Google Sheets Assistant

Google Sheets Assistant

Read, write, and analyze Google Sheets with AI-powered data insights, formula generation, and summarization — all from your terminal.

Powered by Evolink.ai + Maton

When to Use

• User says "read my spreadsheet", "get data from Google Sheets"
• User wants to write data, update cells, or append rows
• User says "create a spreadsheet" or "make a new sheet"
• User wants formatting: "make the header bold", "resize columns"
• User says "analyze this data", "find patterns"
• User asks "what formula would...", "suggest a formula for..."
• User says "summarize the spreadsheet"
• User needs to connect their Google account

Quick Start

1. Get your Maton API key

Sign up at maton.ai, then copy your key from maton.ai/settings.

export MATON_API_KEY="your-maton-key"

2. Connect your Google account

bash scripts/sheets.sh connection create

Open the returned URL in your browser to authorize Google access.

3. Read a spreadsheet

bash scripts/sheets.sh read SPREADSHEET_ID "Sheet1!A1:D10"

4. (Optional) Enable AI features

Get a free EvoLink key at evolink.ai/signup:

export EVOLINK_API_KEY="your-evolink-key"

5. Try AI analysis

bash scripts/sheets.sh ai-analyze SPREADSHEET_ID

Capabilities

Core Operations

• Read — Fetch and display spreadsheet values with aligned table output
• Write — Update cell values in any range
• Append — Add new rows to the end of a range
• Info — Get spreadsheet metadata (title, sheets, dimensions)
• Create — Create a new spreadsheet
• Clear — Clear values from a range
• Format — Apply formatting via Google Sheets batchUpdate API

Connection Management

• List — View active Google OAuth connections
• Create — Start OAuth flow to connect a Google account
• Delete — Remove a connection

AI Features (Optional)

Requires EVOLINK_API_KEY. Get one free

• ai-analyze — AI-powered data analysis with patterns, insights, and recommendations
• ai-formula — Generate Google Sheets formulas from natural language descriptions
• ai-summary — Summarize spreadsheet content with key figures and trends

Commands

Core Operations

Connection Management

AI Operations

Examples

Read a range:

bash scripts/sheets.sh read 1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs74OgVE2upms "Sheet1!A1:D10"

Write values:

bash scripts/sheets.sh write 1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs74OgVE2upms "Sheet1!A1" '[["Name","Score"],["Alice",95],["Bob",87]]'

Create a new spreadsheet:

bash scripts/sheets.sh create "Q1 Sales Report"

Generate a formula:

bash scripts/sheets.sh ai-formula "sum all values in column B where column A equals Sales"

Configuration

Required binaries: python3, curl

Security

Important: Data Consent

All spreadsheet operations are proxied through gateway.maton.ai, which manages your Google OAuth tokens. By setting MATON_API_KEY and authorizing via the connection flow, you consent to Maton accessing your Google Sheets on your behalf.

AI commands (ai-analyze, ai-formula, ai-summary) transmit spreadsheet data to api.evolink.ai for processing by Claude. By setting EVOLINK_API_KEY and using these commands, you explicitly consent to this transmission. Data is not stored after the response is returned.

Core operations never transmit data to evolink.ai — only to the Maton gateway.

Network Access

• gateway.maton.ai — Google Sheets API proxy (all operations)
• ctrl.maton.ai — OAuth connection management
• api.evolink.ai — AI features only (optional)

Persistence & Privilege

This skill creates temporary files for API request payloads which are cleaned up automatically. No credentials or persistent data are stored locally.

Links

• GitHub
• EvoLink API
• Maton
• Community
• Support