# Recipe Backup Sheet As CSV

> Recipe Backup Sheet As CSV is an Agent Skill for documents published in the googleworkspace/cli repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Export a Google Sheets spreadsheet as a CSV file for local backup or processing.

- Skill name: `recipe-backup-sheet-as-csv`
- Category: [Documents](https://www.openparable.com/skill/documents/1)
- Source: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/blob/HEAD/skills/recipe-backup-sheet-as-csv/SKILL.md
- Repository: googleworkspace/cli (29,731 GitHub stars when collected)

## SKILL.md

# Export a Google Sheet as CSV

> **PREREQUISITE:** Load the following skills to execute this recipe: `gws-sheets`, `gws-drive`

Export a Google Sheets spreadsheet as a CSV file for local backup or processing.

## Steps

1. Get spreadsheet details: `gws sheets spreadsheets get --params '{"spreadsheetId": "SHEET_ID"}'`
2. Export as CSV: `gws drive files export --params '{"fileId": "SHEET_ID", "mimeType": "text/csv"}'`
3. Or read values directly: `gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range 'Sheet1' --format csv`

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