spanner-basics
spanner-basics is an agent skill published by google, listed under data & analysis. 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 2026-10-21.
Assists in provisioning instances and databases, designing performant schemas, and querying data in Spanner. Requires credentials for database access.
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
Maintenance
Assists in provisioning instances and databases, designing performant schemas, and querying data in Cloud Spanner on Google Cloud. Use when designing primary keys, writing SQL queries or client library code, or diagnosing performance issues.
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| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spanner-basics (this page) | Assists in provisioning instances and databases, designing performant schemas, and querying data in Cloud Spa… | 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 spanner-basics
- What does spanner-basics do?
- Assists in provisioning instances and databases, designing performant schemas, and querying data in Spanner. Requires credentials for database access.
- How do I install spanner-basics?
- 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 spanner-basics?
- google.
- Is spanner-basics 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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