How do I install the Gws Events skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add googleworkspace/gws-events in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Gws Events skill do?

Subscribe to Google Workspace events. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Gws Events safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: makes network calls. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Gws Events?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Gws Events free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Gws Events?

googleworkspace (@googleworkspace) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Gws Events by googleworkspace — Agent Skill

Name: Gws Events
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: googleworkspace

File contents

events (v1)

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

gws events <resource> <method> [flags]

Helper Commands

Command	Description
`+subscribe`	Subscribe to Workspace events and stream them as NDJSON
`+renew`	Renew/reactivate Workspace Events subscriptions

API Resources

message

stream — SendStreamingMessage is a streaming call that will return a stream of task update events until the Task is in an interrupted or terminal state.

operations

get — Gets the latest state of a long-running operation. Clients can use this method to poll the operation result at intervals as recommended by the API service.

subscriptions

create — Creates a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see Create a Google Workspace subscription.
delete — Deletes a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see Delete a Google Workspace subscription.
get — Gets details about a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see Get details about a Google Workspace subscription.
list — Lists Google Workspace subscriptions. To learn how to use this method, see List Google Workspace subscriptions.
patch — Updates or renews a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see Update or renew a Google Workspace subscription.
reactivate — Reactivates a suspended Google Workspace subscription. This method resets your subscription's State field to ACTIVE. Before you use this method, you must fix the error that suspended the subscription. This method will ignore or reject any subscription that isn't currently in a suspended state. To learn how to use this method, see Reactivate a Google Workspace subscription.

tasks

cancel — Cancel a task from the agent. If supported one should expect no more task updates for the task.
get — Get the current state of a task from the agent.
subscribe — TaskSubscription is a streaming call that will return a stream of task update events. This attaches the stream to an existing in process task. If the task is complete the stream will return the completed task (like GetTask) and close the stream.
pushNotificationConfigs — Operations on the 'pushNotificationConfigs' resource

Discovering Commands

Before calling any API method, inspect it:

# Browse resources and methods
gws events --help

# Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaults
gws schema events.<resource>.<method>

Use gws schema output to build your --params and --json flags.

---name: gws-eventsdescription: Subscribe to Google Workspace events.---# events (v1)> **PREREQUISITE:** Read `../gws-shared/SKILL.md` for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run `gws generate-skills` to create it.```bashgws events <resource> <method> [flags]```## Helper Commands| Command | Description ||---------|-------------|| [`+subscribe`](../gws-events-subscribe/SKILL.md) | Subscribe to Workspace events and stream them as NDJSON || [`+renew`](../gws-events-renew/SKILL.md) | Renew/reactivate Workspace Events subscriptions |## API Resources### message - `stream` — SendStreamingMessage is a streaming call that will return a stream of task update events until the Task is in an interrupted or terminal state.### operations - `get` — Gets the latest state of a long-running operation. Clients can use this method to poll the operation result at intervals as recommended by the API service.### subscriptions - `create` — Creates a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see [Create a Google Workspace subscription](https://developers.google.com/workspace/events/guides/create-subscription). - `delete` — Deletes a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see [Delete a Google Workspace subscription](https://developers.google.com/workspace/events/guides/delete-subscription). - `get` — Gets details about a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see [Get details about a Google Workspace subscription](https://developers.google.com/workspace/events/guides/get-subscription). - `list` — Lists Google Workspace subscriptions. To learn how to use this method, see [List Google Workspace subscriptions](https://developers.google.com/workspace/events/guides/list-subscriptions). - `patch` — Updates or renews a Google Workspace subscription. To learn how to use this method, see [Update or renew a Google Workspace subscription](https://developers.google.com/workspace/events/guides/update-subscription). - `reactivate` — Reactivates a suspended Google Workspace subscription. This method resets your subscription's `State` field to `ACTIVE`. Before you use this method, you must fix the error that suspended the subscription. This method will ignore or reject any subscription that isn't currently in a suspended state. To learn how to use this method, see [Reactivate a Google Workspace subscription](https://developers.google.com/workspace/events/guides/reactivate-subscription).### tasks - `cancel` — Cancel a task from the agent. If supported one should expect no more task updates for the task. - `get` — Get the current state of a task from the agent. - `subscribe` — TaskSubscription is a streaming call that will return a stream of task update events. This attaches the stream to an existing in process task. If the task is complete the stream will return the completed task (like GetTask) and close the stream. - `pushNotificationConfigs` — Operations on the 'pushNotificationConfigs' resource## Discovering CommandsBefore calling any API method, inspect it:```bash# Browse resources and methodsgws events --help# Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaultsgws schema events.<resource>.<method>```Use `gws schema` output to build your `--params` and `--json` flags.

Frequently asked questions

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