recipe-transfer-file-ownership

Transfer ownership of Google Drive files between users with a two-step workflow. Requires the gws-drive skill and gws binary to execute Lists files owned by a specific user, then transfers ownership to a new owner via the Google Drive permissions API Ownership transfer is irreversible without the new owner's cooperation

INSTALLATION
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-transfer-file-ownership
Run in your project or agent environment. Adjust flags if your CLI version differs.

SKILL.md

Transfer File Ownership

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-drive

Transfer ownership of Google Drive files from one user to another.

[!CAUTION]

Transferring ownership is irreversible without the new owner's cooperation.

Steps

  • List files owned by the user: gws drive files list --params '{"q": "'\''user@company.com'\'' in owners"}'
  • Transfer ownership: gws drive permissions create --params '{"fileId": "FILE_ID", "transferOwnership": true}' --json '{"role": "owner", "type": "user", "emailAddress": "newowner@company.com"}'
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