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Introducing the Google Cloud Developer Plugin for AI Coding Agents
Google has released a new Google Cloud developer plugin for AI coding agents. This plugin provides bundles of skills and tools to help AI agents interact more effectively with Google Cloud.
Why it matters
Developers can use AI agents to automate complex Google Cloud tasks like project onboarding and authentication, reducing the need to manually manage individual AI configurations across different tools.
The details
The google-cloud-developer plugin handles authentication, authorization, and gcloud CLI guardrails. It uses a unified manifest and directory structure to ensure consistent access across different AI environments. The plugin is available in the open Google Agent Skills repository. It incorporates IAM best practices to prevent risks such as accidental key leaks or git commits.
What's next
Google has released a new codelab to guide users through the installation and exploration of the plugin in Antigravity.
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Key connections
google-cloud-developer is related to Google Cloud
This plugin exists to help agents successfully navigate the fundamentals of interacting with Google Cloud
google-cloud-developer is related to Developer Knowledge MCP
This plugin also bundles configuration for the Developer Knowledge MCP server
google-cloud-developer is built with Agent Plugins specification
We've also built our plugin in compliance with the Agent Plugins specification
google-cloud-developer is related to Google Agent Skills
the flagship plugin that we've just published in the Google Agent Skills repository: google-cloud-developer
Antigravity CLI uses google-cloud-developer
Install the plugin directly via the CLI using its path in the Google Agent Skills repository
Claude Code uses google-cloud-developer
claude plugin install google-cloud-developer@google-plugins
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Codex CLI uses google-cloud-developer
codex plugin add google-cloud-developer@google-plugins
Agent Plugins specification is related to Model Context Protocol (MCP)
standard for packaging Agent Skills and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
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