Append Text to Google Docs

Append Text to Google Docs is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by googleworkspace in cli.

30.4K stars1.8K forkson googleworkspace/cliAdded 2026/08/14Repository updated 2026/08/01

agent-skillsai-agentautomationclidiscovery-apigemini-cli-extensiongoogle-admingoogle-apigoogle-calendargoogle-chatgoogle-docsgoogle-drivegoogle-sheetsgoogle-workspaceoauth2rust

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Install Append Text to Google Docs

Copy Append Text to Google Docs into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-docs-write ~/.claude/skills/gws-docs-write

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/gws-docs-write/SKILL.md in googleworkspace/cli
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/gws-docs-write
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Append Text to Google Docs does

Append Text to Google Docs appends plain text to the end of a Google Docs document. Use it when you need to add content to an existing document programmatically.

Append Text to Google Docs is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Append Text to Google Docs comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai-agent, automation, cli and discovery-api.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

docs +write

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Append text to a document

Usage

gws docs +write --document <ID> --text <TEXT>

Flags

Flag	Required	Default	Description
`--document`	✓	—	Document ID
`--text`	✓	—	Text to append (plain text)

Examples

gws docs +write --document DOC_ID --text 'Hello, world!'

Tips

Text is inserted at the end of the document body.
For rich formatting, use the raw batchUpdate API instead.

[!CAUTION] This is a write command — confirm with the user before executing.

Frequently asked about Append Text to Google Docs

What else does googleworkspace publish alongside Append Text to Google Docs?
Append Text to Google Docs is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from googleworkspace/cli, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Create Google Calendar Event, Drive Upload and GWS Chat. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Append Text to Google Docs does, and is maintained by googleworkspace in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the googleworkspace/cli page.
How does Append Text to Google Docs compare to other Automation skills?
Append Text to Google Docs ranks #85 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Append Text to Google Docs against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.