Gog

---
name: gog
description: Google Workspace CLI for Gmail, Google Calendar events, meetings, schedules, availability, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, and Docs
user-invocable: true
requires:
  bins:
    - gog
metadata:
  hybridclaw:
    category: productivity
    short_description: "Google Workspace via gog CLI."
    tags:
      - google
      - workspace
      - gmail
      - calendar
      - drive
      - sheets
      - docs
    related_skills:
      - google-workspace
    install:
      - id: gog
        kind: brew
        formula: steipete/tap/gogcli
        bins: ["gog"]
        label: Install gog CLI (brew)
---
# gog

Use `gog` for Gmail/Calendar/Drive/Contacts/Sheets/Docs. Requires OAuth setup.

## Setup (once)

```bash
hybridclaw skill install gog gog
hybridclaw auth login google --client-id <id> --client-secret <secret> --account you@gmail.com
hybridclaw auth status google
```

HybridClaw stores the Google OAuth client secret and refresh token in encrypted runtime secrets, mints a short-lived access token on the host, and injects only `GOG_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `GOOGLE_WORKSPACE_CLI_TOKEN`, and `GOG_ACCOUNT` into the agent runtime for Google Workspace CLIs.

## Common commands

`gog` supports the commands: calendar, chat, contacts, docs, drive, forms, gmail, groups, people,
slides, tasks, sheets

- Help about a gog command: `gog <command> --help`

- Gmail search: `gog gmail search 'newer_than:7d' --max 10`
- Gmail messages search (per email, ignores threading): `gog gmail messages search "in:inbox from:ryanair.com" --max 20 --account you@example.com`
- Gmail send (plain): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body "Hello"`
- Gmail send (multi-line): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt`
- Gmail send (stdin): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file -`
- Gmail send (HTML): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-html "<p>Hello</p>"`
- Gmail draft: `gog gmail drafts create --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt`
- Gmail send draft: `gog gmail drafts send <draftId>`
- Gmail reply: `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Re: Hi" --body "Reply" --reply-to-message-id <msgId>`
- Calendar search events: `gog calendar search <calendarId> "Meeting" --from <iso> --to <iso> --max 10`
- Calendar list events: `gog calendar events <calendarId> --from <iso> --to <iso>`
- Calendar create event: `gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso>`
- Calendar create with attendees: `gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso> --attendees a@b.com,c@d.com --send-updates all`
- Calendar create with color: `gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso> --event-color 7`
- Calendar update event: `gog calendar update <calendarId> <eventId> --summary "New Title" --event-color 4`
- Calendar show colors: `gog calendar colors`
- Drive search: `gog drive search "query" --max 10`
- Contacts: `gog contacts list --max 20`
- Sheets get: `gog sheets get <sheetId> "Tab!A1:D10" --json`
- Sheets update: `gog sheets update <sheetId> "Tab!A1:B2" --values-json '[["A","B"],["1","2"]]' --input USER_ENTERED`
- Sheets append: `gog sheets append <sheetId> "Tab!A:C" --values-json '[["x","y","z"]]' --insert INSERT_ROWS`
- Sheets clear: `gog sheets clear <sheetId> "Tab!A2:Z"`
- Sheets metadata: `gog sheets metadata <sheetId> --json`
- Docs export: `gog docs export <docId> --format txt --out /tmp/doc.txt`
- Docs cat: `gog docs cat <docId>`

## Calendar Colors

- Use `gog calendar colors` to see all available event colors (IDs 1-11)
- Add colors to events with `--event-color <id>` flag
- Event color IDs (from `gog calendar colors` output):
  - 1: #a4bdfc
  - 2: #7ae7bf
  - 3: #dbadff
  - 4: #ff887c
  - 5: #fbd75b
  - 6: #ffb878
  - 7: #46d6db
  - 8: #e1e1e1
  - 9: #5484ed
  - 10: #51b749
  - 11: #dc2127

Email Formatting

- Prefer plain text. Use `--body-file` for multi-paragraph messages (or `--body-file -` for stdin).
- Same `--body-file` pattern works for drafts and replies.
- `--body` does not unescape `\n`. If you need inline newlines, use a heredoc or `$'Line 1\n\nLine 2'`.
- Use `--body-html` only when you need rich formatting.
- HTML tags: `<p>` for paragraphs, `<br>` for line breaks, `<strong>` for bold, `<em>` for italic, `<a href="url">` for links, `<ul>`/`<li>` for lists.
- Example (plain text via stdin):

  ```bash
  gog gmail send --to recipient@example.com \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-file - <<'EOF'
  Hi Name,

  Thanks for meeting today. Next steps:
  - Item one
  - Item two

  Best regards,
  Your Name
  EOF
  ```

- Example (HTML list):
  ```bash
  gog gmail send --to recipient@example.com \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-html "<p>Hi Name,</p><p>Thanks for meeting today. Here are the next steps:</p><ul><li>Item one</li><li>Item two</li></ul><p>Best regards,<br>Your Name</p>"
  ```

## Notes
- For scripting, prefer `--json` plus `--no-input`.
- When the user asks for calendar events without naming a calendar ID, `gog` searches all available calendars.
- Do not pipe `gog ... --json` through ad hoc Python filters unless the JSON shape has been inspected first.
- Sheets values can be passed via `--values-json` (recommended) or as inline rows.
- Docs supports export/cat/copy. In-place edits require a Docs API client (not in gog).
- Confirm before sending mail or creating events.
- `gog gmail search` returns one row per thread; use `gog gmail messages search` when you need every individual email returned separately.