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Release Notes ​

0.0.7 (2026-03-11) ​

Breaking Changes ​

  • Google Sheets: Removed sheets.find tool. Use drive.search with MIME type filter instead (e.g., mimeType='application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet').
  • Google Slides: Removed slides.find tool. Use drive.search with MIME type filter instead (e.g., mimeType='application/vnd.google-apps.presentation').

Improvements ​

  • Skills: Renamed all skill directories to google-* prefix (e.g., calendar → google-calendar) to avoid slash command conflicts.
  • Calendar Skill: Added explicit calendarId='primary' mandate to prevent agents from omitting the required parameter.

Skills ​

  • Sheets Skill: New skill with drive.search guidance for finding spreadsheets.
  • Slides Skill: New skill with drive.search guidance for finding presentations.
  • Docs Skill: Updated with drive.search guidance and removed stale docs.find/docs.move references from skill and documentation.

0.0.6 (2026-03-08) ​

New Features ​

  • Google Docs: Parse rich smart chips (person, date, rich link) in document text output.
  • Google Docs: Added getSuggestions and getComments tools for reading document suggestions and comments.
  • Google Docs: Added formatText tool for applying rich formatting (bold, italic, headings, etc.) to text ranges.
  • Google Calendar: Added Google Meet link generation and Google Drive file attachment support for createEvent and updateEvent.
  • Google Calendar: Added sendUpdates parameter to createEvent for controlling attendee notifications.
  • Google Drive: Added trashFile tool to move files and folders to trash.
  • Google Drive: Added renameFile tool to rename files and folders.
  • Gmail: Added batchModify tool for bulk modifying up to 1,000 messages at once.
  • Gmail: Added modifyThread tool for modifying all messages in a Gmail thread.
  • Gmail: Added threadId support in createDraft for creating reply drafts.
  • Authentication: Added headless OAuth login for SSH, WSL, and Cloud Shell environments.

Skills ​

  • Gmail Skill: Added rich HTML formatting guidance for email composition.
  • Chat Skill: Added Google Chat messaging and space management guidance.
  • Docs Skill: Added document formatting and simplified tool primitives.
  • Calendar Skill: Added consolidated calendar scheduling guidance.

Fixes ​

  • Docs: Fixed recursion into nested child tabs in DocsService.
  • Docs: Polished getSuggestions and getComments output formatting.
  • Drive: Fixed shared drive file downloads.

Documentation & Chores ​

  • Documented token storage locations (OS keychain and encrypted file fallback).
  • Updated tool reference documentation with latest features.
  • Dependencies: Updated MCP SDK, Hono, Google APIs, rollup, ajv, qs, and minimatch.

0.0.5 (2026-02-11) ​

New Features ​

  • Gmail: Added createLabel tool to manage email labels.
  • Slides: Added getImages and getSlideThumbnail tools for better visual integration, and included slide IDs in getMetadata output.
  • Drive: Enhanced support for shared drives.
  • Calendar: Added support for event descriptions.
  • GCP: Added comprehensive documentation and automation for GCP project recreation.
  • Logging: Added authentication status updates via MCP logging for better observability.
  • Tools: Added annotations for read-only tools to improve agent interaction.

Fixes ​

  • Security: Resolved esbuild vulnerability via vite override.
  • Compatibility: Normalised tool names to underscores for better compatibility with other agents (e.g., Cursor).
  • Config: Removed unused arguments in extension configuration.

Documentation & Chores ​

  • Formatting: Updated context documentation with Chat-specific formatting instructions.
  • Infrastructure: Allowed .gemini directory in git and added Prettier to CI/CD pipeline.
  • Dependencies: Updated MCP SDK, Hono, Google APIs, and other core libraries.

0.0.4 (2026-01-05) ​

New Features ​

  • Google Drive: Added drive.createFolder to create new folders.
  • People: Added people.getUserRelations to retrieve user relationships (manager, reports, etc.).
  • Google Chat: Added threading support to chat.sendMessage and chat.sendDm, and filtering by thread in chat.getMessages.
  • Gmail: Added gmail.downloadAttachment to download email attachments.
  • Google Drive: Added drive.downloadFile to download files from Google Drive.
  • Calendar: Added calendar.deleteEvent to delete calendar events.
  • Google Docs: Added support for Tabs in DocsService.

Improvements ​

  • Dependencies: Updated various dependencies including @googleapis/drive, google-googleapis, and jsdom.
  • CI/CD: Added a weekly preview release workflow and updated GitHub Actions versions.
  • Testing: Added documentation for the testing process with Gemini CLI.

Fixes ​

  • Fixed an issue where the v prefix was not stripped correctly in the release script.
  • Fixed an issue with invalid assignees in dependabot config.
  • Fixed log directory creation.

0.0.3 ​

  • Initial release with support for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Calendar, Gmail, Chat, Time, and People.