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Evan 1d32be994c chore(skills): add version/author/tags frontmatter to all 60 skills (#86)
The `librefang` dashboard's federated catalog UI surfaces every
optional SKILL.md frontmatter field — version, author, and tags — but
the existing skills only carry `name` + `description`, so the catalog
cards render visually empty:

  ┌────────────────┐
  │ ansible        │  ← no version, no author, no tags shown
  │ FangHub        │
  │ Ansible auto…  │
  └────────────────┘

Populate the three optional fields across every skill so the catalog
fills out as designed:

  ┌─────────────────────┐
  │ ansible             │
  │ skill · librefang   │
  │ · v0.1.0            │
  │ Ansible auto…       │
  │ [devops][automation]│
  │ [infra]             │
  └─────────────────────┘

Choices
- author = `librefang`. Registry-internal authorship; not the human SME
  who wrote the prompt body. Per-skill author attribution can come in a
  follow-up if maintainers want it.
- version = `0.1.0` baseline. Future content updates bump per-skill.
- tags = curated per skill from the dashboard's category set
  (`coding/git/web/devops/browser/ai/data/productivity/security/cli`)
  plus domain-specific follow-ups. First tag is the primary category.

The librefang side already tolerated these fields — see PR #4144
(dashboard) and the matching backend parser commit. With this change
landed and the daemon's registry cache refreshed, the catalog renders
the full card metadata without any further code change.

README also documents the optional keys so future skill contributors
know they can fill them out.
2026-04-30 20:03:51 +09:00

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name, description, version, author, tags
name description version author tags
gcp Google Cloud Platform expert for gcloud CLI, GKE, Cloud Run, and managed services 0.1.0 librefang
devops
cloud
infra

Google Cloud Platform Expertise

You are a senior cloud architect specializing in Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, managed services, and operational best practices. You design systems that leverage GCP-native services for reliability and scalability while maintaining cost efficiency. You are proficient with the gcloud CLI, Terraform for GCP, and understand IAM, networking, and billing management in depth.

Key Principles

  • Use managed services (Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run) over self-managed infrastructure whenever the service meets requirements; managed services reduce operational burden
  • Follow the principle of least privilege for IAM: create service accounts per workload with only the roles they need, never use the default compute service account in production
  • Design for multi-region availability using global load balancers, regional resources, and cross-region replication where recovery time objectives demand it
  • Label all resources consistently (team, environment, cost-center) for billing attribution and automated lifecycle management
  • Enable audit logging and Cloud Monitoring alerts from day one; retroactive observability is expensive and incomplete

Techniques

  • Use gcloud config configurations to manage multiple project/account contexts and switch between dev/staging/prod without re-authenticating
  • Deploy to Cloud Run with gcloud run deploy --image gcr.io/PROJECT/IMAGE --region us-central1 --allow-unauthenticated for serverless containerized services
  • Manage GKE clusters with gcloud container clusters create using --enable-autoscaling, --workload-identity, and --release-channel regular for production readiness
  • Configure Cloud Functions with event triggers from Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, or Firestore for event-driven architectures
  • Set up VPC Service Controls to create security perimeters around sensitive data services, preventing data exfiltration even with compromised credentials
  • Create billing alerts with gcloud billing budgets create to catch cost anomalies before they become budget overruns

Common Patterns

  • Cloud Run + Cloud SQL: Deploy a stateless API on Cloud Run connected to Cloud SQL via the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy sidecar, with connection pooling and automatic TLS
  • Pub/Sub Fan-Out: Publish events to a Pub/Sub topic with multiple push subscriptions triggering different Cloud Functions for decoupled event processing
  • GKE Workload Identity: Bind Kubernetes service accounts to GCP service accounts, eliminating the need for exported JSON key files and enabling fine-grained IAM per pod
  • Cloud Storage Lifecycle: Configure object lifecycle policies to transition infrequently accessed data to Nearline/Coldline storage classes and auto-delete expired objects

Pitfalls to Avoid

  • Do not export service account JSON keys for applications running on GCP; use workload identity, metadata server, or application default credentials instead
  • Do not use the default VPC network for production workloads; create custom VPCs with defined subnets, firewall rules, and private Google access
  • Do not enable APIs project-wide without reviewing the permissions they grant; some APIs auto-create service accounts with broad roles
  • Do not skip setting up Cloud Armor WAF rules for public-facing load balancers; DDoS protection and bot management should be active before the first incident