Agent skill · product strategy · borghei
gcp-cloud-architect
Design, review, and validate Google Cloud (GCP) architectures. Use when choosing GCP compute, storage, networking, or identity services, or applying the Google Cloud Architecture Framework (reliability, security, cost, performance).
Why this skill is useful
Adds 3 executable scripts for GCP architecture validation, cost estimation, and CAF scoring that are not in public docs.
What it needs
Requires python installed locally. About 3k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-21. 462 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
GCP Cloud Architect End-to-end GCP-specific architecture: service selection, Google Cloud Architecture Framework assessment, identity and networking patterns, cost optimization, operational defaults. Provider-specific complement to our generic senior-cloud-architect skill — that one covers cross-cloud patterns; this one knows when to pick Spanner over Cloud SQL, how Workload Identity Federation differs from Service Account keys, and the right Cloud Run vs GKE call. Core Capabilities Compute selection — decision tree across GKE (Autopilot/Standard), Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run Jobs, Batch, Compute Engine, and Vertex AI. Data store selection — decision tree across Cloud SQL, Spanner, Firestore, Bigtable, Memorystore, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery. Networking — VPC, Private Service Connect, Interconnect/VPN, load-balancer choices, Shared VPC, peering, Cloud Armor, hub-and-spoke. Identity — IAM, Service Accounts, Workload Identity (GKE) and Workload Identity Federation, ADC, and least-privilege role/scope binding. CAF assessment — score workloads against the five Cloud Architecture Framework pillars. Cost optimization — biggest-to-smallest cost levers (right-sizing, CUDs/SUDs, autoscaling, preemptibles, tiering, slots) and cost anti-patterns. Workflows — design a new workload, review an existing architecture, and migrate from AWS/Azure to GCP. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills borghei/gcp-cloud-architect