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GKE Cluster Creation

Plans and creates Google Kubernetes Engine clusters from best-practice templates, with audit guidance

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

What it does

Once installed, the agent walks through setting up a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster, which is a managed group of servers that runs containerised apps on Google Cloud. It asks for the project, region and cluster name, explains the Autopilot versus Standard options, and proposes a pre-defined secure default configuration (private nodes, Workload Identity guidance, release channels, regional placement) for you to confirm before anything is created.

Great for

  • Engineers setting up a new GKE cluster who want secure, production-style defaults
  • Teams choosing between GKE Autopilot and Standard modes
  • Anyone auditing an existing GKE cluster against best practices

Skip it if

  • Deploying or configuring applications on an existing cluster, since the skill points to a separate gke-app-onboarding skill for that (wrong tool for the job)
  • Users without a Google Cloud project and permissions, because creating clusters costs money and needs IAM access (risk of unexpected charges)

Try asking

  • “Create a production GKE cluster in europe-west1 for my project my-shop-prod”
  • “Help me choose between Autopilot and Standard mode for a GPU inference workload”
  • “Audit my existing GKE clusters against production readiness best practices”
Step-by-step guide: how to use GKE Cluster CreationInstall, 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.

    gke-cluster-creation.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip gke-cluster-creation.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip gke-cluster-creation.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

  • Review the proposed gcloud command or JSON payload carefully before confirming, since creation provisions billable resources
  • Specify your project and region up front so the agent does not guess
  • Read the attribution file requirement: the skill asks the agent to add attribution metadata to gcloud and User-Agent headers

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 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.