Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform enables developers to build, test, and deploy applications on Google's highly-scalable and reliable infrastructure.
Reference-quality API operations across every facet — a rich contract, published governance, transparent operations, and machine-readable commercial terms.
API Evangelist profiles Google Cloud Platform the way a machine reads it — 186 machine-readable artifacts across 7 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Google Cloud Platform scores 80.4/100 (exemplar), with a separate agent-readiness read of 74/100 (agent native). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Google Cloud Platform
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Google Cloud Platform. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 7
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Google Cloud Platform Folders API
Manage Google Cloud folders. Folders provide an additional grouping mechanism and isolation boundary between projects. They can be used to model organizational structure, depart...
Google Cloud Platform Operations API
Long-running operations returned by Resource Manager API methods. Some methods return an Operation resource to track the progress of asynchronous requests.
Google Cloud Platform Organizations API
Manage Google Cloud organizations. An organization is the root node in the Google Cloud resource hierarchy, typically representing a company or business entity. Organizations ar...
Google Cloud Platform Projects API
Manage Google Cloud projects. A project is the base-level organizing entity in Google Cloud and is required to use most Google Cloud services. Projects contain resources and are...
Google Cloud Platform TagBindings API
Manage tag bindings that associate tag values with Google Cloud resources. Tag bindings connect tag values to specific resources in the hierarchy.
Google Cloud Platform TagKeys API
Manage tag keys used to organize and categorize Google Cloud resources. Tag keys define the namespace for tag values that can be attached to resources.
Google Cloud Platform TagValues API
Manage tag values associated with tag keys. Tag values are the specific labels that can be bound to resources through tag bindings.
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Postman Collections 1
A runnable collection turns the contract into something a developer can execute in seconds. We profile them because the fastest way to trust an API is to make a real call against it.
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Google Cloud Platform Google Cloud Resource Manager API
OPEN COLLECTIONArazzo Workflows 22
Real integrations are rarely a single call. Arazzo describes the multi-step sequences — auth, then create, then confirm — so both a human and an agent can follow the choreography, not just the endpoints.
Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.
Google Cloud Platform Audit Folder and Projects
Search for a folder, fetch its record, then list the projects directly under it.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Bind Tag to Project
Look up a tag value for a key, create a tag binding to a resource, poll, then list bindings.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Copy Project IAM Policy
Read the IAM policy of a source project and apply its bindings to a target project.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Create Folder and Poll Operation
Create a folder, poll the long-running operation until done, then read back the folder.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Create Project and Poll Operation
Create a project, poll the long-running operation until done, then read back the project.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Create Tag Key and Value
Create a tag key, poll the operation, then create a tag value under it and poll again.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Delete and Restore Folder
Mark a folder for deletion, wait for it, then undelete it within the grace period.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Delete and Restore Project
Mark a project for deletion, confirm DELETE_REQUESTED, then undelete it back to active.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Delete Empty Folder
Confirm a folder has no child projects, then delete it and poll the operation.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Inspect Organization Access
Search for an organization, fetch its record, then read its IAM policy.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Inventory Organization Tags
List an organization's tag keys, then list the tag values under the first key.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Label Project and Poll Operation
Read a project, patch its labels, poll the operation, then confirm the new labels.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Move Folder and Poll Operation
Read a folder, move it under a new parent, poll the operation, then confirm the new parent.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Provision Folder with Project
Create a folder, wait for it, then create a project under that folder and wait for it.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Rename Folder and Poll Operation
Read a folder, patch its display name, poll the operation, then confirm the new name.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Rename Project and Poll Operation
Read a project, patch its display name, poll the operation, then confirm the new name.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Reset Project IAM Policy
Read a project IAM policy, then overwrite it with a single owner binding using the etag.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Review Project Governance
Fetch a project, read its IAM policy, then list the tag bindings applied to it.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Search and Inspect Project
Search for a project, fetch its full record, then read its IAM policy.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Update Organization IAM Policy
Read an organization IAM policy, add a member binding, and write it back with the etag.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Update Project IAM Policy
Read a project IAM policy, add a member binding, and write the policy back with the etag.
ARAZZOGoogle Cloud Platform Walk Resource Hierarchy
Find an organization, list its folders, then list the projects directly under it.
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
google-cloud-platform-mcp.yml
MCP SERVERPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Google Cloud Platform Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Features 10
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Compute Services
Run workloads on virtual machines, containers, and serverless platforms with automatic scaling.
Storage and Databases
Store data in object storage, relational databases, NoSQL databases, and in-memory stores.
AI and Machine Learning
Build and deploy ML models with Vertex AI, Vision, Natural Language, Speech, and Translation APIs.
Data Analytics
Process and analyze data at scale with BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, and Pub/Sub.
Networking
Connect resources with DNS, load balancing, VPN, and CDN services.
Security and Identity
Protect resources with IAM, KMS, Secret Manager, and data loss prevention services.
DevOps and CI/CD
Build, deploy, and manage applications with Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and Cloud Deploy.
Serverless Computing
Run code without managing infrastructure using Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and App Engine.
Resource Management
Organize resources with projects, folders, organizations, and tags in a hierarchical structure.
Observability
Monitor, log, and trace applications with Cloud Monitoring, Logging, and Trace services.
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Semantic Vocabularies 2
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Spectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Google Cloud Platform API Rules
SPECTRALGoogle Cloud Platform API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 49
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Binding
JSON SCHEMAExpr
JSON SCHEMAFolder
JSON SCHEMAGetIamPolicyRequest
JSON SCHEMAListFoldersResponse
JSON SCHEMAListProjectsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTagBindingsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTagKeysResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTagValuesResponse
JSON SCHEMAMoveFolderRequest
JSON SCHEMAOperation
JSON SCHEMAOrganization
JSON SCHEMAPolicy
JSON SCHEMAProject
JSON SCHEMASearchFoldersResponse
JSON SCHEMASearchOrganizationsResponse
JSON SCHEMASearchProjectsResponse
JSON SCHEMASetIamPolicyRequest
JSON SCHEMAStatus
JSON SCHEMATagBinding
JSON SCHEMATagKey
JSON SCHEMATagValue
JSON SCHEMAUndeleteFolderRequest
JSON SCHEMAUndeleteProjectRequest
JSON SCHEMAGoogle Cloud Platform Project Schema
JSON SCHEMABinding
JSON SCHEMAExpr
JSON SCHEMAFolder
JSON SCHEMAGetIamPolicyRequest
JSON SCHEMAListFoldersResponse
JSON SCHEMAListProjectsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTagBindingsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTagKeysResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTagValuesResponse
JSON SCHEMAMoveFolderRequest
JSON SCHEMAOperation
JSON SCHEMAOrganization
JSON SCHEMAPolicy
JSON SCHEMAProject
JSON SCHEMASearchFoldersResponse
JSON SCHEMASearchOrganizationsResponse
JSON SCHEMASearchProjectsResponse
JSON SCHEMASetIamPolicyRequest
JSON SCHEMAStatus
JSON SCHEMATagBinding
JSON SCHEMATagKey
JSON SCHEMATagValue
JSON SCHEMAUndeleteFolderRequest
JSON SCHEMAUndeleteProjectRequest
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JSON Structure 25
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Cloud Resource Manager Binding Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Expr Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Folder Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Get Iam Policy Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager List Folders Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager List Projects Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager List Tag Keys Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Move Folder Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Operation Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Organization Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Policy Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Project Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Search Folders Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Set Iam Policy Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Status Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Tag Binding Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Tag Key Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Tag Value Structure
JSON STRUCTURECloud Resource Manager Undelete Folder Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREGoogle Cloud Platform Structure
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Examples 52
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Google Cloud Platform Trust Center
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP High, CSA STAR, GDPR, FIPS 140-2
SECURITYScopes 1
OAuth scopes are the vocabulary of least-privilege access. Profiling them shows exactly what an integration — or an agent acting on a user's behalf — is allowed to do.
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 5
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Application Modernization
Migrate and modernize legacy applications to cloud-native architectures using containers and serverless.
Data Lake and Analytics
Build data lakes and run analytics pipelines with BigQuery, Dataflow, and Cloud Storage.
AI Application Development
Build intelligent applications with Vertex AI, Dialogflow, and pre-trained ML APIs.
Multi-Cloud Management
Manage workloads across multiple cloud providers with Anthos and GKE Enterprise.
IoT and Edge Computing
Deploy and manage IoT devices and edge computing workloads at scale.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Google Cloud Platform — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 7
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
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Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 28
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 9
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
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Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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