Skills Productivity Share Drive Folder

Share Drive Folder

v20260401
recipe-share-folder-with-team
Automate sharing a Google Drive folder with collaborators by locating the folder, giving editor and viewer permissions via gws commands, and verifying the resulting permissions for team collaboration.
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Overview

Share a Google Drive Folder with a Team

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

Share a Google Drive folder and all its contents with a list of collaborators.

Steps

  1. Find the folder: gws drive files list --params '{"q": "name = '\''Project X'\'' and mimeType = '\''application/vnd.google-apps.folder'\''"}'
  2. Share as editor: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "FOLDER_ID"}' --json '{"role": "writer", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "colleague@company.com"}'
  3. Share as viewer: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "FOLDER_ID"}' --json '{"role": "reader", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "stakeholder@company.com"}'
  4. Verify permissions: gws drive permissions list --params '{"fileId": "FOLDER_ID"}' --format table
Info
Category Productivity
Name recipe-share-folder-with-team
Version v20260401
Size 1.09KB
Updated At 2026-04-08
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