Install
npx skills add google/skillsWho this is for
This list is for people who work on Google products and technologies, especially Google Cloud tasks. The official page states: this repository contains Agent Skills for those products, and it explicitly names Google Cloud. It is not a generic cloud-vendor handbook, and it does not cover unnamed other-company cloud platforms.
The precondition for starting is: the current task really falls on Google products or Google Cloud, and you are ready to follow the official install command as written. The excerpt does not give a client list, and it does not write any one assistant as the only entry point. The repository is marked as still under active development, so the skill set may change; on the first try do not treat one snapshot of the list as a permanent catalog.
First try in 3 minutes
Use only this official install command as written:
npx skills add google/skills
Precondition: the task relates to Google products or Google Cloud; you are ready to do one read-only look in an assistant that can load this kind of skill. Before running it, check in the terminal that the entire command line matches the line above exactly, then press Return only after that confirmation. The excerpt also says: from this npx install command, you can select which specific skills from this repository to install. On the first try, pick only entries related to the current task; do not assume you must select all.
Install location: follow this official command. The excerpt does not give a destination directory for skill files, and it does not list which files will be created, so do not treat “skill files appeared at the project root” as the success criterion.
Low-risk task: after the command finishes, in the assistant name Authenticating to Google Cloud under Getting started with Google Cloud (the page links to skills/cloud/google-cloud-recipe-auth), and ask it only to explain the authentication-step points. Do not submit credentials yet, and do not change cloud resources.
Success signal: the install command has finished, and the assistant can give an explanation for that authentication skill. If the command fails or the assistant cannot enter any Google skill, stop at this step, go back to the official page to check the command; do not switch to an installer that does not appear.
Use cases
Case 1: The user wants to start with Google Cloud but has not chosen which item in the repository. Run npx skills add google/skills on the official path, and pick skills during npx install. The page’s Authenticating to Google Cloud maps directly to “Getting started with Google Cloud / authentication”. The evidence covers selectable skills and this authentication entry; it does not write step-by-step copy for the selection UI.
Case 2: The authentication notes can already be opened in the assistant, and the user first wants to understand how to sign in to Google Cloud. Follow the already-named skill google-cloud-recipe-auth and only read the authentication approach. The excerpt does not expand concrete gcloud commands; what can be acted on is using that skill for authentication guidance, not inventing sign-in commands on this page. The repository is still under active development, so the authentication entry itself may change; follow the current repository page.
Boundaries
The main install command is only npx skills add google/skills; the excerpt does not give an on-disk directory or a generated-file list. The install process can select specific skills, but this page only names the authentication skill path under Getting started with Google Cloud. The repository is under active development; do not write a list you saw once as a stable complete set. The agentskills.io link explains what Agent Skills are; it is not another installer. Do not add an exclusive client list or an unmentioned marketplace command.