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Search, list, and retrieve Google Drive files using gws CLI. Use this skill when any Founder OS plugin needs to find, read, or export Drive files — replaces Google Drive MCP server read operations.
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| name | drive-read |
| description | Search, list, and retrieve Google Drive files using gws CLI. Use this skill when any Founder OS plugin needs to find, read, or export Drive files — replaces Google Drive MCP server read operations. |
Drive read operations via gws CLI. Covers searching, listing, retrieving metadata, and exporting file content.
drive.readonly (minimum), drive (for full access)# Search by name
gws drive files list --params '{
"q": "name contains '\''report'\''",
"pageSize": 20,
"fields": "files(id,name,mimeType,modifiedTime,webViewLink)"
}' --format json
Query syntax (Drive search operators):
name contains 'term' — filename contains wordmimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.document' — Google Docs onlymimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet' — Sheets onlymimeType = 'application/pdf' — PDFs only'FOLDER_ID' in parents — files in specific foldermodifiedTime > '2026-03-01T00:00:00' — modified after datetrashed = false — exclude trashed filesand / orCommon MIME types:
application/vnd.google-apps.document — Google Docapplication/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet — Google Sheetapplication/vnd.google-apps.presentation — Google Slidesapplication/vnd.google-apps.folder — Folderapplication/pdf — PDFgws drive files get --params '{
"fileId": "FILE_ID",
"fields": "id,name,mimeType,modifiedTime,size,webViewLink,parents"
}' --format json
gws drive files export --params '{"fileId":"FILE_ID","mimeType":"text/plain"}' --output /tmp/doc.txt
Export MIME types:
text/plain — plain textapplication/pdf — PDFtext/csv — CSV (for Sheets)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document — DOCXapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet — XLSXgws drive files get --params '{"fileId":"FILE_ID","alt":"media"}' --output /tmp/downloaded-file.pdf
gws drive files list --params '{
"q": "'\''FOLDER_ID'\'' in parents and trashed = false",
"pageSize": 50,
"fields": "files(id,name,mimeType,modifiedTime)"
}' --format json
gws drive files list --params '{
"q": "mimeType = '\''application/vnd.google-apps.document'\'' and modifiedTime > '\''2026-03-01T00:00:00'\'' and trashed = false",
"pageSize": 10,
"orderBy": "modifiedTime desc",
"fields": "files(id,name,modifiedTime,webViewLink)"
}' --format json
# Step 1: Export to temp file
gws drive files export --params '{"fileId":"FILE_ID","mimeType":"text/plain"}' --output /tmp/doc-content.txt
# Step 2: Read content
cat /tmp/doc-content.txt
If Drive is unavailable, return:
{"source": "drive", "status": "unavailable", "reason": "gws CLI not found or auth expired"}