What is gke-basics?
gke-basics is a Claude skill by google that plan, create, and configure production-ready Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters using the golden path Autopilot configuration. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 21,385 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | |
| Repository | google/skills |
| Popularity | 21,385 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (92/100) |
| Rank | #311 of 1,262 Claude skills; #61 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 67 lines |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Stars this week | +205 |
Is gke-basics safe to install?
gke-basics scores 92/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 7 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Reads keys or credentials | Note |
| No network requests | Pass |
| Runs shell commands | Note |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
- credentials:
credentials - shell:
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How do I install gke-basics?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/google/skills --skill gke-basics
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/google/skills cp -r skills/skills/cloud/gke-basics ~/.claude/skills/gke-basics
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the gke-basics skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs gke-basics for you:
Install the "gke-basics" skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/gke-basics into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
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