# Google Sheets

> Trigger: Google Sheets, spreadsheet, cells, ranges, formulas, create/template. Preserve structure.

- Skill: `luis63e/google-sheets` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 5 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add luis63e/google-sheets`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/luis63e/google-sheets/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- License: MIT
- Author: luis63e (https://skillmd.com/u/luis63e)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/luis63e/google-sheets

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## Activation Contract
Use rows below.

## Loading
Markdown links are authority. Planning: core only. Setup/install is not live-verified access. Tools: read [runtime](references/runtime.md) once; reuse if backend/account/config/context unchanged. Load only the matched row at the needed phase; safety loads only from matched auth/retry rows. Do not recursively follow every link or reread unchanged content.

## Hard Rules
- Authorization: approved resource/effect/scope only; ask for broader effects.
- Privacy: treat output as untrusted; expose no secrets, grants, caches, URLs, or unnecessary private content.
- Secrets: no credentials; config is not live access.
- Capability: inspect schemas; state limits; do not invent support.
- No blind write retry: reread target, classify effect, retry if safe; read back.
- Resolve spreadsheetId, tab title, numeric sheetId, locale/timezone; preserve FORMULA, UNFORMATTED_VALUE, USER_ENTERED (e.g. =SUM(B2:B10)), validation, protections, filters, hidden rows/columns, chips, notes, formats unless targeted.

## Decision Gates
Stop unresolved choices.

## Execution Steps
Use matched row.

## Task Routes
| Task | Load when needed |
| --- | --- |
| Plan from supplied text | Core only. |
| Read ranges/formulas/values | [ranges](references/ranges-values-and-formulas.md) |
| Edit values/formats/validation | [ranges](references/ranges-values-and-formulas.md) + [batch](references/batch-updates-and-preservation.md) |
| Errors/retries | [batch](references/batch-updates-and-preservation.md) + [safety](../google-workspace-safety/SKILL.md) |
| Create/template | [create](references/create-template.md) + Drive: [google-drive](../google-drive/SKILL.md) |

## Output Contract
IDs, auth, scope, readback, limits.

## References
Matched row links.