docs-convert-gdoc-md

Convert Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets

Export Google content using the gcloud CLI for authentication:

• Google Docs → Markdown (.md)
• Google Slides → Markdown (.md) via PPTX with slide titles, bullet points, tables, and speaker notes
• Google Sheets → CSV (.csv)

Prerequisites

• The Red Hat Docs Agent Tools marketplace is installed
• gcloud CLI is installed
• User is authenticated via gcloud auth login --enable-gdrive-access
• python-pptx is installed for Slides export (python3 -m pip install python-pptx)

Instructions

1. The user provides a Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets URL.
2. Run the conversion script with the URL as the argument.
3. Read the output file and present the content to the user.

Run the script

The script is at ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/gdoc2md.py.

Always quote the URL and output file arguments:

uv run --script ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/gdoc2md.py -- [--comments] [--include-resolved] "<url>" ["<output_file>"]

• The script auto-detects the URL type:
  • /document/d/ → Google Docs → Markdown
  • /presentation/d/ → Google Slides → Markdown (via PPTX)
  • /spreadsheets/d/ → Google Sheets → CSV
• If no output file is specified, it defaults to <id>.md or <id>.csv.

Include Google Docs comments

Use --comments to pull comment threads from the document and insert them as Markdown footnotes:

uv run --script ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/gdoc2md.py -- --comments "<google-doc-url>"

• Each comment with a highlighted text anchor becomes a footnote reference placed after the quoted text in the Markdown body.
• Comments without an anchor appear as footnotes at the end.
• Reply threads are included under the parent comment.
• By default, resolved comment threads are excluded. Add --include-resolved to include them.
• The --comments flag only applies to Google Docs. The script ignores it for Slides and Sheets.

Error handling

• 401: Authentication expired. Tell the user to run gcloud auth login --enable-gdrive-access.
• 403: No permission. The user needs access to the document.
• 404: Wrong URL or the document doesn't exist.
• ImportError: python-pptx not installed. Tell the user to run python3 -m pip install python-pptx.