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Google Cloud launches IAM Helper for managing agent access

Google Cloud introduced IAM Helper, a new suite of agent-facing skills and MCP tools to automate IAM workflows for autonomous AI agents.

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Summary

Google Cloud released IAM Helper to automate complex, end-to-end IAM workflows for autonomous AI agents. The suite includes skills and Model Context Protocol tools for coding assistants and deployment pipelines to handle tasks like troubleshooting permission errors.

What changed

  • Introduced IAM Helper to automate end-to-end IAM workflows for AI agents.
  • Released Agent Skills compatible with Gemini CLI, Gemini Cloud Assist, ADK, Claude Code, and Cursor.
  • Added backend connection through atomic, read-only functions via Google-managed MCP servers.

Availability

Available now

“Start building with IAM Helper Agent skills today by exploring our Google Cloud Agent Skills Catalog and dive deeper with the official IAM documentation .”

Founder takeaway

Explore the Google Cloud Agent Skills Catalog to test IAM Helper skills for your AI agents and pipelines.

Source

Google CloudScale agents securely with IAM Helper Agent Skills and MCP Tools | Google Cloud Blog

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