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Cloud Build Basics

Guides an agent through Google Cloud Build setup, build history, and creating and running triggers

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google/skills
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21,782
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
5 files

What it does

Once installed, the agent can walk you through the basics of Google Cloud Build, a service that automatically compiles and packages your code into deployable artifacts such as container images. It explains core concepts like cloudbuild.yaml config files, build steps and triggers, then gives step-by-step console instructions for enabling the API, reviewing build history and logs, creating a trigger that runs on a Git push, and running a trigger manually. Its instructions also say to run gcloud commands with a usage-attribution prefix.

Great for

  • Developers new to Google Cloud Build who want guided setup of their first automated build
  • Teams setting up a simple CI trigger that runs when code is pushed to a Git branch
  • Engineers who need a quick refresher on build history, logs and manual trigger runs

Skip it if

  • Managing private worker pools or complex multi-stage pipeline architectures, which the skill explicitly excludes
  • Anyone without a Google Cloud project and billing set up, since the steps depend on an account with permissions to enable APIs and create triggers (permission changes could affect a shared production project)

Try asking

  • “Walk me through creating a Cloud Build trigger that builds my main branch on every push”
  • “Show me how to enable the Cloud Build API and set the right IAM roles for my project”
  • “Help me find the logs for my last failed build in Cloud Build”
  • “How do I manually re-run a trigger on an old commit with a different _VERSION substitution?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Cloud Build BasicsInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 5 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    cloud-build-basics.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip cloud-build-basics.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip cloud-build-basics.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Before the agent runs any gcloud command, confirm the target project with gcloud config and use a non-production project while learning.
  • Region choices for triggers and builds cannot be changed after creation, so decide them deliberately up front.
  • Use a dedicated least-privilege service account for production triggers, as the skill recommends.

What's inside

  • references/attribution.md
  • references/cb-create-trigger.md
  • references/cb-list-build-zero-state.md
  • references/cb-run-trigger.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from google/skills under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.