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GCP Cloud

DevOps & Security
gcp-cloud

GCP Cloud is an Agent Skill for devops & security published in the a5c-ai/babysitter repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

GCP-specific infrastructure and services expertise for cloud operations and architecture

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GCP Cloud Skill

Overview

Specialized skill for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure and services. Provides deep expertise in GCP-native solutions, best practices, and operational patterns.

Capabilities

gcloud CLI Operations

  • Execute and analyze gcloud commands
  • Handle project and organization context
  • Interpret API responses and errors
  • Manage service account impersonation
  • Use gcloud configurations

Compute Services

  • Compute Engine VM management
  • Cloud Run service deployment
  • Cloud Functions configuration
  • App Engine application management
  • Managed Instance Groups

Kubernetes (GKE)

  • GKE cluster provisioning (Standard/Autopilot)
  • Node pool management and configuration
  • GKE networking (VPC-native, Shared VPC)
  • Workload Identity configuration
  • GKE security features (Binary Authorization)

Networking

  • VPC network design and implementation
  • Cloud Load Balancing configuration
  • Cloud DNS management
  • Cloud CDN setup
  • Cloud Interconnect and VPN

Storage and Databases

  • Cloud Storage bucket management
  • Persistent Disk optimization
  • Cloud SQL management
  • Cloud Spanner configuration
  • Firestore/Datastore operations
  • BigQuery dataset management

Security and IAM

  • IAM policy and role management
  • Service account configuration
  • Organization policies
  • Secret Manager operations
  • VPC Service Controls

CI/CD and DevOps

  • Cloud Build pipeline configuration
  • Artifact Registry management
  • Cloud Deploy for CD
  • Container Registry operations

Target Processes

  • iac-implementation.js - GCP infrastructure provisioning
  • kubernetes-setup.js - GKE cluster management
  • cost-optimization.js - GCP cost analysis and optimization

Usage Context

This skill is invoked when processes require:

  • GCP infrastructure provisioning
  • GKE cluster setup and management
  • GCP networking configuration
  • IAM and service account design
  • GCP cost optimization

Dependencies

  • gcloud CLI
  • GCP credentials/service accounts
  • gsutil for Cloud Storage
  • bq for BigQuery

Output Formats

  • gcloud CLI commands and outputs
  • Deployment Manager templates
  • IAM policy documents
  • Cost analysis reports
  • Architecture recommendations