{"id":"googleapis-gcloud-mcp","name":"gcloud-mcp","af_score":48.5,"security_score":57.5,"reliability_score":26.2,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI assistants interact with Google Cloud via the gcloud CLI (and the repo also lists additional MCP servers for observability, storage, and backupdr). The gcloud server exposes tools such as running gcloud commands; some commands may be restricted by agent permissions.","best_when":"You want an MCP-capable client (Gemini CLI, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, VS Code MCP) to safely mediate gcloud operations using predefined tools and permissions.","avoid_when":"You cannot control or restrict what commands the agent can run, or you require strongly documented operational characteristics like retries/pagination/error codes at the MCP layer.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:24:02.267763+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["Google Cloud credentials used by gcloud CLI (implied by prerequisite/CLI-based execution)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Tool execution may be restricted by MCP permissions for certain gcloud commands; agents may fail or need different prompts when restricted.","Since commands run via gcloud CLI, operations are subject to the permissions and configuration of the underlying gcloud credentials in the runtime environment."],"error_quality":0.0}