google-workspace-automation

What This Skill Does

The google-workspace-automation skill serves as a sophisticated orchestration layer for managing your Google ecosystem directly through OpenClaw. It allows users to bridge the gap between complex business logic and Google's API surface area. By utilizing this skill, you move beyond simple one-off commands toward creating robust, repeatable, and auditable automation workflows. The skill excels at parsing high-level goals—such as 'summarize my unread emails and update a status spreadsheet'—into modular, scope-aware execution plans that respect Google’s granular permission model.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your local OpenClaw environment, ensure you have the OpenClaw core installed. Run the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/0x-professor/google-workspace-automation

After installation, the agent will have access to the scripts/plan_workspace_automation.py helper, which you should use to validate your automation logic before deployment. Always ensure your environment variables for OAuth credentials are set securely.

Use Cases

• Automated Reporting: Compile daily email summaries from specific threads into a shared Google Sheet, ensuring stakeholders are updated without manual effort.
• Calendar Management: Automatically buffer meetings by analyzing email threads about project deadlines and proposing adjusted calendar events.
• File Organization: Monitor specific Google Drive folders for new uploads and move or rename files based on standardized metadata extraction patterns.
• Data Auditing: Generate a periodic audit of shared files or access permissions to ensure compliance with security policies.

Example Prompts

1. 'Plan an automation that checks for emails from my manager, extracts key project dates, and adds them to my Google Calendar with a 30-minute buffer.'
2. 'Create a script that lists all files modified in my "Q4-Reports" folder this week and appends the filenames and last modified dates to a summary sheet.'
3. 'Help me draft an OAuth scope request for an automation that needs to read my inbox and write to a single specific Google Sheet, keeping privileges as minimal as possible.'

Tips & Limitations

• Principle of Least Privilege: Always select the narrowest OAuth scope necessary (e.g., use spreadsheet.readonly if you don't need write access).
• Idempotency: Design your logic to be re-runnable without duplicating data. Check if a row or event exists before creating a new entry.
• Quota Awareness: Remember that Google imposes API rate limits. Ensure your retry logic follows exponential backoff strategies to avoid hitting daily quotas unexpectedly.
• Audits: Treat every generated automation plan as a configuration file; version control these artifacts in your repository to maintain a clear audit trail of what your agent is doing.