gcs-security-assessment
Skill from gemini-cli-extensions/google-cloud-storage
Install
npx skills add gemini-cli-extensions/google-cloud-storage --skill gcs-security-assessment
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install google-cloud-storage@google-cloud-storage
This skill is part of the plugin “google-cloud-storage”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the gcs-security-assessment skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about gcs-security-assessment
What does the gcs-security-assessment skill do?
Assesses the security posture of Google Cloud Storage (GCS) buckets and projects. Grounds every finding in gathered telemetry, evaluates buckets against Google security best practices (public access, IAM over-granting, CMEK, VPC Service Controls, audit logging), and correlates signals to flag toxic combinations of individually low-risk settings, with actionable remediation. Use whenever a user asks for a security scan, audit, review, vulnerability check, or compliance assessment (including SAIF) — or simply asks whether their buckets, project, or data are secure, exposed, public, or misconfigured, who can access their data, or wants storage hardened or locked down, e.g. before a launch. Don't use for diagnosing a specific access failure or 403, managing or configuring storage, investigating a live outage, or non-GCS resources (Compute Engine, GKE, etc.).
How do I install gcs-security-assessment?
In a terminal: npx skills add gemini-cli-extensions/google-cloud-storage --skill gcs-security-assessment. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use gcs-security-assessment?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is gcs-security-assessment safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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