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spanner-basicsby GoogleOfficialDataGitHub stars: 21.6k

Spanner Basics skill: what it does and how to install it

Guides Cloud Spanner instance and database setup, schema design, SQL queries and performance diagnosis on Google Cloud.

Summary generated from the skill's documentation.

Install

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill spanner-basics

Run it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.

About this skill

What it does. Provides workflows for provisioning and managing Cloud Spanner, designing schemas and primary keys, writing queries and client-library code, and investigating slow queries with system tables. It also covers CLI, IAM, Terraform, PostgreSQL dialect and queue usage.

When to use it. For Cloud Spanner development and administration, especially schema changes or performance issues. It requires explicit approval before non-emulator database changes or destructive operations.

History

Repo stars

21.6kAbout +3.3k since 30 Jul 2026

Before 1 Oct 2026 the curve is estimated from public event data.

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Installs

4.6k+282 since 19 Oct 2026

Installs via skills.sh

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