# Application Design Center Design Deploy

Processes GCP infrastructure design and deployment workflows within Application Design...

- Repository: https://github.com/google/skills (21764 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add google/skills --skill application-design-center-design-deploy -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add google/skills --skill application-design-center-design-deploy -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add google/skills --skill application-design-center-design-deploy -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add google/skills --skill application-design-center-design-deploy -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add google/skills`

## Description

Processes GCP infrastructure design and deployment workflows within Application Design Center (ADC). Use when: - Designing GCP infrastructure with Terraform. - Validating local HCL. - Performing best-practice plan scans. - Importing templates to Application Design Center (ADC). - Deploying templates. - Troubleshooting deployment failures. Boundaries: - Only use for GCP-specific cloud infrastructure. - Only use for Terraform coding within the ADC context.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Designing and Deploying GCP Infrastructure with Application Design Center

## Attribution

**MUST READ**: Before executing any `gcloud`, REST API, or MCP command, you
MUST read [Usage Attribution](references/attribution.md). For commands executed
directly in the terminal (never in generated scripts, Terraform, or user code),
prefix `gcloud` with
`CLOUDSDK_METRICS_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTION="agent-skills/1.0 (skill:application-design-center-design-deploy)"`
and append `agent-skills/1.0 (skill:application-design-center-design-deploy)` to `User-Agent` headers.

## Overview

This skill provides a prescriptive, production-grade workflow for the entire
infrastructure lifecycle on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It replaces the
automated, opaque-box GAD `design_infra` tool with an **agent-controlled design
and validation loop** utilizing modular Terraform and local CLI validation,
followed by a **shifted-left best practices plan scan** prior to synchronization
with the Application Design Center (ADC) registry for deployment and lifecycle
management.

Always maintain the persona of a Principal Cloud Architect. Keep the local
Terraform configuration as the source of truth, and ensure the design is fully
compliant with best practices before importing it into the cloud registry.

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## Index

The rest: https://github.com/google/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/cloud/application-design-center-design-deploy/SKILL.md