# Use CLI Gcloud

> Reads Google Sheets and Docs through gsheet and gdoc. Authentication comes from a gcloud access token.

- Skill: `thkt/use-cli-gcloud` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add thkt/use-cli-gcloud`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/thkt/use-cli-gcloud/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: thkt (https://skillmd.com/u/thkt)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/thkt/use-cli-gcloud

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# use-cli-gcloud

## Commands

| Type   | URL Pattern                       | Default              | Structured                                  |
| ------ | --------------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Sheets | `docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/` | `gsheet "URL"` (CSV) | `gsheet "URL" json` (JSONL, tabular data)   |
| Docs   | `docs.google.com/document/d/`     | `gdoc "URL"` (text)  | `gdoc "URL" md` (Markdown, specs/documents) |

## Prerequisites

`gsheet` and `gdoc` are shell functions taking their token from `gcloud auth print-access-token`. Neither carries a `--help`, so this page is the authority on how to call them.

## Pitfalls

With the authentication expired, Google returns an error page instead of the content, which arrives as broken CSV or HTML. When the result does not carry the shape of a table, stop and ask for `gcloud auth login`.