Recipe Share Folder With Team

Features

• Share Google Drive folders with collaborators
• Assign 'writer' or 'reader' roles to users
• Verify that permissions have been applied correctly
• Automates a common collaboration workflow

Use Cases

• Use when needing to grant access to a project folder for a team
• Use when onboarding new team members and providing them access to necessary Drive resources
• Use when revoking or confirming access for external stakeholders

Non-Goals

• Managing individual file permissions within the shared folder
• Sharing entire Google Drive accounts
• Executing operations outside of Google Drive permission management

Workflow

1. Find the target Google Drive folder by name
2. Share the folder with a collaborator as an editor
3. Share the folder with another collaborator as a viewer
4. Verify that the permissions have been successfully applied

Prerequisites

• gws CLI installed
• gws-drive skill loaded
• Authentication configured for gws CLI