Google Workspace Help

[urban ermine]

Hi, im trying to setup my openclaw to be able to access my google calendar/gmail/docs etc., i went with a tutorial i found and fully setup a google cloud console project, and on my vps i setup gcloud and gws, the problem is i cant find a way to actually make my openclaw use that, for some reason my openclaw is working as an "ai asssitant" not an agent, so whenever i tell it to "do" a task it replies that it cant, and i cant find a clear tutorial to follow

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[civic abyss]

Yeah, that symptom usually means the Google side is configured, but OpenClaw hasn’t been given a tool/skill that tells the agent how to use it yet. gcloud/gws being installed on the VPS doesn’t automatically expose Gmail/Calendar/Docs to the agent.

A good next path:

1. First, please share your version:

openclaw --version

2. Check/install the Google Workspace skill from ClawHub:

openclaw skills search "google workspace"
openclaw skills install <the-skill-slug-you-choose>
openclaw skills check

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/clawhub and https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/skills

3. Make sure gws works as the same Linux user that runs the OpenClaw gateway, not just your SSH/root user:

whoami
which gws
gws --help

If OpenClaw is running as a daemon under a different user or PATH, it may not see the gws binary or its auth files.

4. Start a fresh OpenClaw session after installing the skill. Skills are loaded into the agent context on new sessions, so an old chat may keep saying “I can’t do that.”

5. If it still refuses to act, paste these outputs:

openclaw status --all
openclaw skills list --verbose
openclaw skills check

The short version: you don’t need to make OpenClaw “more agentic” in some abstract way — you need to expose Google Workspace via an installed skill/plugin/tool path, then verify the gateway can actually see the CLI/auth. 🦞

[urban ermine]

@civic abyss how do i uninstall a skill

[civic abyss]

There isn’t an openclaw skills uninstall command right now. Skills live as folders in your active workspace.

Usually:

openclaw skills list --verbose

Then remove or move the skill folder under:

~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/<skill-name>

Safer than deleting:

mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/disabled-skills
mv ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/<skill-name> ~/.openclaw/disabled-skills/