# google-drive

Use this skill to work with Google Drive through the Membrane CLI. It can help an agent find files, manage folders and permissions, and update file metadata.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2900 installs · ★ 270
- Author: membrane
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-drive/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/membrane-google-drive

## What it does

The skill runs Google Drive actions through the Membrane CLI. An agent can search files and shared drives, inspect file details, permissions or comments, create folders and sharing permissions, change metadata, and delete files. It selects an action from a natural-language description and runs it against a specific connection.

You need the CLI, a Membrane account, network access, and browser authorization for Google Drive. When the available actions do not cover a task, the CLI can send a request to the Google Drive API through Membrane's proxy. Without network access or a valid Membrane account, the connection will not work.

## Requirements
- Works with: Google Drive

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill google-drive -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install membranedev/application-skills google-drive
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill google-drive -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills --path skills/google-drive
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill google-drive -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/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-drive/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- search Drive files from a natural-language request
- inspect a file's permissions and comments
- create a folder or grant a user access
- change file metadata
- delete a file from Drive

## Example prompts
- Find Google Drive files that match my description and show me the results.
- Check who can access this file and list its comments.
- Create a Google Drive folder and grant access to the user I name.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: google-drive
description: |
  Google Drive integration. Manage Drives, Users, Permissions. Use when the user wants to interact with Google Drive data.
compatibility: Requires network access and a valid Membrane account (Free tier supported).
license: MIT
homepage: https://getmembrane.com
repository: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills
metadata:
  author: membrane
  version: "1.0"
  categories: "File Storage, Document Management"
---

# Google Drive

Google Drive is a cloud-based file storage and synchronization service. It's used by individuals and teams to store, access, and share files online from any device. Think of it as a virtual hard drive in the cloud.

Official docs: https://developers.google.com/drive

## Google Drive Overview

- **Files**
  - **Permissions**
- **Folders**
  - **Permissions**
- **Shared Links**

## Working with Google Drive

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Google Drive. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.

### Install the CLI

Install the Membrane CLI so you can run `membrane` from the terminal:

```bash
npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest
```

### Authentication

```bash
membrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>
```

This will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available.

**Headless environments:** The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with:

```bash
membrane login complete <code>
```

Add `--json` to any command for machine-readable JSON output.

**Agent Types** : claude, openclaw, codex, warp, windsurf, etc. Those will be used to adjust tooling to be used best with your harness

### Connecting to Google Drive

Use `membrane connection ensure` to find or create a connection by app URL or domain:

```bash
membrane connection ensure "https://drive.google.com/drive" --json
```
The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.

This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically.

If the returned connection has `state: "READY"`, skip to **Step 2**.

#### 1b. Wait for the connection to be ready

If the connection is in `BUILDING` state, poll until it's ready:

```bash
npx @membranehq/cli connection get <id> --wait --json
```

The `--wait` flag long-polls (up to `--timeout` seconds, default 30) until the state changes. Keep polling until `state` is no longer `BUILDING`.

The resulting state tells you what to do next:

- **`READY`** — connection is fully set up. Skip to **Step 2**.
- **`CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED`** — the user or agent needs to do something. The `clientAction` object describes the required action:
  - `clientAction.type` — the kind of action needed:
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