Google Cloud Scc Query

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Queries and retrieves active security findings, external exposures, toxic combinations, vulnerabilities, threats, and sensitive data risks from Security Command Center on Google Cloud. Use when retrieving details for a security finding by its name, validating finding scope (e.g., verifying findingClass is TOXIC_COMBINATION, VULNERABILITY, EXTERNAL_EXPOSURE, or THREAT), or fetching finding details for triage. Don't use to draft remediations, apply patches, or execute configurations.

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This skill provides a structured, read-only approach to querying Google Cloud Security Command Center (SCC). It enables users to retrieve detailed information about security findings, including vulnerabilities, threats, toxic combinations, and external exposures. The skill enforces strict safety protocols, requiring explicit parent resource scopes and prohibiting any configuration changes or remediation actions. It supports both global and regional data residency configurations, ensuring accurate data retrieval across different Google Cloud environments.

What it does

Retrieves detailed JSON payloads for specific security findings by name.
Lists active findings filtered by class, state, or category.
Provides grouping functionality for high-level security landscape summaries.
Supports regional endpoint overrides for data residency compliance.
Analyzes finding payloads to extract critical risk indicators like CVSS scores or attack exposure.
Enforces read-only execution to prevent accidental configuration changes.

When to use it

When you need to perform triage on a specific security finding identified in SCC.
When you need to list active vulnerabilities or threats within a specific project, folder, or organization.
When you need to generate a summary report of security findings grouped by category or resource.
When you are investigating a potential toxic combination or external exposure risk.

Advantages

Ensures safe, read-only interaction with sensitive security data.
Standardizes query patterns to avoid common CLI errors.
Provides clear guidance on handling regional data residency requirements.
Facilitates structured analysis of complex finding payloads.
Prevents accidental remediation or configuration changes.

Usage examples

“List all active vulnerabilities in project my-project-123.”: The agent executes a filtered gcloud scc findings list command to return a list of active vulnerabilities, including their severity and category.
“Get full details for the finding named organizations/123/sources/456/findings/789.”: The agent retrieves the complete JSON payload for the specified finding, allowing for a deep dive into its attributes.
“Show me a summary of active findings grouped by category for organization 987.”: The agent executes a gcloud scc findings group command to provide a count of active findings categorized by their type.

Install

Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/google/google-cloud-scc-query/download

Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip google-cloud-scc-query.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Google

Security Command Center Query Skill on Google Cloud

Provides guidelines and read-only gcloud CLI command patterns for querying and retrieving security findings, external exposures, toxic combinations, vulnerabilities, threats, and sensitive data risks from Security Command Center on Google Cloud.

[!IMPORTANT] There is NO gcloud scc findings describe command (Invalid choice: 'describe'). To retrieve details for a specific finding by its name, always use gcloud scc findings list with a filter on name.

Usage Attribution

MUST READ: Before executing any gcloud, REST API, or MCP command, you MUST read and follow the instructions in Usage Attribution.

Core Execution Rules

Read-Only & Zero-Speculation (Parent Scope Required): Keep all executions strictly read-only. Every gcloud scc findings list or group command strictly requires an explicit {parent} scope (organizations/{id}, projects/{id}, or folders/{id}). If the parent scope is missing from the prompt and cannot be inferred from a full finding name, DO NOT run any gcloud commands (do not execute queries without parent, and never inspect gcloud config). Halt immediately before executing commands and ask the user for the parent resource scope.
Bounded Execution & No Runaway Loops:
- Limit tool calls to what is strictly necessary to complete the query (typically 1 call for direct queries, or 2 calls for List → Deep Dive workflows).
- If a command fails due to permission/auth errors, or if a specific finding query returns [], halt immediately. Do not attempt blind brute-force retries with different flags, and never search the local workspace for credentials.
Immediate Halt on Errors: If any command fails with PERMISSION_DENIED, IAM_PERMISSION_DENIED, credential expiration, or network timeouts, halt immediately and report the verbatim error message. Do not search the workspace for credentials or run diagnostic loops.
Ambiguous or Multiple Findings: If multiple finding names are provided when a single finding report is requested, or if listing returns multiple findings, do not investigate all of them or unilaterally pick one. Halt immediately without running queries and ask the user to clarify which specific finding name they want details for. If zero findings are returned from a query, report that no active findings exist and halt immediately.
Do Not Query Attack Path Resources: Analyze only the data present in the Security Command Center finding JSON payload. Do not run commands to describe, verify, or query underlying Google Cloud resources (such as VMs, Cloud Storage buckets, service accounts, or IAM policies).
Parent Scope Resolution:
- For listing and grouping, format the parent resource path as organizations/{org_id}, projects/{project_id}, or folders/{folder_id}.
- For deep dive queries on a specific finding name, extract the {parent} resource prefix before /sources/...:
  - organizations/{org_id}/sources/... → {parent} is organizations/{org_id}
  - folders/{folder_id}/sources/... → {parent} is folders/{folder_id}
  - projects/{project_id}/sources/... → {parent} is projects/{project_id} Extract the parent prefix regardless of whether the finding resource name is global (4-segment) or location-qualified (5-segment with /locations/{location}/). Execute the deep dive query using the extracted {parent}. Do not reject or halt on project- or folder-level findings.

Data Residency & Regional Endpoints

When Data Residency (DRZ) is enabled, findings are stored and accessible only within their designated regional location (us, eu, or me-central2). Queries across different locations do not return findings from other regions.

1. Location Parameterization

All gcloud scc findings commands require specifying the target location via --location={location}:

Default: global (used when data residency is not enabled or for global findings).
Supported Regional Locations:
- us (United States multi-region)
- eu (European Union multi-region)
- me-central2 (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regional location)

2. API Endpoint Overrides

When data residency (DRZ) is enabled for an organization in a regional location (us, eu, or me-central2), configure the regional API endpoint override before executing finding queries:

gcloud config set api_endpoint_overrides/securitycenter https://securitycenter.{LOCATION}.rep.googleapis.com/

Example for the European Union (eu) region:

gcloud config set api_endpoint_overrides/securitycenter https://securitycenter.eu.rep.googleapis.com/

To reset the endpoint back to default global routing:

gcloud config unset api_endpoint_overrides/securitycenter

3. Location-Qualified Finding Resource Names

Regional finding resource names include the /locations/{location}/ path segment:

Organization-level: organizations/{org_id}/sources/{source_id}/locations/{location}/findings/{finding_id}
Folder-level: folders/{folder_id}/sources/{source_id}/locations/{location}/findings/{finding_id}
Project-level: projects/{project_id}/sources/{source_id}/locations/{location}/findings/{finding_id}

When performing a Deep Dive on a location-qualified finding name:

Extract the {parent} scope (the prefix before /sources/..., e.g., organizations/{org_id}).
Extract the {location} from /locations/{location}/ (e.g., eu, us, me-central2). If not present in the finding name, default to global (or the user-specified location).
Execute the query with --location={location} and --filter="name=\"{finding_name}\"".

Intent-Based Query Strategies

1. Deep Dive (Specific Finding Details)

Intent: User provides a specific finding name or explicitly asks to retrieve all details for one finding.
Action: Execute gcloud scc findings list with a strict filter on name and NO --field-mask to retrieve the complete JSON payload. Specify --location={location} (default global unless a regional location is indicated or present in the finding name).

gcloud scc findings list {parent} \
  --location={location} \
  --filter="name=\"{finding_name}\"" \
  --format="json" --limit=1

2. Listing (Filtered Projection)

Intent: User wants to list active findings matching criteria without pulling full nested payloads.
Action: Use --field-mask projection to restrict output size. Specify --location={location} (default global unless querying a specific region).

gcloud scc findings list {parent} \
  --location={location} \
  --filter="{filter_expression}" \
  --field-mask="finding.name,finding.parentDisplayName,finding.findingClass,finding.category,finding.state,finding.eventTime,finding.severity,finding.resourceName" \
  --format="json" --order-by="severity,event_time desc" --limit=100

Intent / Target Finding Class	`--filter` Expression
All Active Findings	`state="ACTIVE"`
Vulnerabilities	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="VULNERABILITY"` :
Misconfigurations	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="MISCONFIGURATION"` :
Toxic Combinations	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="TOXIC_COMBINATION"` :
External Exposures	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="EXTERNAL_EXPOSURE"` :
Threats	`state="ACTIVE" AND findingClass="THREAT"`
Observations	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="OBSERVATION"` :
Sensitive Data Risks	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="SENSITIVE_DATA_RISK"` :
Chokepoints	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="CHOKEPOINT"` :
Posture Violations	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="POSTURE_VIOLATION"` :
Secrets	`state="ACTIVE" AND findingClass="SECRET"`
SCC Errors	`state="ACTIVE" AND
: : findingClass="SCC_ERROR"` :
Specific Category	`state="ACTIVE" AND category="{category}"`

3. Discovery & Aggregation (Grouping)

Intent: User wants high-level counts or landscape overview (e.g., "What are the most common findings?", "Show me a summary by category").
Action: Use gcloud scc findings group. Specify --location={location} (default global unless querying a specific region). Allowed fields for --group-by are strictly: resource_name, category, state, parent.

gcloud scc findings group {parent} \
  --location={location} \
  --group-by="{group_by_field}" \
  --filter="state=\"ACTIVE\"" \
  --format="json"

Payload Analysis & Handoff

Once the finding JSON payload is retrieved:

For TOXIC_COMBINATION Findings:
1. Verify the attackExposure field is present and has a score > 0.
2. Inspect the attack path nodes, edges, or referenced attackExposureResult to identify exposed resources and attack trajectories.
For VULNERABILITY Findings:
1. Extract CVSS scores, exploit signals (exploitationActivity, observedInTheWild, zeroDay), upstream fix status (upstreamFixAvailable), and affected package details from the vulnerability object to evaluate risk:
  - vulnerability.cve.id
  - vulnerability.cve.cvssv3.baseScore
  - vulnerability.cve.cvssv3.attackVector
  - vulnerability.cve.exploitationActivity
  - vulnerability.cve.observedInTheWild
  - vulnerability.cve.zeroDay
  - vulnerability.cve.upstreamFixAvailable
  - vulnerability.offendingPackage.packageName
  - vulnerability.offendingPackage.packageVersion
  - vulnerability.fixedPackage.packageVersion
  - vulnerability.securityBulletin.suggestedUpgradeVersion
Handoff: Do not draft remediation plans, patch resources, or execute configuration commands. Pass the extracted finding payload to the appropriate remediation or IAM analyzer skill to manage the remediation action loop.

Reference Schema

See finding_schema.md for the JSON structure of a Security Command Center finding.

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