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Google Sheets
Google Sheets is Google's browser-based collaborative spreadsheet application.
At a glance
Google Sheets is Google's browser-based collaborative spreadsheet application.
Catalog categories: spreadsheets, collaboration.
Catalogued capability areas: - Browser-based spreadsheet editing - Real-time co-authoring - Formulas, charts and pivot tables
This summary reflects the catalog record, not a complete product specification. Verify intended users, end-to-end workflows, supported platforms, edge cases, data handling, and constraints against cited sources. Treat capability labels as research leads until that verification is complete.
- Browser-based spreadsheet editing
- Real-time co-authoring
- Formulas, charts and pivot tables
Open-source alternative
2 candidate projects in the landscape. A candidate may cover all, part, or none of what Google Sheets does — read the coverage and gaps below.
Grist
Apache-2.0Relational spreadsheet, self-hostable.
ONLYOFFICE Docs
AGPL-3.0Collaborative spreadsheet editor.
Coverage and gaps
Alternative coverage
Partial. Self-hosted collaborative spreadsheets exist (Grist, ONLYOFFICE); parity with Sheets at scale is partial.
The gap
Self-hosted spreadsheet editors exist; performance at scale and the add-on ecosystem differ from Google Sheets.
Build this product with your agent
This Markdown file is the coding-agent skill for Google Sheets. Give it to your agent in your project; it guides research, reuse decisions, implementation and verification.
- agent-kit.mdDownloadable Markdown skill with product-specific instructions for your coding agent.available
- skill.mdGenerated copy of the same product skill — rae google-sheets --out ./google-sheets-agent.in kit
- mcp.jsonOptional MCP server config — rae google-sheets --out ./google-sheets-agent.in kit
- Product workspaceOptional starting workspace for your agent — rae build product google-sheets --out ./google-sheets.
- ChoosePick the product you want to build.
- ReviewAsk your agent to check the product skill, evidence and alternatives.
- BuildGive the skill to your coding agent and build in your own project.
- VerifyRun the checks for your implementation and review the result.
Evidence
Sources
Provenance
- Catalog record — catalog/products.jsonl
- Research dossier — research/companies/google/products/google-sheets.md
- REA web-surface report — catalog/rea/google/google-sheets.md
- Open-source skill file — catalog/skills/google/google-sheets.md
Next step
Give the Google Sheets skill to your coding agent in your project. Ask it to evaluate Grist ↗ against your needs, reuse what fits, then follow the skill's build and verification instructions.
Give the product skill to your coding agent in the project where you want to build. Optional starter workspace: rae build product google-sheets --out ./google-sheets. CLI reference.