BigQuery Observability
BigQuery Observability is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from google/skills. It provides data-retrieval best practices, tool selection guidance, and performant SQL query syntax for BigQuery telemetry across INFORMATIONSCHEMA, Cloud Monitoring, and the REST API. It works with Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI and has 20,994 GitHub stars across a repository of 6 listed skills.
github.com/google/skills/skills/cloud/bigquery-observability (opens in a new tab)
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- Multi-skill repo
- Plugin marketplace
- Data & analysis
- Actively maintained
Add this skill
Claude
This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add google/skills
/plugin # browse google-plugins and install the plugin that contains bigquery-observabilityIn the Claude apps, zip the bigquery-observability folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).
ChatGPT / Codex
Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/cloud/bigquery-observability .agents/skills/bigquery-observability # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projectsStandalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.
Cursor
Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/cloud/bigquery-observability .cursor/skills/bigquery-observability # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projectsSource (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)
What this skill does
Provides data-retrieval best practices, tool selection guidance, and performant SQL query syntax for BigQuery telemetry across INFORMATIONSCHEMA, Cloud Monitoring, and the REST API. Use when the telemetry to fetch is already known, selecting telemetry tools, writing performant INFORMATIONSCHEMA queries, retrieving telemetry for diagnosing single-job performance bottlenecks, investigating slot contention, job concurrency and queue latency, analyzing reservation capacity, utilization and…
When it triggers
- Use when the telemetry to fetch is already known, selecting telemetry tools, writing performant INFORMATIONSCHEMA queries, retrieving telemetry for diagnosing single-job performance bottlenecks, investigating slot contention, job concurrenc
- use for root-cause diagnosis or symptom troubleshooting when the cause is unknown (use bigquery-troubleshooting first), or for writing or optimizing business logic SQL (use bigquery-optimization).
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What is the BigQuery Observability skill?
BigQuery Observability is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from google/skills. It provides data-retrieval best practices, tool selection guidance, and performant SQL query syntax for BigQuery telemetry across INFORMATIONSCHEMA, Cloud Monitoring, and the REST API. It works with Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI and has 20,994 GitHub stars across a repository of 6 listed skills. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/google/skills/skills/cloud/bigquery-observability.
How do I install the BigQuery Observability skill?
In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add google/skills, then install its plugin from /plugin. For Codex or Cursor, copy the bigquery-observability folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.
Is the BigQuery Observability skill free?
Yes. The repository is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
Is BigQuery Observability maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.