recipe-watch-drive-changes

$npx mdskill add googleworkspace/cli/recipe-watch-drive-changes

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

  • Monitors changes to a specific Drive file or folder.
  • Uses gws CLI and gws-events skill for subscription management.
  • Creates a subscription with target resource and event types.
  • Lists active subscriptions and renews them before expiry.

SKILL.md

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---
name: recipe-watch-drive-changes
description: "Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder."
metadata:
  version: 0.22.5
  openclaw:
    category: "recipe"
    domain: "engineering"
    requires:
      bins:
        - gws
      skills:
        - gws-events
---

# Watch for Drive Changes

> **PREREQUISITE:** Load the following skills to execute this recipe: `gws-events`

Subscribe to change notifications on a Google Drive file or folder.

## Steps

1. Create subscription: `gws events subscriptions create --json '{"targetResource": "//drive.googleapis.com/drives/DRIVE_ID", "eventTypes": ["google.workspace.drive.file.v1.updated"], "notificationEndpoint": {"pubsubTopic": "projects/PROJECT/topics/TOPIC"}, "payloadOptions": {"includeResource": true}}'`
2. List active subscriptions: `gws events subscriptions list`
3. Renew before expiry: `gws events +renew --subscription SUBSCRIPTION_ID`

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