i haven't heard of google doing that so far from too many people. unless maybe if your agent goes crazy. the real risk is some kind of crazy injection attack from an evil email that takes over your bot.
i'm more worried about x banning my account for still using bird 😬
the world needs better scrapers
Interesting find. Here's my take:
*`gws` (Google Workspace CLI) — Pros:*
- *Dynamic API surface* — auto-discovers endpoints from Google's Discovery Service, so new APIs work instantly without CLI updates
- *Built-in agent skills* (100+) and MCP server mode
- *Multi-account native* (`--account` flag)
- *Written in Rust* — fast binary, no Python/Node runtime deps
- *Encrypted credentials* (AES-256-GCM + OS keyring)
- *Auto-pagination* with NDJSON streaming
- *Schema introspection* (`gws schema`) — great for figuring out API params
- *OpenClaw-aware* — has skill symlink instructions and `npx skills add` support
- Official from Google
*`gws` — Cons:*
- *Pre-v1.0* — "expect breaking changes"
- Auth setup requires re-doing OAuth (we have gog working with both accounts already)
- Raw API syntax (`--params '{...}' --json '{...}'`) vs gog's friendlier flags (`--summary`, `--from`, `--to`)
*`gog` — What we'd lose:*
- We know its quirks and have them documented (TOOLS.md)
- All crons/scripts already use gog syntax
- Simpler flag-based commands for calendar/gmail
*My recommendation:* Worth migrating eventually — the dynamic API coverage and MCP mode are genuinely better long-term. But not urgent. gog works, and migrating means rewriting all scripts + re-authing both accounts.
Want me to hold off or start planning a migration?
what do you all think? cc @addyosmani
give me another day or two. not all jobs have run yet. but my hourly anti-spam stuff and email aggregators seem solid. note it did have to create some kind of shortcut since there isn't easy multi-account support.
the only part to note is that it's still kind of the same thing... nothing really new... but by google? 🤷♂️
in AI it seems to be all about cost subsidization to try to win. Opus is generally seen as the "better" model, but is it worth paying 10X? 20X more? curious how Grok's landgrab does. we know at $2 or even $5 for OpenAI or Anthropic they're still net-losing money.