Official agent skill

Cloud SQL Basics

This file generates or explains Cloud SQL resources. An agent skill from google/skills.

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Install Cloud SQL Basics

skills CLI

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install google/skills cloud-sql-basics --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics .claude/skills/cloud-sql-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "cloud-sql-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics into .claude/skills/cloud-sql-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cloud-sql-basics", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install google/skills cloud-sql-basics --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics .agents/skills/cloud-sql-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "cloud-sql-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics into .agents/skills/cloud-sql-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cloud-sql-basics", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install google/skills cloud-sql-basics --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics .cursor/skills/cloud-sql-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "cloud-sql-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics into .cursor/skills/cloud-sql-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cloud-sql-basics", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/google/skills.git --path skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install google/skills cloud-sql-basics --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics .gemini/skills/cloud-sql-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "cloud-sql-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics into .gemini/skills/cloud-sql-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cloud-sql-basics", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install google/skills cloud-sql-basics

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics .github/skills/cloud-sql-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "cloud-sql-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics into .github/skills/cloud-sql-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cloud-sql-basics", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install google/skills cloud-sql-basics --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics .opencode/skills/cloud-sql-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "cloud-sql-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics into .opencode/skills/cloud-sql-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cloud-sql-basics", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: cloud-sql-basics
GitHub stars: 21k
Token cost: ~973 tokens
SKILL.md length: 343 words
Files: 8 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 145
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

This file generates or explains Cloud SQL resources. An agent skill from google/skills.

Works in 6 steps: Enable the API → Create an Instance → Set a password for the default user → …
Asks to create a Cloud SQL instance
SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Quick Start (PostgreSQL) and Reference Directory
Calls gcloud

What it does

Cloud SQL Basics is an agent skill from google/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. This file generates or explains Cloud SQL resources. Use this file when the user asks to create a Cloud SQL instance or database for MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server. Cloud SQL manages third-party MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server instances as resources in Cloud SQL. For example, when Cloud SQL creates an open-source MySQL instance, the resulting resource is a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance that Google Cloud manages. Cloud SQL handles backups, high availability, and secure connectivity for relational database…

Its SKILL.md is about 970 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `references/cli-usage.md`, `references/client-library-usage.md` and `references/core-concepts.md`).

It sits in Databases, covering SQL and Backup and disaster recovery. It works with SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills for Google products and technologies. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Asks to create a Cloud SQL instance
Database for MySQL

Example prompts

“/cloud-sql-basics”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Enable the API
Create an Instance
Set a password for the default user
Create a database
Get the instance connection name
Connect to the instance

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8a1ac05. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- gcloud
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gcloud, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Cloud SQL Basics loads about 973 tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 135 tokens; SKILL.md has 343 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~135
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~973
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~11k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from google/skills at commit 8a1ac05, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© google). 343 words, ~973 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cloud-sql-basics/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: cloud-sql-basics
description: This file generates or explains Cloud SQL resources. Use this file when the user asks to create a Cloud SQL instance or database for MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server. Cloud SQL manages third-party MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server instances as resources in Cloud SQL. For example, when Cloud SQL creates an open-source MySQL instance, the resulting resource is a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance that Google Cloud manages. Cloud SQL handles backups, high availability, and secure connectivity for relational database workloads.
metadata.version: 1.0.0
metadata.category: Databases

Cloud SQL Basics

Cloud SQL is a fully managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. It automates time-consuming tasks like patches, updates, backups, and replicas, while providing high performance and availability for your applications.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the necessary IAM permissions to create and manage Cloud SQL instances. The Cloud SQL Admin (roles/cloudsql.admin) role provides full access to Cloud SQL resources.

Quick Start (PostgreSQL)

Enable the API:

bash

gcloud services enable sqladmin.googleapis.com --quiet

Create an Instance:

bash

gcloud sql instances create INSTANCE_NAME \
  --database-version=POSTGRES_18 \
  --cpu=2 \
  --memory=7680MiB \
  --region=REGION \
  --quiet

Set a password for the default user:

Because this is a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance, the default admin user is postgres:
bash
```
gcloud sql users set-password postgres \
  --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --password=PASSWORD \
  --quiet
```

Create a database:

bash

gcloud sql databases create DATABASE_NAME \
  --instance=INSTANCE_NAME \
  --quiet

Get the instance connection name:

You need the instance connection name (which is formatted as PROJECT_ID:REGION:INSTANCE_NAME) to connect using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy. Retrieve it with the following command:
bash
```
gcloud sql instances describe INSTANCE_NAME \
  --format="value(connectionName)" \
  --quiet
```
Connect to the instance:

The Cloud SQL Auth Proxy must be running to be able to connect to the instance. In a separate terminal, start the proxy using the connection name:
bash
```
./cloud-sql-proxy INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME
```
With the proxy running, connect using psql in another terminal:
bash
```
psql "host=127.0.0.1 port=5432 user=postgres dbname=DATABASE_NAME password=PASSWORD sslmode=disable"
```

Reference Directory

Core Concepts: Cloud SQL editions (Enterprise & Enterprise Plus), instance architecture, read pools, high availability (HA), and supported database engines.
CLI Usage: Essential gcloud sql commands for instance, database, and user management.
Client Libraries & Connectors: Connecting to Cloud SQL using Python, Java, Node.js, and Go.
MCP Usage: Using the Cloud SQL remote MCP server and Gemini CLI extension.
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform configuration for instances, databases, and users.
IAM & Security: Predefined roles, SSL/TLS certificates, and Auth Proxy configuration.
Disaster Recovery & Backups: Backup types, Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR), replicas, read pools comparison, and Enterprise Plus Advanced DR.

If you need product information not found in these references, use the Developer Knowledge MCP server search_documents tool.

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (references) in skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics of google/skills.

SKILL.md
references/cli-usage.md
references/client-library-usage.md
references/core-concepts.md
references/dr-backups.md
references/iac-usage.md
references/iam-security.md
references/mcp-usage.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8a1ac05

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Questions about Cloud SQL Basics

What does Cloud SQL Basics do?

This file generates or explains Cloud SQL resources. An agent skill from google/skills. Cloud SQL Basics is an agent skill from google/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. This file generates or explains Cloud SQL resources.

When should I use Cloud SQL Basics?

Cloud SQL Basics fits situations like: asks to create a Cloud SQL instance; database for MySQL.

How do I install Cloud SQL Basics in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics in google/skills) into .claude/skills/cloud-sql-basics in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cloud SQL Basics in Codex?

Run `npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cloud/cloud-sql-basics in google/skills) into .agents/skills/cloud-sql-basics in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cloud SQL Basics in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add google/skills --skill cloud-sql-basics -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cloud-sql-basics, .gemini/skills/cloud-sql-basics, .github/skills/cloud-sql-basics and .opencode/skills/cloud-sql-basics in your project.

What does Cloud SQL Basics need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Cloud SQL Basics needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gcloud). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Cloud SQL Basics access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Cloud SQL Basics safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Cloud SQL Basics use?

Cloud SQL Basics is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Cloud SQL Basics use?

About 973 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 9.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Cloud SQL Basics?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cloud SQL Basics: Cloud SQL Basics (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), GCP Cloud SQL (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Database Migrations SQL Migrations (rmyndharis/antigravity-skills, 1.7k stars) and SQL Pro (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cloud SQL Basics?

google (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in google/skills, which has 20,994 GitHub stars. The repository holds 145 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: google/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Cloud SQL Basics

Install Cloud SQL Basics

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Cloud SQL Basics

Prerequisites

Quick Start (PostgreSQL)

Reference Directory

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Cloud SQL Basics

Install Cloud SQL Basics

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Cloud SQL Basics

Prerequisites

Quick Start (PostgreSQL)

Reference Directory

Files

Compare with similar skills

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