recipe-save-email-to-doc

googleworkspace/cli · updated Apr 8, 2026

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$npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-save-email-to-doc
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summary

Save Gmail messages to Google Docs for archival and reference.

  • Requires gws-gmail and gws-docs skills to be loaded
  • Workflow: search Gmail by query, retrieve message content, create a new Google Doc, and append the email body as formatted text
  • Supports filtering by subject, sender, and other Gmail query parameters for targeted message selection
skill.md

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<blockquote> <p><strong>PREREQUISITE:</strong> Load the following skills to execute this recipe: <code>gws-gmail</code>, <code>gws-docs</code></p> </blockquote> <p>Save a Gmail message body into a Google Doc for archival or reference.</p> <h2>Steps</h2> <ol> <li>Find the message: <code>gws gmail users messages list --params '{"userId": "me", "q": "subject:important from:[email protected]"}' --format table</code></li> <li>Get message content: <code>gws gmail users messages get --params '{"userId": "me", "id": "MSG_ID"}'</code></li> <li>Create a doc with the content: <code>gws docs documents create --json '{"title": "Saved Email - Important Update"}'</code></li> <li>Write the email body: `gws docs +write --document-id DOC_ID --text 'From: <a href="https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/blob/HEAD/skills/recipe-save-email-to-doc/mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow noopener">[email protected]</a> Subject: Important Update</li> </ol> <p>[EMAIL BODY]'`</p>1d:["$","div",null,{"className":"prose prose-invert max-w-none prose-headings:font-semibold prose-headings:tracking-tight prose-h1:text-4xl prose-h1:mb-2 prose-h2:text-2xl prose-h2:mb-2 prose-h3:text-lg prose-h3:mb-2 prose-p:text-muted-foreground prose-li:text-muted-foreground prose-code:bg-muted prose-code:text-foreground prose-code:px-1 prose-code:py-0.5 prose-code:rounded-sm prose-code:text-sm prose-code:before:content-none prose-code:after:content-none prose-pre:bg-muted prose-pre:text-foreground prose-pre:border prose-pre:border-border prose-pre:rounded-md [&_table]:!border-[color:var(--border)] [&_th]:!border-[color:var(--border)] [&_td]:!border-[color:var(--border)]","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$22"}}] 18:[["$","meta","0",{"charSet":"utf-8"}],["$","meta","1",{"name":"viewport","content":"width=device-width, initial-scale=1"}]] 16:null
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Prerequisites

Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:

  • Cursor installed and configured on your development machine
  • Node.js version 16.0+ with npm package manager (verify with node --version)
  • Active project directory or workspace where you want to add recipe-save-email-to-doc
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Execute installation command

Execute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:

$npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-save-email-to-doc

The skills CLI fetches recipe-save-email-to-doc from GitHub repository googleworkspace/cli and configures it for Cursor.

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  • Shikha Mishra· Dec 24, 2024

    Useful defaults in recipe-save-email-to-doc — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

  • Emma Wang· Dec 24, 2024

    recipe-save-email-to-doc reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Hana Jain· Dec 16, 2024

    recipe-save-email-to-doc has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

  • Arjun Mensah· Dec 16, 2024

    Useful defaults in recipe-save-email-to-doc — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

  • Mia Diallo· Dec 12, 2024

    Registry listing for recipe-save-email-to-doc matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Dev Rao· Dec 12, 2024

    We added recipe-save-email-to-doc from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.

  • Advait Li· Dec 8, 2024

    recipe-save-email-to-doc fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Mia Lopez· Nov 27, 2024

    recipe-save-email-to-doc is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.

  • Mia Garcia· Nov 19, 2024

    recipe-save-email-to-doc reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Yash Thakker· Nov 15, 2024

    recipe-save-email-to-doc has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

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