Upload File to Google Drive

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Uploads a local file to Google Drive using OAuth2 authentication. Supports optional folder ID.

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ProductivityBeginner
207/24/2026
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#google-drive#file-upload#cloud-storage#file-management

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Uploads a local file to Google Drive using a pre-configured OAuth2 token.

Strengths

  • Simple, direct integration with Google Drive.
  • Supports optional target folder ID.
  • Clearly reports the shareable link of the uploaded file.

Limitations

  • Requires prior OAuth2 authentication via gdrive-auth.
  • Does not handle large files or entire directories.
  • No file format conversion or metadata support.
When to use it

Use this skill when you need to quickly save a specific local file to Google Drive.

When not to use it

Do not use for bulk transfers or recurring backups, as each upload requires a separate invocation.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill uses Bash only to check file existence and invokes a known project script for upload. No destructive or obfuscated actions are present, and the operation is explicitly requested by the user.

No concerns found

Examples

Upload file to root
Upload my report.txt to Google Drive.
Upload file to specific folder
Save notes.txt to my Google Drive folder with ID 1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs.

name: gdrive-save description: Uploads a local file to Google Drive using the OAuth2 token from gdrive-auth/. Auto-invoke when user asks to upload, save, or push a local file to Google Drive. argument-hint: "<file-path> [--folder <gdrive-folder-id>]"

Required Tools

  • Bash
  • AskUserQuestion

Input Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS for:

  • file-path: required positional argument — path to the local file to upload
  • --folder <gdrive-folder-id>: optional — Google Drive folder ID to upload into; defaults to Drive root

If file-path is missing, ask:

AskUserQuestion: "Please provide the path to the local file you want to upload to Google Drive."

If --folder flag is present but no ID follows, ask:

AskUserQuestion: "Please provide the Google Drive folder ID to upload into."

Resolve the file path relative to the current working directory if it is not absolute.

Step 1 — Verify File Exists

Use Bash to check the file exists:

test -f "<file-path>" && echo "ok" || echo "not found"

If the file is not found, report an error and stop:

Error: File not found — <file-path>

Step 2 — Run Upload Script

Run the upload script from the project root. Include --folder if it was provided:

node gdrive-save.js "<file-path>" [--folder "<folder-id>"]

Example with folder:

node gdrive-save.js "notes.txt" --folder "1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs"

The script outputs three lines on success:

Uploaded: <filename>
ID: <google-drive-file-id>
Link: <webViewLink>

If the script exits with a non-zero code or prints "Upload failed:", report the error and stop:

Error: Upload failed — <error message from script>

Step 3 — Report

Output a single confirmation block:

Uploaded "<filename>" → Google Drive
ID: <file-id>
Link: <webViewLink>
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