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Google Cloud Operator

Lets the agent hand Google Cloud questions, Terraform/Kubernetes work and ops tasks to a Cloud Operator agent

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Repository
google/skills
Stars
21,782
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
2 files

What it does

Once installed, the agent sends Google Cloud (GCP) requests such as how-to questions, Terraform or Kubernetes generation and review, rollouts, incidents and cost checks to a separate Cloud Operator agent through an MCP server called autocloud, instead of answering from memory. It also tracks which GCP project and operator agent to use across a conversation, and writes returned code files into your workspace. The skill requires a Google Cloud project with a Cloud Operator agent set up.

Great for

  • Engineers who already run Google Cloud projects and want an agent to plan or review infrastructure changes
  • Teams using Terraform or Kubernetes on GCP who want generated or reviewed manifests
  • People who want cost or incident help grounded in their live GCP project

Skip it if

  • Non-GCP clouds or general tasks, which the skill explicitly excludes
  • Local machine setup such as installing gcloud, which the skill says to leave out of scope
  • Anyone who cannot share local config or code with a Google-hosted service, since file contents and project details are sent to the operator; secrets are supposed to be redacted but this depends on the agent following the rules

Try asking

  • “Review my main.tf for this GCP project and show me a diff of the fixes”
  • “Why is my GKE deployment crash-looping? Here is the error log.”
  • “Design a private VPC with Cloud SQL for a small web app in project acme-ops”
  • “Estimate what changed in my GCP spend this month and why”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Google Cloud OperatorInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    cloud-operator.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip cloud-operator.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip cloud-operator.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Name the GCP project up front so the agent does not have to guess which one to use
  • Expect first calls to take 1 to 3 minutes and long operations up to 20 minutes; let the agent wait rather than cancel
  • Check the diffs the agent shows before letting it apply changes to your files

What's inside

  • references/attribution.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from google/skills under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-11-02. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.