| name | gcp-mcp-setup |
| description | ๐ [SRE] Use when the user wants to set up Google Managed MCP (OneMCP) servers for their Gemini CLI environment. Automates enabling services, MCP servers, generating API keys, and configuring ~/.gemini/settings.json. |
| metadata | {"author":"Riccardo","version":"0.0.9","status":"published"} |
OneMCP Setup Skill
Overview
This skill provides the automated steps to configure your environment and enable the Core Google Managed MCP servers (Logging, Monitoring, GKE, Run, Resource Manager, Developer Knowledge) by default. Use the --all flag to include additional services like Error Reporting, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Pub/Sub, Vertex AI, Firestore, and BigQuery.
When to Use
Use this skill when the user asks to "install OneMCP", "setup OneMCP", or "configure Google Managed MCP servers".
Core Pattern
- Prerequisites Verification: Ensure the user has
gcloud authenticated and a target Google Cloud Project with billing enabled.
- Setup Script Execution: Run the provided script to enable APIs, MCP services, and generate the required API Key.
- By default, it installs a Lean SRE toolset (Logging, Monitoring, GKE, Run, Resource Manager, Developer Knowledge).
- Use the
--all flag to include optional services (Error Reporting, Databases, Vertex AI).
- Script:
skills/gcp-mcp-setup/scripts/setup_onemcp.py <PROJECT_ID> [--local | --global] [--all] [--google-maps-key YOUR_KEY]
- Configure Settings: The script automatically writes the
mcpServers configuration to the correct location depending on which harness/CLI you are running:
- If your harness is Gemini CLI: The configuration is injected directly into
.gemini/settings.json (if --local is provided) or ~/.gemini/settings.json (if --global is provided).
- If your harness is Antigravity CLI (agy): The configuration is written to both
.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json and .gemini/config/mcp_config.json (if --local is provided) or the global equivalents under ~/.gemini/ (if --global is provided).
- Verification & Diagnostics:
- Script:
skills/gcp-mcp-setup/scripts/verify_setup.py
- This script checks the configured settings across both Gemini and Antigravity paths, and tests actual endpoint connectivity.
- For direct endpoint diagnostics, use the curl-based tool:
- Script:
skills/gcp-mcp-setup/scripts/test_mcp_endpoint.sh [ENDPOINT_URL]
- Example:
./skills/gcp-mcp-setup/scripts/test_mcp_endpoint.sh https://monitoring.googleapis.com/mcp
Examples
User: "Please install OneMCP on my project my-gcp-project"
Agent: "I will use the gcp-mcp-setup skill to configure your project and Gemini settings for Cloud Logging, Developer Knowledge, Firestore, and BigQuery."
Authentication
Note that the gcloud CLI Identity (how you are currently logged in via gcloud auth login) may differ from the MCP Server Identity (which is based on Application Default Credentials, or ADC).
MCP servers typically use ADC to authenticate. If these identities do not match, you may encounter permission errors (e.g., serviceusage.serviceUsageConsumer denied) even if gcloud commands work correctly.
If MCP doesn't work, yhou can poropose to run this on user's behalf: gcloud auth application-default login --account <PROPOSED_IDENTITY_EMAIL>
๐ก Path Forward
If you encounter an identity mismatch:
- Run
gcloud auth application-default login --account=YOUR_CLI_IDENTITY to synchronize identities.
- Verify the identities match by running the verification script:
python3 skills/gcp-mcp-setup/scripts/verify_setup.py.
Documentation