Recipe Compare Sheet Tabs

by googleworkspacea3768d0e82adNo licenseListed Oct 8, 2026Updated Oct 8, 2026

Read data from two tabs in a Google Sheet to compare and identify differences.

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AI-generated overview

Reads two tabs of a Google Sheet and compares their data to identify differences.

What it does
This recipe instructs an agent to read data from two separate tabs in the same Google Sheet using the gws sheets read command, then compare the retrieved rows and identify changes between them. It produces a comparison of the two datasets rather than a new file. It is a short, three-step procedure with no scripts of its own.
When to use it
Use it when you need to spot differences between two tabs of a Google Sheet, such as month-over-month or version-to-version comparisons. It fits quick reconciliation or change-detection tasks on spreadsheet data.
Requirements
Requires the gws command-line tool and the gws-sheets skill to be loaded. It needs access to the target Google Sheet and its spreadsheet ID. It ships no scripts; it is instructions only.

Compare Two Google Sheets Tabs

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-sheets

Read data from two tabs in a Google Sheet to compare and identify differences.

Steps

  1. Read the first tab: gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range "January!A1:D"
  2. Read the second tab: gws sheets +read --spreadsheet SHEET_ID --range "February!A1:D"
  3. Compare the data and identify changes

Source and attribution

Source:googleworkspace/cliinskills/recipe-compare-sheet-tabsat commita3768d0

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