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discover-cloud

A gateway skill that automatically activates during cloud-related development tasks and provides access to 13 specialized AWS and GCP skills. It uses keyword triggers like 'cloud', 'AWS', 'serverless' to load relevant documentation. The skill organizes cloud knowledge into logical categories and enables progressive loading from gateway to specific skill details.

Packaged view

This page reorganizes the original catalog entry around fit, installability, and workflow context first. The original raw source lives below.

Stars
81
Hot score
93
Updated
March 20, 2026
Overall rating
A8.0
Composite score
6.3
Best-practice grade
N/A

Install command

npx @skill-hub/cli install rand-cc-polymath-discover-cloud
cloud-developmentskill-discoveryawsgcpserverless

Repository

rand/cc-polymath

Skill path: skills/discover-cloud

A gateway skill that automatically activates during cloud-related development tasks and provides access to 13 specialized AWS and GCP skills. It uses keyword triggers like 'cloud', 'AWS', 'serverless' to load relevant documentation. The skill organizes cloud knowledge into logical categories and enables progressive loading from gateway to specific skill details.

Open repository

Best for

Primary workflow: Research & Ops.

Technical facets: DevOps.

Target audience: Developers working with AWS or GCP cloud services who need quick access to cloud-specific documentation and skill references during development tasks..

License: Unknown.

Original source

Catalog source: SkillHub Club.

Repository owner: rand.

This is still a mirrored public skill entry. Review the repository before installing into production workflows.

What it helps with

  • Install discover-cloud into Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, or OpenCode workflows
  • Review https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath before adding discover-cloud to shared team environments
  • Use discover-cloud for cloud workflows

Works across

Claude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCode

Favorites: 0.

Sub-skills: 0.

Aggregator: No.

Original source / Raw SKILL.md

---
name: discover-cloud
description: Automatically discover cloud computing and serverless skills when working with cloud. Activates for cloud development tasks.
---

# Cloud Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive cloud skills.

## When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- cloud
- Modal
- serverless
- functions
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- deployment

## Available Skills

### Quick Reference

The Cloud category contains 13 skills:

**AWS Skills (7)**:
1. **aws-lambda-functions** - Lambda function development, triggers, optimization
2. **aws-api-gateway** - REST/HTTP/WebSocket APIs, authorization, integrations
3. **aws-databases** - RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Aurora
4. **aws-iam-security** - IAM, Cognito, Secrets Manager, KMS
5. **aws-storage** - S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier, lifecycle policies
6. **aws-ec2-compute** - EC2, Auto Scaling, Load Balancing, AMIs
7. **aws-networking** - VPC, security groups, Route53, CloudFront

**GCP Skills (6)**:
1. **gcp-serverless** - Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, App Engine
2. **gcp-compute** - Compute Engine, GKE, autoscaling
3. **gcp-databases** - Cloud SQL, Firestore, Bigtable, Spanner
4. **gcp-storage** - Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk, Filestore
5. **gcp-iam-security** - IAM, service accounts, Secret Manager, KMS
6. **gcp-networking** - VPC, firewall, Cloud DNS, Cloud CDN

### Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

```bash
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/INDEX.md
```

This loads the full Cloud category index with:
- Detailed skill descriptions
- Usage triggers for each skill
- Common workflow combinations
- Cross-references to related skills

### Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:

```bash
# AWS Skills
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/aws/aws-lambda-functions.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/aws/aws-api-gateway.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/aws/aws-databases.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/aws/aws-iam-security.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/aws/aws-storage.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/aws/aws-ec2-compute.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/aws/aws-networking.md

# GCP Skills
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/gcp/gcp-serverless.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/gcp/gcp-compute.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/gcp/gcp-databases.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/gcp/gcp-storage.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/gcp/gcp-iam-security.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/gcp/gcp-networking.md
```

## Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:
- **Level 1**: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
- **Level 2**: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
- **Level 3**: Load specific skills as needed

## Usage Instructions

1. **Auto-activation**: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects cloud work
2. **Browse skills**: Run `cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/INDEX.md` for full category overview
3. **Load specific skills**: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

---

**Next Steps**: Run `cat ~/.claude/skills/cloud/INDEX.md` to see full category details.
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