Google's gcloud MCP server lets AI assistants run gcloud commands (with safety restrictions) to interact with Google Cloud. The same repository also provides observability, Cloud Storage and Backup and DR servers. It requires Node.js 20+ and an installed gcloud CLI and is in preview.
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- 1Add the server to Codex
codex mcp add gcloud -- npx -y @google-cloud/gcloud-mcp
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
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run_gcloud_commandThings to ask
- “List the Compute Engine instances in my project”
- “Deploy this container to Cloud Run in us-central1”
- “Which service accounts have the Owner role?”