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recipe-watch-drive-changes

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

googleworkspace/cli
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Install

npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-watch-drive-changes

Use with your agent

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Install the recipe-watch-drive-changes skill, then use it as build context. Run: npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-watch-drive-changes. Then read the installed skill.md and follow its guidance to build or refactor my project.

Watch for Drive Changes

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-events

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

Steps

  1. Create subscription: gws events subscriptions create --json '{"targetResource": "//drive.googleapis.com/drives/DRIVE_ID", "eventTypes": ["google.workspace.drive.file.v1.updated"], "notificationEndpoint": {"pubsubTopic": "projects/PROJECT/topics/TOPIC"}, "payloadOptions": {"includeResource": true}}'
  2. List active subscriptions: gws events subscriptions list
  3. Renew before expiry: gws events +renew --subscription SUBSCRIPTION_ID