google-cloud-developer

v1.1.0

Google Cloud guidance for coding agents: first-project onboarding, authentication and credential selection, and safety-critical validation for gcloud CLI commands. Includes the Google Developer Knowledge MCP server for grounded, up-to-date Google Cloud documentation.

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By Google LLCLicense: Apache-2.019.2k GitHub starsUpdated 15 hours ago

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Runtimes: Codex, Claude Code, and Agent Plugins
Parsed components: 6 skill or MCP entries
Source updated: Sep 2, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install google-cloud-developer for Codex and Claude Code

Installs for the current user

codex plugin marketplace add google/skills
codex plugin marketplace upgrade google-plugins
codex plugin add google-cloud-developer@google-plugins

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Codex. They add and refresh the google-plugins catalog, then install this plugin.

Compatibility: the page URL and API slug “google-cloud-developer” remain stable.

Codex: google-cloud-developer@agent-plugin-marketplace → google-cloud-developer@google-plugins

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/google/skills

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is plugins/cloud/google-cloud-developer/.

Plugin files

plugins/cloud/google-cloud-developer/

├── .codex-plugin/plugin.json
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── plugin.json
├── skills/finding-google-skills/SKILL.md
├── skills/gcloud/SKILL.md
├── skills/google-cloud-recipe-auth/SKILL.md
├── skills/google-cloud-recipe-onboarding/SKILL.md
├── skills/retrieving-developer-knowledge/SKILL.md
└── .mcp.json

Included Skills5

finding-google-skillsskills/finding-google-skills/SKILL.md

Locates and loads the right Google product skill on demand from a remote catalog index, instead of preloading every skill. Use at the START of any request touching a Google product, API, or developer platform - including Google Cloud (GKE, Cloud Run, IAM, BigQuery, Vertex AI, Spanner), Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Admin SDK), Chrome and Chrome extensions, Android, Firebase, YouTube, Google Maps, Gemini and the Gemini API, Google Play, and Flutter. Consult the index before answering from memory or searching the web. Don't use for non-Google products.

gcloudskills/gcloud/SKILL.md

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.

google-cloud-recipe-authskills/google-cloud-recipe-auth/SKILL.md

Provides expert guidance on authenticating and authorizing to Google Cloud services and APIs, covering human users, service identities, Application Default Credentials (ADC), and best practices for secure access.

google-cloud-recipe-onboardingskills/google-cloud-recipe-onboarding/SKILL.md

Guides a developer's first steps on Google Cloud, covering account creation, billing setup, project management, and deploying a first resource. Use when a new developer wants to initialize their first Google Cloud project, configure billing, and verify deployment. Don't use for enterprise organization setup (use Google Cloud Setup guided flow for that instead). Don't use for complex multi-project architectures.

retrieving-developer-knowledgeskills/retrieving-developer-knowledge/SKILL.md

Searches, retrieves, and synthesizes official Google developer documentation across Google Cloud, AI/Gemini, Android, Chrome, Web, Flutter, Go, Firebase, and other Google developer platforms. Integrates with the Developer Knowledge MCP server (search_documents, get_documents, answer_query) or the Developer Knowledge REST API fallback. Use when searching for gcloud CLI commands, API syntax, IAM permissions, official documentation, architectural comparisons, or product choice overviews. Don't use for local filesystem lookups or non-Google documentation.

MCP servers1

developer-knowledgeStreamable HTTP

url: https://developerknowledge.googleapis.com/mcp

Plugin manifests3

plugins/cloud/google-cloud-developer/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "google-cloud-developer",
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "description": "Google Cloud guidance for coding agents: first-project onboarding, authentication and credential selection, and safety-critical validation for gcloud CLI commands. Includes the Google Developer Knowledge MCP server for grounded, up-to-date Google Cloud documentation.",
  "skills": "./skills/",
  "interface": {
    "displayName": "Google Cloud Developer",
    "shortDescription": "Onboarding, auth, and gcloud safety for Google Cloud",
    "category": "Productivity"
  }
}

plugins/cloud/google-cloud-developer/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "google-cloud-developer",
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "description": "Google Cloud guidance for coding agents: first-project onboarding, authentication and credential selection, and safety-critical validation for gcloud CLI commands. Includes the Google Developer Knowledge MCP server for grounded, up-to-date Google Cloud documentation.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Google LLC"
  }
}

plugins/cloud/google-cloud-developer/plugin.json

{
  "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
  "name": "google-cloud-developer",
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "description": "Google Cloud guidance for coding agents: first-project onboarding, authentication and credential selection, and safety-critical validation for gcloud CLI commands. Includes the Google Developer Knowledge MCP server for grounded, up-to-date Google Cloud documentation.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Google LLC",
    "url": "https://cloud.google.com"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/plugins/cloud/google-cloud-developer",
  "repository": "https://github.com/google/skills",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "keywords": [
    "google-cloud",
    "gcloud",
    "authentication",
    "onboarding"
  ]
}