google-docs – OpenClaw Skill

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name: google-docs description: | Google Docs API integration with managed OAuth. Create documents, insert text, apply formatting, and manage content. Use this skill when users want to interact with Google Docs. For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway). compatibility: Requires network access and valid Maton API key metadata: author: maton version: "1.0"

Google Docs

Access the Google Docs API with managed OAuth authentication. Create documents, insert and format text, and manage document content.

Quick Start

# Get document
curl -s -X GET "https://gateway.maton.ai/google-docs/v1/documents/{documentId}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY"

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/google-docs/{native-api-path}

Replace {native-api-path} with the actual Google Docs API endpoint path. The gateway proxies requests to docs.googleapis.com and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Google OAuth connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

curl -s -X GET "https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=google-docs&status=ACTIVE" -H "Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY"

Create Connection

curl -s -X POST "https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY" -d '{"app": "google-docs"}'

Get Connection

curl -s -X GET "https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY"

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2025-12-08T07:20:53.488460Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-01-31T20:03:32.593153Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "google-docs",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

curl -s -X DELETE "https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY"

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Google Docs connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

curl -s -X GET "https://gateway.maton.ai/google-docs/v1/documents/{documentId}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY" -H "Maton-Connection: 21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80"

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

Get Document

GET /google-docs/v1/documents/{documentId}

Create Document

POST /google-docs/v1/documents
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "New Document"
}

Batch Update Document

POST /google-docs/v1/documents/{documentId}:batchUpdate
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "requests": [
    {
      "insertText": {
        "location": {"index": 1},
        "text": "Hello, World!"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Common batchUpdate Requests

Insert Text

{
  "insertText": {
    "location": {"index": 1},
    "text": "Text to insert"
  }
}

Delete Content

{
  "deleteContentRange": {
    "range": {
      "startIndex": 1,
      "endIndex": 10
    }
  }
}

Replace All Text

{
  "replaceAllText": {
    "containsText": {
      "text": "{{placeholder}}",
      "matchCase": true
    },
    "replaceText": "replacement value"
  }
}

Insert Table

{
  "insertTable": {
    "location": {"index": 1},
    "rows": 3,
    "columns": 3
  }
}

Update Text Style

{
  "updateTextStyle": {
    "range": {
      "startIndex": 1,
      "endIndex": 10
    },
    "textStyle": {
      "bold": true,
      "fontSize": {"magnitude": 14, "unit": "PT"}
    },
    "fields": "bold,fontSize"
  }
}

Insert Page Break

{
  "insertPageBreak": {
    "location": {"index": 1}
  }
}

Code Examples

JavaScript

// Create document
const response = await fetch(
  'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-docs/v1/documents',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ title: 'New Document' })
  }
);

// Insert text
await fetch(
  `https://gateway.maton.ai/google-docs/v1/documents/${docId}:batchUpdate`,
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      requests: [{ insertText: { location: { index: 1 }, text: 'Hello!' } }]
    })
  }
);

Python

import os
import requests

# Create document
response = requests.post(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-docs/v1/documents',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'},
    json={'title': 'New Document'}
)

Notes

• Index positions are 1-based (document starts at index 1)
• Use endOfSegmentLocation to append at end
• Multiple requests in batchUpdate are applied atomically
• Get document first to find correct indices for updates
• The fields parameter in style updates uses field mask syntax
• IMPORTANT: When using curl commands, use curl -g when URLs contain brackets (fields[], sort[], records[]) to disable glob parsing
• IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments. You may get "Invalid API key" errors when piping.

Error Handling

Status	Meaning
400	Missing Google Docs connection
401	Invalid or missing Maton API key
429	Rate limited (10 req/sec per account)
4xx/5xx	Passthrough error from Google Docs API

Resources

• Docs API Overview
• Get Document
• Create Document
• Batch Update
• Request Types
• Document Structure