gcloud
gcloud is an agent skill published by google, listed under deploy & operate. It lives in the google/skills repository, which has 21,580 GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0; we last read it on 2026-10-27.
Validates and reduces data for gcloud CLI operations across Google Cloud Platform services and infrastructure. Requires no specific credentials.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads google/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add google/skills
What it connects to
Unverified means a mention in the skill’s own description, not a citation. A wrong claim here costs nothing to correct and nothing to trust yet.
Maintenance
Provides safety-critical validation, guardrails, and data reduction for gcloud CLI operations across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and infrastructure. Use when planning, generating, constructing, proposing, describing, or executing any gcloud CLI commands - including when answering questions about gcloud syntax, or formatting flags. Don't use when writing Google Cloud client library code or raw REST/gRPC API requests.
gcloud compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gcloud (this page) | Provides safety-critical validation, guardrails, and data reduction for gcloud CLI operations across Google C… | 21,580 | 2026-10-25 | |
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Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about gcloud
- What does gcloud do?
- Validates and reduces data for gcloud CLI operations across Google Cloud Platform services and infrastructure. Requires no specific credentials.
- How do I install gcloud?
- Run npx skills add google/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes gcloud?
- google.
- Is gcloud maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 21,580 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the Apache-2.0 licence.
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