Jun Poehnelt built a command-line interface for Google Workspace, and within days it topped Hacker News and racked up thousands of GitHub stars and real users. Word reached Google’s directors, who asked what they could learn, then legal questioned why the Google logo and signature brand colors appeared in his repository. Despite praise, his project stirred anxiety among Workspace leaders worried about disruption from user-built tools and emerging AI agents. Two days before his firing, Google Cloud Next announced an official Workspace CLI—effectively the same idea Poehnelt had open-sourced. Poehnelt sees the timing as ironic proof that his work pointed the way forward. He spent nearly seven years at Google, credits his teammates and supportive manager, and says sharing these details helps him own the experience and move on. He links to the tweet that sparked the controversy, his own blog post, and the live GitHub repo hosting the Workspace CLI. That repo covers Drive, Gmail, Calendar and every Workspace API with more than 40 agent skills ready for automation or human use. Through these references, anyone can trace the tool’s rise from side project to internal flashpoint.