Agent Skill
Gws Shared skill
gws-sharedgoogleworkspace/cliskills/gws-shared/SKILL.md
gws CLI: Shared patterns for authentication, global flags, and output formatting.
always on
21 tokname + description
once used
623 tokSKILL.md body
bundled files
0
installs
66kskills.sh
Install the Gws Shared skill
Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-shared
Claude Code, by hand (all projects)
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli.git /tmp/cli mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -R /tmp/cli/skills/gws-shared ~/.claude/skills/gws-shared
For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.
What it costs your context
Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.
| When | What loads | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Every session | Name and description | 21 tok |
| When the agent uses it | The SKILL.md instructions | 623 tok |
| Only if opened | No bundled files | — |
Until it is used, gws-shared costs about 65× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 95 skills from googleworkspace/cli would load 1,706 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study
Checks
Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.
Checked 2026-10-22 · method
What's inside
The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.
- gws — Shared Reference
- Installation
- Authentication
- Global Flags
- CLI Syntax
- Method Flags
- Security Rules
- Shell Tips
- Community & Feedback Etiquette
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