google-cloud-storage-basics

Stores, 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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Interactively discovers requirements for a specific cloud workload and generates design recommendations and architectural guidance to build a multi-product solution in Google Cloud. Use this skill to generate holistic, end-to-end design recommendations and architectural guidance for complex, multi-product workloads on Google Cloud for specific use cases. Don't use this skill when other specialized skills (e.g., product-specific or google-cloud-recipe-*) directly address the user's workload or use case.

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name	google-cloud-storage-basics
description	Stores, 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).
license	Apache-2.0
metadata	{"version":"v1","publisher":"google","tags":["gcs","storage","cloud-storage","buckets","objects"],"category":"Storage","support_tier":"primary"}