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Find Largest Drive Files

Lists your biggest Google Drive files so you can decide what to archive or move.

Stars
32,059
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

When installed, the agent can run a ready-made command using the gws command-line tool to list the 20 Google Drive files using the most storage, showing each file's name, ID, size, type and owner in a table. It then reviews that list and suggests which files might be archived or moved to free up space. It depends on the separate gws-drive skill being loaded as well.

Great for

  • Anyone running low on Google Drive storage who wants a quick list of space hogs
  • Google Workspace admins or power users cleaning up shared or old files
  • People who prefer the agent to do the searching and suggest candidates rather than scrolling Drive manually

Skip it if

  • Users who have not installed and authenticated the gws command-line tool, since the recipe cannot run without it and access to their Drive account
  • Anyone wanting automatic deletion or moving: the skill only lists files and suggests actions, but the agent could act on suggestions if asked, so review changes yourself
  • Non-Google storage such as Dropbox or OneDrive, which this skill does not cover

Try asking

  • “Find my 20 largest Google Drive files and tell me which ones I could archive”
  • “Show me what's using the most space in my Drive”
  • “Which big files in my Drive are owned by me and could be moved to cheaper storage?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Find Largest Drive FilesInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    recipe-find-large-files.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip recipe-find-large-files.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip recipe-find-large-files.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Authenticate gws with only the Drive permissions you need before running the recipe
  • Ask the agent to list candidates first and confirm before it moves or deletes anything
  • Increase pageSize or adjust the sort if you need more than the top 20 results

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from googleworkspace/cli under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.