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OSS2026-08-08 · source-backed
google/skills sits at 16,460 stars, Apache-2.0, +327 on August 8's trending page, organized into three product families with a .claude-plugin directory and plugins tree. August 5-7 commits show real curation: a migrated and validated GKE TPU dynamic-slices monitoring skill, a gcloud device-run update, and a new workflow section documenting the shared responsibility model. That last one matters most if you're shipping vendor skills to production, because Google is drawing an explicit line between what the skill guarantees and what you own.
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Google released MCP / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Google released Agent Skills / Shared entities / Same source / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Addy Osmani works at Google / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Gemini built by Google / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Google released MCP / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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OpenAI partners with Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Microsoft competes with Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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