DevOps & Infra
DevOps agent skills automate the delivery side of software: CI/CD pipelines, Dockerfiles, infrastructure as code, releases, and incident checklists. A skill gives your AI agent the exact runbook to follow, so deployments and configs come out consistent every time.
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google Skill Gemini Interactions API 2Guides the usage of Gemini Interactions API on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Use when the user wants to use the stateful, server-managed Interactions API for multi-turn conversations, background execution, streaming, structured output, and function calling on the Agent Platform.
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google Bundle Gke Alert ConfigurationConfigures alerting policies in Terraform for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, workloads, and services using PromQL and Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus. Use when writing, analyzing, validating, or deploying Terraform alerting policies to monitor GKE service latency, traffic, error rates using Multi-Window Multi-Burn-Rate SLO alerts, memory saturation, and cluster health such as CrashLoopBackOff and Node NotReady conditions. Don't use for non-GKE compute runtimes such as standalone Compute Engine VMs or standalone Cloud Run services without GKE.
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google Bundle Gke Manifest GenerationGenerates and updates secure, production-ready Kubernetes YAML manifests optimized for GKE Autopilot and GKE Standard clusters. Use when creating or modifying GKE deployment manifests, configuring container security contexts, setting CPU/memory resource limits, defining readiness/liveness/startup probes, mounting secrets and volumes, configuring GKE Gateway API routes, targeting Spot VMs, or deploying AI model inference workloads (vLLM, TGI, Gemma). Don't use for live cluster operations, pod troubleshooting (use gke-workload-troubleshooting), or cluster infrastructure provisioning (use gke-cluster-creation).
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google Bundle Workload Manager Basics 2Use this skill to manage Google Cloud Workload Manager evaluations, rules, scanned resources, and validation results by using public client libraries and the REST API. Use when you need to inspect workload best-practice rules, create and run evaluations for Google Cloud general best practices, SAP, SQL Server, or custom organizational rules, review violations, export results to BigQuery, or automate Workload Manager through client libraries because no service-specific public CLI or MCP server is available. Don't use for general Google Compute Engine instance management, VPC configuration, or standard IAM auditing.
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google Skill Google Cloud Recipe Auth 2Provides 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.
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google Bundle Google Cloud Storage FuseMounts Cloud Storage buckets as a POSIX file system with Cloud Storage FUSE (gcsfuse). Use when interacting with gcsfuse: decide whether FUSE, native gs:// reads, or Filestore/Managed Lustre fits a workload, deploy tuned mounts on GKE, Compute Engine, or Cloud Run, enable and size file, stat, and list caches, tune mount flags or config-file settings, apply workload profiles, keep ML checkpointing safe (rename atomicity, hierarchical namespace/HNS, close-time finalization, concurrent writers), or diagnose slow training, low throughput, or bill spikes with gcsfuse metrics. Covers mount semantics, gcsfuse CLI and config files, GKE gcsfuse CSI driver (Workload Identity principal:// bindings, profile StorageClasses, sidecar sizing), and Cloud Run volume mounts. Don't use for bucket administration or data management without a mount (google-cloud-storage-basics) or fully POSIX-compliant shared file systems (Filestore, Managed Lustre).
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google Skill Google Cloud Waf Security 2Generates security-focused guidance for Google Cloud workloads based on the design principles and recommendations in the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework (WAF). Use this skill to evaluate workloads, identify security requirements, and provide actionable recommendations for IAM, network security, data protection, and operational security.
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google Bundle Cloud Databases OnboardingGuides users through discovering their database requirements, recommends a Google Cloud database based on a recommendation matrix, and assists in database creation. Use when a user asks 'What database service should I use?', 'Help me pick a database', or when a user wants to create a new database on Google Cloud. Don't use for general Google Cloud maintenance, managing existing databases, or database migrations.
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google Bundle Managed Airflow MigrationsProvides guidance for migrating Apache Airflow DAGs in Managed Service for Apache Airflow (MSAA; formerly Cloud Composer). Covers migration to Airflow 2.11.1 (MSAA Gen 2 and 3) and Airflow 3 (MSAA Gen 3), including environment inspection, GCS download/upload and scanning patterns for breaking changes. Use when migrating the DAG code to newer Airflow version. Don't use when checking DAG run failures unrelated to code migration.
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google Bundle Google Cloud Solution Guided Gke AI Migration 2Guides the migration of existing AI workloads (Cloud Run, Gemini API, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform) to self-hosted GKE inference using gcloud and kubectl. Use when the user has an existing AI inference workload (on Cloud Run, the Gemini API, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, or a custom VM) and wants to move it to self-hosted inference on GKE, or asks follow-up questions during such a migration (hardware sizing, model staging, manifest generation, validation, traffic cutover). DO NOT use for brand new GKE inference deployments with no existing workload to migrate (use gke-inference instead). DO NOT use if the user intends to automate the migration via the Gemini Cloud Assist MCP server.
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google Bundle Google Cloud Solution N Tier Serverless Web App 2Assists in designing and implementing secure n-tier serverless web applications and microservices on Google Cloud. Use when users need architecture designs, security checklists, Terraform code, or deployment guidance for multi-tier serverless apps, regional data residency / European sovereignty compliance, zero-trust private VPC networking, or Private Service Connect. Don't use for VM, GKE, or non-Google Cloud architectures.
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google Skill Gke AI Troubleshooting Handle Disruption Gpu Tpu 2Diagnoses, predicts, and mitigates node disruptions during Compute Engine host maintenance and hardware or software maintenance events for GPU and TPU workloads on GKE. Use when diagnosing node disruptions, predicting host maintenance events on GPU/TPU nodepools, inspecting node interruption PromQL metrics, auditing node taints, or configuring workload protection strategies (graceful termination, opportunistic maintenance, PodDisruptionBudgets). Don't use for general GKE cluster creation, network policy configuration, or non-disruption workload deployment.
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google Bundle Gke AI Troubleshooting Tpu Dynamic Slices MonitoringMonitors, troubleshoots, and manages GKE TPU Dynamic Slices custom resources. Use when checking TPU slice lifecycle states, troubleshooting slice provisioning failures, validating single-slice or multi-slice (JobSet) workload manifests, or safely patching stuck finalizers and disabling the slice controller. Don't use for generic GKE cluster node pool creation or standard non-TPU workload management (use gke-basics or gke-cluster-creation instead).
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google Bundle Google Cloud Solution RAG Enterprise Search Gke Sqldb 2Discovers requirements, and generates architectural, design, and deployment guidance for a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-capable enterprise search system in Google Cloud. Use when users need a vector-enabled SQL database as the store and index for the embedding vectors, an open model and open-source inferencing framework, and Kubernetes containers to host all the application components. DON'T use this skill for fully-managed RAG, or SaaS search services, or when a non-SQL vector database is required.
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google Bundle Google Cloud Solution Agentic AI Data Science Workflow 2Designs a tailored multi-product agentic data science architecture on Google Cloud that incorporates opinionated best practices. Use when architecting multi-product solutions for agent-based data analytics or ML workloads. Don't use for simple queries, non-agentic pipelines, general cloud reviews, or writing agent code.
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google Bundle Google Cloud Solution Agentic AI Bidirectional Streaming 2Guides agents to interactively discover customer requirements for live, bidirectional multi-agent AI systems that process continuous streams of multimodal data for real-time technical guidance and safety monitoring. Generates a custom Google Cloud solution that uses opinionated best practices and architecture guidance. Use when users need agentic assistance to design and create a multi-product solution in the cloud for live bidirectional multimodal streaming workloads. Don't use for simple text-based chat applications or workloads without real-time streaming requirements.
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google Bundle Google Cloud Solution Agentic AI Borderless Data Lakehou 2Discovers requirements and designs a borderless open data lakehouse using Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg and BigQuery data agents. Use when architecting multi-cloud storage infrastructure (Cloud Storage, AWS S3, Azure Blob), establishing ingestion and AI serving subsystems, configuring Cross-Cloud Interconnect, or deploying Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and BigQuery data agents. Don't use for single-cloud data warehouses, or when the focus is on Knowledge Catalog metadata governance and Spark-driven IDE analytics workflows (use google-cloud-solution-agentic-analytics-spark-knowledge-catalog instead).
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google Bundle Google Cloud Solution Agentic Analytics Spark Knowledge 2Discovers requirements and designs an end-to-end governed agentic analytics solution using Knowledge Catalog and Managed Service for Apache Spark (Lightning Engine). Use when designing data science and analytics workflows across structured and unstructured distributed data (including in S3, Azure Blob, AlloyDB, and Iceberg), establishing metadata governance with Knowledge Catalog aspect types, or grounding agentic IDEs (VS Code, Antigravity) by using the Google Cloud Data Agent Kit. Don't use for provisioning borderless data lakehouse infrastructure (use google-cloud-solution-agentic-ai-borderless-data-lakehouse instead).
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google Skill Secops HuntExpert guidance for proactive threat hunting in Google SecOps. Use when proactively hunting for threats, retroactively analyzing indicators of compromise (IoCs), performing prevalence searches across enterprise events, hunting for MITRE ATT&CK techniques, or detecting behavioral and statistical outliers using UDM queries. Don't use for incoming alert triage (use secops-triage), active incident response and timeline deep-dives on a known breach (use secops-investigate), or detection rule authoring (use secops-detection-engineering).
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google Bundle Gke Upgrades 2Plans, executes, and validates Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster upgrades and maintenance operations for both Standard and Autopilot clusters. Produces upgrade plans, pre/post-upgrade checklists, maintenance runbooks with gcloud commands, release channel strategy, and troubleshooting guides. Handles node pool upgrade strategies (surge, blue-green), version compatibility, PDB management, and workload-specific concerns (stateful, GPU, operators). Use this skill whenever the user mentions GKE upgrades, Kubernetes version bumps, node pool maintenance, GKE patching, cluster version management, release channel selection, maintenance windows, surge upgrades, stuck upgrades, or any GKE lifecycle management task — even casual mentions like "we need to upgrade our clusters" or "plan our next GKE maintenance" or "our upgrade is stuck." Don't use for GKE cluster creation, application onboarding, general networking/routing setup, or security policy configurations (use gke-basics or relevant GKE skills instead).
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google Skill Secops CasesManage Google Security Operations (SecOps) SOAR cases throughout their lifecycle. Use when listing, creating, inspecting, updating, or closing SOAR cases; adding investigative comments and notes; updating case priority or description; or linking and grouping security alerts within cases. Supports both remote Google SecOps MCP tools and local fallback tools. Don't use for SIEM UDM searches or detection rule authoring.
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google Skill Gke Backup Dr 2Configures Backup for GKE: the BackupRestore cluster addon, BackupPlan and RestorePlan resources, restore workflows, and CMEK-encrypted backups. Use for backup policies, disaster recovery, or GKE cluster restores. Don't use for database backups.
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google Skill Gke Batch Hpc 2Runs batch and HPC workloads on GKE, utilizing job queues and parallel processing. Use when running GKE batch jobs, configuring GKE HPC, or setting up GKE job queues. Don't use for standard web application deployments (use gke-app-onboarding instead).
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google Skill Gke Inference 2Deploys and optimizes AI/ML inference workloads on GKE, using GPUs, TPUs, and model servers. Use when deploying GKE inference servers, configuring GKE GPU resources for inference, or deploying LLMs on GKE. Don't use for generic batch jobs or HPC task queues (use gke-batch-hpc instead).
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google Skill Secops Triage 2Expert guidance for security alert triage in Google SecOps. Use when investigating and triaging security alerts, determining false positives vs. true positives, assessing entity risk, adjusting alert severity or priority, and closing or escalating alerts and cases. Don't use for deep multi-hop incident investigations across host timelines (use secops-investigate), proactive threat hunting or retroactive IoC sweeps (use secops-hunt), or authoring new detection rules (use secops-detection-engineering).
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google Bundle Alloydb Basics 2Manages clusters, instances, and backups for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, and integrates with AlloyDB Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools for automated database operations. Use when creating, configuring, or administering AlloyDB databases. Do NOT use for general PostgreSQL instances (e.g. Cloud SQL) or other GCP databases.
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google Bundle Bigquery AI Ml 2Leverages BigQuery's built-in machine learning and GenAI capabilities for advanced data analytics. Use when you need to write SQL queries that perform time-series forecasting, predict values, detect outliers or anomalies, find key drivers, perform semantic search or vector search, classify text, calculate similarity, summarize content, translate language, evaluate models, filter by semantic conditions, measure the causal effect of an intervention, compute correlations between columns, detect change points or structural breaks, extract trend or seasonality components, or leverage generative AI capabilities in BigQuery. Do not use for general BigQuery dataset, table, or job management requests.
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google Skill Gke Networking 2Plans, configures, and manages core GKE cluster networking. Covers private clusters, VPC-native configurations, DNS, node egress, Dataplane V2, and IP planning. Use when designing GKE networking layouts, configuring private clusters, setting up Dataplane V2, planning GKE IP ranges, or managing VPC- native cluster modes. Don't use for application ingress, load balancing, or service networking (use gke-service-networking instead).
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google Bundle Spanner BasicsAssists in provisioning instances and databases, designing performant schemas, and querying data in Spanner. Use when designing primary keys, writing SQL queries or client library code, or diagnosing performance issues.
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google Skill Finding Google SkillsLocates 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.
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google Skill Gke Storage TroubleshootingDiagnoses GKE persistent-storage failures — volume attach/mount errors (Regional PD on optimized VMs, fsGroup mount timeouts), disk-performance and node storage-pressure issues, slow-disk Pod-creation failures, volume-expansion problems, Local SSD / Hyperdisk Storage Pool creation errors, and Cloud Storage FUSE OOM. Use when Pods are stuck in ContainerCreating, volumes fail to attach or mount, or nodes report storage pressure. Don't use for routine storage provisioning or StorageClass/PVC authoring (see the gke-storage skill).
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google Bundle Google Cloud Storage Basics 2Stores, retrieves, and manages data as objects in Cloud Storage (Google Cloud Storage, or GCS) buckets. Use when you need to interact with Cloud Storage — create or configure buckets, upload, download, stream, or transfer data, organize objects with folders, generate signed URLs, control access (IAM, ACLs, public access prevention), set storage classes and tiering (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive), manage cost and lifecycle, protect data (versioning, encryption/CMEK, retention and Bucket Lock, object holds, soft delete), host static websites, trigger Pub/Sub notifications on object changes, mount buckets as a file system (gcsfuse), or optimize storage performance at any scale. Covers the gcloud storage / gsutil CLI, JSON and XML APIs, client libraries, Terraform, and Cloud Storage MCP servers. Don't use for block storage (Persistent Disk), data warehousing/analytics (BigQuery), or databases (Cloud SQL, Spanner, Bigtable, Firestore).
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google Bundle Bigquery Slot Cost OptimizerAnalyzes Google Cloud BigQuery slot consumption, query costs, and execution bottlenecks using INFORMATION_SCHEMA. Use when diagnosing slow BigQuery queries, slot starvation, high on-demand query costs, unpartitioned table scans, or join performance issues. Don't use for generic BigQuery administration (use bigquery-basics), BigQuery ML (use bigquery-ai-ml), or DataFrame operations (use bigquery-bigframes).
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google Skill Gke Workload TroubleshootingDiagnoses GKE workload failures (CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, ImagePullBackOff, Pending, etc.) via logs and events. Use when pods fail to start or crash repeatedly. Don't use for GKE cluster infrastructure provisioning, node pool creation, or non-Kubernetes Google Cloud services.
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google Skill Google Agents CLI Onboarding 2Onboarding entrypoint for agents-cli in Agent Platform. It should be used when the user wants to "create a new agent", "develop an agent", "build an agent using ADK", "run the agent locally", "debug agent code", "test an agent", "evaluate an agent", "deploy an agent", "publish an agent", "monitor an agent", or needs the ADK (Agent Development Kit) development lifecycle.
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google Skill Google Cloud Waf Reliability 2Generates guidance for reliability, resilience, availability, redundancy, fault-tolerance, and disaster recovery (DR) for Google Cloud workloads based on the design principles and recommendations in the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework. Use when the user asks to evaluate, design, or improve the reliability, resilience, availability, or disaster recovery capabilities of Google Cloud workloads.
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Frequently asked questions
What are DevOps & Infra agent skills?
DevOps agent skills automate the delivery side of software: CI/CD pipelines, Dockerfiles, infrastructure as code, releases, and incident checklists. A skill gives your AI agent the exact runbook to follow, so deployments and configs come out consistent every time.
Which DevOps & Infra skills are most installed?
Popular DevOps & Infra skills on SkillMD right now include gemini-interactions-api, gke-alert-configuration, gke-manifest-generation. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do DevOps & Infra skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.