recipe-send-team-announcement
googleworkspace/cli
Send team announcements simultaneously via Gmail and Google Chat.
What is recipe-send-team-announcement?
This recipe combines Gmail and Google Chat to broadcast announcements to your team across both channels. Use it when you need to ensure wide visibility and engagement for important updates, policy changes, or time-sensitive information.
- Send email announcements to team distribution lists
- Post formatted messages to Google Chat spaces
- Coordinate multi-channel delivery in a single workflow
- Include subject lines and rich text formatting
- Reach team members across their preferred communication channels
How to install recipe-send-team-announcement
npx skills add null --skill recipe-send-team-announcement- gws-gmail skill installed
- gws-chat skill installed
- gws CLI tool available
- Valid Google Workspace account with Gmail and Chat access
- Appropriate permissions to send to team distribution lists and post in Chat spaces
How to use recipe-send-team-announcement
- 1.Install the recipe using: npx skills add null --skill recipe-send-team-announcement
- 2.Ensure gws-gmail and gws-chat skills are loaded
- 3.Compose your announcement message and subject line
- 4.Execute the Gmail send command with recipient email and message content
- 5.Execute the Chat send command with target space ID and formatted message
- 6.Verify delivery in both Gmail inbox and Chat space
Use cases
- Announcing policy changes or compliance updates to the entire team
- Broadcasting urgent operational updates via email with Chat confirmation
- Sharing meeting notes or decisions with both email and Chat notifications
- Distributing company-wide announcements with consistent messaging across channels
- Notifying teams of system maintenance or schedule changes
- Team leads and managers
- Communications or HR professionals
- Project managers coordinating team updates
- Operations teams managing announcements
recipe-send-team-announcement FAQ
You need permissions to send emails via Gmail and post messages in the target Google Chat space. Typically this requires a Google Workspace account with standard Gmail and Chat access.
Yes, you can tailor the email subject and body separately from the Chat message text to optimize for each platform's format and audience expectations.
Space IDs are typically in the format 'spaces/XXXXX'. You can find them in the Chat URL or by using the gws chat command to list available spaces.
The recipe steps show sending to one space at a time, but you can execute multiple Chat send commands sequentially to reach different spaces.
Each command executes independently, so one failure won't prevent the other from running. Check the command output for specific error messages and retry as needed.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from googleworkspace/cli.
name: recipe-send-team-announcement description: "Send a team announcement via both Gmail and a Google Chat space." metadata: version: 0.22.5 openclaw: category: "recipe" domain: "communication" requires: bins: - gws skills: - gws-gmail - gws-chat
Announce via Gmail and Google Chat
PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe:
gws-gmail,gws-chat
Send a team announcement via both Gmail and a Google Chat space.
Steps
- Send email:
gws gmail +send --to team@company.com --subject 'Important Update' --body 'Please review the attached policy changes.' - Post in Chat:
gws chat +send --space spaces/TEAM_SPACE --text '📢 Important Update: Please check your email for policy changes.'
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