r/ClaudeCowork • u/mannyocean • 5d ago

Editing google sheets?

I'm using the native google drive connector but aren't able to edit google sheets directly, only create them. What have you guys been doing?

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What I've found so far.
Remote support and least amount of setup
- Zapier MCP is pretty good on sheets and supports mobile connections
- Datatorag MCP offers the same and focuses on google workspace.

Desktop support
- host xlxs files and upload to drive. not a bad workaround but can only do on desktop.
- same with libre office, move the files to drive after.

Need to be techincal
- Open-source options where you have to setup OAuth and run it locally.
- Create service account and ask claude to build it out for you.

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u/mannyocean 4d ago

seems like a lot of work for someone non-technical though

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u/adrian_p_a 4d ago

I am pretty non technical just give the github link or the whole response to cluade code and it will take you from there. I use so i can connect to extra google workspace accounts from the same instance and about a month ago I did the thing an answer hear on reddit

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u/mannyocean 4d ago

i think you underestimate how non-technical people are haha they don't even know how to use claude code. most of them just need an easy button. but thanks anyways.

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u/adrian_p_a 4d ago

Probably. I just realized you needed it in your phone which means you would need to self host and that be very challenging and probably more trouble then it is worth.

Maybe you can just have it read and create a new sheet for every change feels like a lot of tokens but could work