Google Agent Platform Endpoint Management Skill for Claude Code: What It Does and How to Install It

Makes Claude manage Google Cloud Agent Platform serving endpoints with gcloud: list, describe, create, update and delete, with confirmation before changes.

Installs: 8.5K; on skills.sh
Stars: 21.8K; on GitHub
Updated: Nov 2026; last repo commit

The skill sorts every action into three tiers. Reading (list, describe) runs right away. Creating or updating needs a Yes/No card that shows the exact gcloud command, and Claude must wait for your reply. Deleting needs you to type a confirmation such as "I confirm", and Claude must ask before it does any checks.

It needs the gcloud CLI, a Google Cloud project and a region (it must not use global). It manages endpoints only. Deploying models to an endpoint belongs to the agent-platform-deploy skill, and the description says not to use this one for deployment or evaluations.

Good for

Developers who host models on Google Cloud Agent Platform endpoints
Platform engineers who create or clean up serving endpoints
Anyone debugging endpoint permission, quota or resource busy errors

Install agent-platform-endpoint-management

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the agent-platform-endpoint-management skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/google/skills --skill agent-platform-endpoint-management

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js, gcloud CLI and a Google Cloud project.

Pick one route. The README command npx skills add google/skills lets you pick skills when prompted; the command here installs only agent-platform-endpoint-management. No plugin in the repo marketplace holds this skill. The skill runs gcloud, so there is no Claude app upload route.

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What's in the skill

When it loads

Manages Agent Platform serving endpoints. Use when you need to create, list, describe, update, or delete serving endpoints for model deployment on Agent Platform. Also use when troubleshooting endpoint permission, quota, or resource busy errors. Don't use for deploying models to endpoints or for running model evaluations.

Sections in SKILL.md

Overview
Safety & Confirmation Tiers (CRITICAL)
Phase 0: Environment Setup
1. Listing Endpoints (Tier R)
2. Describing an Endpoint (Tier R)
3. Creating an Endpoint (Tier M)
4. Updating an Endpoint (Tier M)
5. Deleting an Endpoint (Tier D)
6. Traffic Splitting (Tier M)
Troubleshooting

Key facts

Author: Google (the google/skills repo; marketplace owner is Google LLC)
Repo: google/skills
License: Apache-2.0 (LICENSE and the repo metadata agree)
Installs on skills.sh: 8,499 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 21,790 for the whole repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Nov 1, 2026
Audits on skills.sh: Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: pass, Snyk: pass
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (no scripts)
Needs: The gcloud CLI, a Google Cloud project and a region

What it includes

Runs gcloud auth login, application-default login and sets the active project.
Runs code · Environment setup
gcloud ai endpoints list --region=..., runs without confirmation.
Optional --limit, --page-size and --page-token.
Try: “List my endpoints in us-central1”
Runs code · List endpoints (Tier R)
gcloud ai endpoints describe shows metadata, including deployedModels.
Runs code · Describe an endpoint (Tier R)
gcloud ai endpoints create with a display name, after a Yes/No card.
The card must show the literal command. Claude may not run it in the same turn.
Runs code · Create an endpoint (Tier M)
gcloud ai endpoints update changes the display name or labels, after a Yes/No card.
SKILL.md says to check the endpoint exists first.
Runs code · Update an endpoint (Tier M)
gcloud ai endpoints delete removes an endpoint for good, after typed confirmation.
All models must be undeployed first.
Delete · Delete an endpoint (Tier D)
Points to the agent-platform-deploy skill for deploying and undeploying models.
The section holds only a comment about gcloud ai endpoints deploy-model.
Traffic splitting (Tier M)
Covers 403 permission errors, quota exceeded and resource busy on delete.
SKILL.md: for resource busy, check whether models are still being undeployed.
Troubleshooting

From the official docs

Permissions

High risk

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only modeHow to turn it on

Watch out for

It can delete endpoints permanently
gcloud ai endpoints delete is in the skill. SKILL.md requires typed confirmation, asked immediately and before any pre-flight checks, with Claude waiting for your reply in a new turn. Read the project and endpoint ID in the request before you confirm. github.com
It runs gcloud as you
Commands run with your signed-in Google Cloud credentials and active project. Check which project gcloud points at before you start. github.com
Create and update change resources in your project
Create adds a serving endpoint and update changes its display name or labels. SKILL.md requires a Yes/No card with the exact command for both, so review that command each time. github.com
Troubleshooting suggests broad roles
For a 403 the skill says to ensure the aiplatform.admin or owner role is assigned. Prefer the narrowest role that works. github.com

Technical details

Turning on read-only	List and describe are the read-only tier and run without confirmation. Ask only for those, or use a read-only IAM role.
Sign-in and keys	Uses your gcloud sign-in and Application Default Credentials. SKILL.md names no API key.
Scopes	Signs in to Google Cloud with gcloud auth login and application-default login Sets the active gcloud project Creates, updates and deletes Agent Platform endpoints in your project

Questions

What does the agent-platform-endpoint-management skill do?

It makes Claude list, describe, create, update and delete Google Cloud Agent Platform serving endpoints with gcloud ai endpoints commands. It also covers permission, quota and resource busy errors.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page. The README documents the skills CLI for the google/skills repo and says you can pick skills when prompted. No plugin in the repo marketplace holds this skill.

Will it delete an endpoint without asking?

SKILL.md says deletion needs explicit typed confirmation, asked immediately and before any checks, and Claude must wait for your reply in a new turn before running it. Create and update need a Yes/No card showing the exact command, also with no execution in the same turn.

Can it deploy a model?

No. The description says not to use it for deploying models to endpoints or running evaluations. SKILL.md points to the agent-platform-deploy skill for deploying and undeploying.

Does it need a Google Cloud account?

Yes. Setup runs gcloud auth login and gcloud auth application-default login, then sets the project. Every command also needs a region, and SKILL.md says not to use global.

Does it work in the Claude app?

The install box has no Claude app upload route. The skill runs gcloud on your machine.

Is it safe?

It can create, change and permanently delete endpoints in your project. Use a test project first and read each command in the confirmation card.

Is it an official Google skill?

It lives in Google's own google/skills repo, whose README says it holds Agent Skills for Google products.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: google/skills
Folder: skills/cloud/agent-platform-endpoint-management

google/skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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google/skills README · github.com
agent-platform-endpoint-management SKILL.md · github.com
google/skills marketplace.json · github.com