Agent skill

Adk Deployment Specialist

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Deploy and orchestrate Vertex AI ADK agents using A2A protocol.

Install Adk Deployment Specialist

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace adk-deployment-specialist --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist .claude/skills/adk-deployment-specialist && 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 "adk-deployment-specialist" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist into .claude/skills/adk-deployment-specialist/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adk-deployment-specialist", 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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace adk-deployment-specialist --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist .agents/skills/adk-deployment-specialist && 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 "adk-deployment-specialist" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist into .agents/skills/adk-deployment-specialist/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adk-deployment-specialist", 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace adk-deployment-specialist --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist .cursor/skills/adk-deployment-specialist && 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 "adk-deployment-specialist" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist into .cursor/skills/adk-deployment-specialist/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adk-deployment-specialist", 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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git --path skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist

--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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace adk-deployment-specialist --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist .gemini/skills/adk-deployment-specialist && 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 "adk-deployment-specialist" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist into .gemini/skills/adk-deployment-specialist/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adk-deployment-specialist", 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace adk-deployment-specialist

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist .github/skills/adk-deployment-specialist && 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 "adk-deployment-specialist" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist into .github/skills/adk-deployment-specialist/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adk-deployment-specialist", 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace adk-deployment-specialist --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist .opencode/skills/adk-deployment-specialist && 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 "adk-deployment-specialist" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist into .opencode/skills/adk-deployment-specialist/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "adk-deployment-specialist", 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: adk-deployment-specialist
GitHub stars: 2.8k
Token cost: ~684 tokens
SKILL.md length: 239 words
Files: 9 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo: 3,342
Repo updated: Oct 10, 2026
First seen: Oct 8, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Deploy and orchestrate Vertex AI ADK agents using A2A protocol.

Works in 6 steps: Confirm the desired architecture (single… → Define the AgentCard + A2A interfaces… → Implement the agent(s) with the minimum… → …
Asked to deploy ADK agent
SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Instructions and Output, plus 3 more sections
Runs Shell and Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Adk Deployment Specialist is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Deploy and orchestrate Vertex AI ADK agents using A2A protocol. Manages AgentCard discovery, task submission, Code Execution Sandbox, and Memory Bank. Use when asked to "deploy ADK agent" or "orchestrate agents". Trigger with phrases like 'deploy', 'infrastructure', or 'CI/CD'.

Its SKILL.md is about 680 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/ARD.md`, `references/PRD.md` and `references/errors.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Deployment, Agent memory and CI/CD. It works with Vertex AI and Agent2Agent Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Asked to deploy ADK agent
Orchestrate agents
With phrases like deploy

Example prompts

“deploy ADK agent”
“orchestrate agents”
“deploy”
“/adk-deployment-specialist”

Requirements

Python 3
A Bash shell
Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash(cmd:*)

Workflow steps

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

Confirm the desired architecture (single agent vs multi-agent) and orchestration pattern (Sequential/Parallel/Loop).
Define the AgentCard + A2A interfaces (inputs/outputs, task submission, and status polling expectations).
Implement the agent(s) with the minimum required tool surface (Code Execution Sandbox and/or Memory Bank as needed).
Test locally with representative prompts and failure cases, then add smoke tests for deployment verification.
Deploy to Vertex AI Agent Engine and validate the generated endpoints (/.well-known/agent-card, task send/status APIs).
Add observability: logs, dashboards, and retry/backoff behavior for transient failures.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
- Read
- Write
- Edit
- Grep
- Glob
- Bash(cmd:*)
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Shell and Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- cloud.google.com
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.
Compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Adk Deployment Specialist loads about 684 tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 76 tokens; SKILL.md has 239 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~76
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~684
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~7.8k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 239 words, ~684 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/adk-deployment-specialist/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 8 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: adk-deployment-specialist
description: Deploy and orchestrate Vertex AI ADK agents using A2A protocol. Manages AgentCard discovery, task submission, Code Execution Sandbox, and Memory Bank. Use when asked to "deploy ADK agent" or "orchestrate agents". Trigger with phrases like 'deploy', 'infrastructure', or 'CI/CD'.
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash(cmd:*)
compatibility: Designed for Claude Code
version: 2.29.0
author: Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
license: MIT
effort: high
argument-hint: <agent-name or project-id>
tags: ai, deployment, ci-cd

Adk Deployment Specialist

Overview

Expert in building and deploying production multi-agent systems using Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK). Handles agent orchestration (Sequential, Parallel, Loop), A2A protocol communication, Code Execution Sandbox for GCP operations, Memory Bank for stateful conversations, and deployment to Vertex AI Agent Engine.

Prerequisites

A Google Cloud project with Vertex AI enabled (and permissions to deploy Agent Engine runtimes)
ADK installed (and pinned to the project’s supported version)
A clear agent contract: tools required, orchestration pattern, and deployment target (local vs Agent Engine)
A plan for secrets/credentials (OIDC/WIF where possible; never commit long-lived keys)

Instructions

Confirm the desired architecture (single agent vs multi-agent) and orchestration pattern (Sequential/Parallel/Loop).
Define the AgentCard + A2A interfaces (inputs/outputs, task submission, and status polling expectations).
Implement the agent(s) with the minimum required tool surface (Code Execution Sandbox and/or Memory Bank as needed).
Test locally with representative prompts and failure cases, then add smoke tests for deployment verification.
Deploy to Vertex AI Agent Engine and validate the generated endpoints (/.well-known/agent-card, task send/status APIs).
Add observability: logs, dashboards, and retry/backoff behavior for transient failures.

Output

Agent source files (or patches) ready for deployment
Deployment commands/config (e.g., vertexai.Client.agent_engines.create() invocation + required parameters)
A verification checklist for Agent Engine endpoints (AgentCard + task APIs) and security posture

Error Handling

See ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/errors.md for comprehensive error handling.

Examples

See ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/examples.md for detailed examples.

Resources

ADK docs:
Workload Identity (CI/CD): https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/workload-identity-federation
A2A / AgentCard patterns: see 000-docs/6767-a-SPEC-DR-STND-claude-code-plugins-standard.md

Files

SKILL.md and 8 other files (scripts, references) in skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

SKILL.md
references/ARD.md
references/PRD.md
references/errors.md
references/examples.md
references/how-it-works.md
references/workflow-examples.md
scripts/deploy-agent.sh
scripts/test-a2a-protocol.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Adk Deployment Specialist

What does Adk Deployment Specialist do?

Deploy and orchestrate Vertex AI ADK agents using A2A protocol. Adk Deployment Specialist is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Deploy and orchestrate Vertex AI ADK agents using A2A protocol.

When should I use Adk Deployment Specialist?

Adk Deployment Specialist fits situations like: asked to deploy ADK agent; orchestrate agents; with phrases like deploy.

How do I install Adk Deployment Specialist in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/adk-deployment-specialist in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Adk Deployment Specialist in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/adk-deployment-specialist in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/adk-deployment-specialist in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Adk Deployment Specialist 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill adk-deployment-specialist -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/adk-deployment-specialist, .gemini/skills/adk-deployment-specialist, .github/skills/adk-deployment-specialist and .opencode/skills/adk-deployment-specialist in your project.

What does Adk Deployment Specialist need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Adk Deployment Specialist needs a shell and Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3; A Bash shell. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash(cmd:*). Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.

Does Adk Deployment Specialist access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: cloud.google.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Adk Deployment Specialist 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Adk Deployment Specialist use?

Adk Deployment Specialist is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Adk Deployment Specialist use?

About 684 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 7.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Adk Deployment Specialist?

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Who maintains Adk Deployment Specialist?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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

Install Adk Deployment Specialist

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

Compatibility

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Adk Deployment Specialist

Overview

Prerequisites

Instructions

Output

Error Handling

Examples

Resources

Files

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