/google-cloud-scc-query

name: google-cloud-scc-query
metadata:
  category: Security
description: >-
  Queries and retrieves active security findings, external exposures, toxic
  combinations, vulnerabilities, threats, and sensitive data risks from Google
  Cloud Security Command Center. 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.

Google Cloud Security Command Center Query Skill

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 Google Cloud Security Command Center.

> [!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`.

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Core Execution Rules

1. **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. 2. **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. 3. **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. 4. **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. 5. **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). 6. **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.

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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_i