more comments than the limit, ask before splitting into another batch.
- For replies and resolves, use existing comment IDs from the live comment thread data.

4. Attach surface-specific evidence to every new top-level comment.
- The comment body must explicitly name or quote the target evidence, because the Google editor UI may not show API-created anchors.
- Docs or text-like files: include `quoted_text` with the exact sentence, phrase, heading, or nearby text the comment refers to. Also quote that same text in the comment body when the critique would otherwise say "this sentence" or "this paragraph."
- Sheets: include `sheet_cell_range` with the sheet name and A1 cell or range, such as `Budget!C12` or `Pipeline!A2:D10`. Also name that sheet and range in the comment body, and include `quoted_text` when a displayed value, header, formula, or label would make the target clearer.
- Slides: include `slide_number`. Also name that slide number in the comment body, and include `quoted_text` when commenting on a title, bullet, label, chart text, or other visible slide text.
- Generic Drive files: if no structured surface exists, make the comment content explicitly name the file-level, page-level, timestamp-level, or section-level evidence it refers to.

5. Reject vague comments before sending them.
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