gog

---
name: gog
description: Google Workspace CLI for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, and Docs. Use when the user asks to send an email, check inbox, search Gmail, create or list calendar events, search Google Drive files, look up contacts, read or update spreadsheets, or export Google Docs. Handles OAuth-authenticated access to Google services via the gog command-line tool.
homepage: https://gogcli.sh
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        "emoji": "🎮",
        "requires": { "bins": ["gog"] },
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---

# gog

Use `gog` for Gmail/Calendar/Drive/Contacts/Sheets/Docs. Requires OAuth setup.

Setup (once)

- `gog auth credentials /path/to/client_secret.json`
- `gog auth add you@gmail.com --services gmail,calendar,drive,contacts,docs,sheets`
- `gog auth list`

Common commands

- Gmail search: `gog gmail search 'newer_than:7d' --max 10`
- Gmail messages search (per email, ignores threading): `gog gmail messages search "in:inbox from:ryanair.com" --max 20 --account you@example.com`
- Gmail send (plain): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body "Hello"`
- Gmail send (multi-line): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt`
- Gmail send (stdin): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file -`
- Gmail send (HTML): `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-html "<p>Hello</p>"`
- Gmail draft: `gog gmail drafts create --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt`
- Gmail send draft: `gog gmail drafts send <draftId>`
- Gmail reply: `gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Re: Hi" --body "Reply" --reply-to-message-id <msgId>`
- Calendar list events: `gog calendar events <calendarId> --from <iso> --to <iso>`
- Calendar create event: `gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso>`
- Calendar create with color: `gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso> --event-color 7`
- Calendar update event: `gog calendar update <calendarId> <eventId> --summary "New Title" --event-color 4`
- Calendar show colors: `gog calendar colors`
- Drive search: `gog drive search "query" --max 10`
- Contacts: `gog contacts list --max 20`
- Sheets get: `gog sheets get <sheetId> "Tab!A1:D10" --json`
- Sheets update: `gog sheets update <sheetId> "Tab!A1:B2" --values-json '[["A","B"],["1","2"]]' --input USER_ENTERED`
- Sheets append: `gog sheets append <sheetId> "Tab!A:C" --values-json '[["x","y","z"]]' --insert INSERT_ROWS`
- Sheets clear: `gog sheets clear <sheetId> "Tab!A2:Z"`
- Sheets metadata: `gog sheets metadata <sheetId> --json`
- Docs export: `gog docs export <docId> --format txt --out /tmp/doc.txt`
- Docs cat: `gog docs cat <docId>`

Calendar Colors

- Use `gog calendar colors` to see all available event colors (IDs 1-11)
- Add colors to events with `--event-color <id>` flag
- Event color IDs (from `gog calendar colors` output):
  - 1: #a4bdfc
  - 2: #7ae7bf
  - 3: #dbadff
  - 4: #ff887c
  - 5: #fbd75b
  - 6: #ffb878
  - 7: #46d6db
  - 8: #e1e1e1
  - 9: #5484ed
  - 10: #51b749
  - 11: #dc2127

Email Formatting

- Prefer plain text. Use `--body-file` for multi-paragraph messages (or `--body-file -` for stdin).
- Same `--body-file` pattern works for drafts and replies.
- `--body` does not unescape `\n`. If you need inline newlines, use a heredoc or `$'Line 1\n\nLine 2'`.
- Use `--body-html` only when you need rich formatting.
- HTML tags: `<p>` for paragraphs, `<br>` for line breaks, `<strong>` for bold, `<em>` for italic, `<a href="url">` for links, `<ul>`/`<li>` for lists.
- Example (plain text via stdin):

  ```bash
  gog gmail send --to recipient@example.com \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-file - <<'EOF'
  Hi Name,

  Thanks for meeting today. Next steps:
  - Item one
  - Item two

  Best regards,
  Your Name
  EOF
  ```

- Example (HTML list):
  ```bash
  gog gmail send --to recipient@example.com \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-html "<p>Hi Name,</p><p>Thanks for meeting today. Here are the next steps:</p><ul><li>Item one</li><li>Item two</li></ul><p>Best regards,<br>Your Name</p>"
  ```

Notes

- Set `GOG_ACCOUNT=you@gmail.com` to avoid repeating `--account`.
- For scripting, prefer `--json` plus `--no-input`.
- Sheets values can be passed via `--values-json` (recommended) or as inline rows.
- Docs supports export/cat/copy. In-place edits require a Docs API client (not in gog).
- Confirm before sending mail or creating events.
- `gog gmail search` returns one row per thread; use `gog gmail messages search` when you need every individual email returned separately.

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