Archive email attachments to Drive automatically

Watches for incoming Gmail attachments matching a filter rule and saves them to a designated Drive folder, keeping your inbox uncluttered and files organized.

Best for: Anyone drowning in email attachments who wants one folder as the source of truth.

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Topics

agent-skillsai-agentautomationclidiscovery-apigemini-cli-extensiongoogle-admingoogle-apigoogle-calendargoogle-chatgoogle-docsgoogle-drivegoogle-sheetsgoogle-workspaceoauth2rust

Source

Creator's repository · googleworkspace/cli

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License: Apache-2.0

Skill file

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---
name: recipe-save-email-attachments
description: "Find Gmail messages with attachments and save them to a Google Drive folder."
metadata:
  version: 0.22.5
  openclaw:
    category: "recipe"
    domain: "productivity"
    requires:
      bins:
        - gws
      skills:
        - gws-gmail
        - gws-drive
---

# Save Gmail Attachments to Google Drive

> **PREREQUISITE:** Load the following skills to execute this recipe: `gws-gmail`, `gws-drive`

Find Gmail messages with attachments and save them to a Google Drive folder.

## Steps

1. Search for emails with attachments: `gws gmail users messages list --params '{"userId": "me", "q": "has:attachment from:client@example.com"}' --format table`
2. Get message details: `gws gmail users messages get --params '{"userId": "me", "id": "MESSAGE_ID"}'`
3. Download attachment: `gws gmail users messages attachments get --params '{"userId": "me", "messageId": "MESSAGE_ID", "id": "ATTACHMENT_ID"}'`
4. Upload to Drive folder: `gws drive +upload --file ./attachment.pdf --parent FOLDER_ID`