google-cloud-storage-basics

Stores, retrieves, and manages data as objects in Cloud Storage (Google Cloud Storage, or GCS) buckets. Use when you need to interact with Cloud Storage — create or configure buckets, upload, download, stream, or transfer data, organize objects with folders, generate signed URLs, control access (IAM, ACLs, public access prevention), set storage classes and tiering (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive), manage cost and lifecycle, protect data (versioning, encryption/CMEK, retention and Bucket Lock, object holds, soft delete), host static websites, trigger Pub/Sub notifications on object changes, mount buckets as a file system (gcsfuse), or optimize storage performance at any scale. Covers the gcloud storage / gsutil CLI, JSON and XML APIs, client libraries, Terraform, and Cloud Storage MCP servers. Don't use for block storage (Persistent Disk), data warehousing/analytics (BigQuery), or databases (Cloud SQL, Spanner, Bigtable, Firestore).

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Run `npx @skills-hub-ai/cli install google-cloud-skills-google-cloud-storage-basics` from your terminal. The CLI writes the SKILL.md to the correct location for your AI tool (e.g. ~/.claude/skills/google-cloud-skills-google-cloud-storage-basics/ for Claude Code or ~/.cursor/skills/ for Cursor with --target cursor) and adds it to your project's .skills.json lockfile.

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