How to use Google Workspace Workflows in your AI agent

What you'll get

This skill orchestrates common productivity workflows across Google Workspace services. It helps you pull together standup reports, prep for meetings, turn emails into tasks, and get weekly digests — all without switching between apps. Perfect for people who live in Gmail, Calendar, and Drive and want their AI assistant to handle routine coordination.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The Google Workspace Workflows skill lives at:

Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-workflow to my project.

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-workflow

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-workflow

Add the skill at https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-workflow to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-workflow

Add this skill: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-workflow

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

• You need a quick standup summary before your team sync
• About to join a meeting and want context fast
• Turn an email into a task without manual copying
• You need a weekly rollup of what happened across your workspace

What this skill does

• Generates standup reports combining today's meetings and open tasks
• Prepares meeting briefs with agenda, attendees, and linked documents
• Converts Gmail messages into Google Tasks entries automatically
• Creates weekly digests summarizing meetings and unread email counts
• Announces Drive files in Google Chat spaces