Model Context Protocol support

MCP support is available in Private Preview. To request access, contact your Google Cloud account team. You can interact with Gemini Cloud Assist agents from various surfaces, including third-party client agents and IDEs, using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). For more information, see Integrating with MCP.

Feature

Proactive agents for issue investigation

Proactive agents are available in Private Preview to Premium Support customers. Enable Gemini Cloud Assist to autonomously investigate issues triggered by Cloud Alerting policies or cost anomalies in the background. These investigations don't modify or make any changes to your environment. Results and insights, such as root cause analysis for alerts or cost spike drivers, are delivered via Eventarc. You can view these results in the Google Cloud console. This feature requires administrator enablement and configuration of an agent identity. For more information, see Configure proactive agents.

Feature

Page context awareness

Page context awareness is available in Public Preview. Gemini Cloud Assist automatically uses the context of the content currently visible on your Google Cloud console page to provide more relevant and accurate responses to your prompts. For more information, see Manage page context sharing.

Feature

Enhanced agent administration controls

Enhanced agent administration controls are available in Public Preview. Administrators have the following options in the Cloud Assist settings panel:

• Web grounding settings: Choose how Gemini Cloud Assist uses Google Search to ground its responses, with options for either the most comprehensive results or stricter data residency compliance. For more information, see Configure web grounding.
• Custom instructions: Define persistent system instructions to customize the agent's persona, response formatting, and awareness of organizational standards or business context for all users within the project. For more information, see Set custom instructions.

geminicloudassist API automatically enabled for Gemini Cloud Assist chat users

As of April 16th, 2026, the geminicloudassist.googleapis.com API has been automatically enabled on projects that meet all of the following criteria:

• Had used Gemini Cloud Assist chat in the prior 60 days.
• Had the cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com API enabled on April 16, 2026.
• Did not have the geminicloudassist.googleapis.com API enabled on April 16, 2026.

The Gemini Cloud Assist chat functionality that was previously served by cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com is now served by geminicloudassist.googleapis.com, and both APIs are dependencies to use Gemini Cloud Assist. This automatic API enablement ensures that users have access to the same functionality without any loss of service.

Update for Gemini Cloud Assist investigations

From April 10, 2026, creating, running, and editing Gemini Cloud Assist investigations will only be available to users with a Premium Support contract or who have requested access through their account team. If you ran an investigation prior to April 10, 2026, the results of the investigation continue to be available to you in the Google Cloud console.

Custom IAM roles permission update for Gemini Cloud Assist

Gemini Cloud Assist has replaced the cloudaicompanion.instances.completeTask IAM permission with geminicloudassist.agents.invoke. If you have access to Gemini Cloud Assist through a custom IAM role, you must update the role to continue having access. For more information, see the deprecated IAM permissions document.

Custom IAM roles permission update for Gemini Cloud Assist

On April 8, 2026, Gemini Cloud Assist is replacing the cloudaicompanion.instances.completeTask IAM permission with geminicloudassist.agents.invoke. Updates to standard IAM roles will be done automatically, but if you have access to Gemini Cloud Assist through a custom IAM role, you must update the role before April 8, 2026 to ensure continued access. For more information, see the deprecated IAM permissions document.

Gemini Cloud Assist documentation migration

Gemini Cloud Assist release notes are now published here. If you are looking for Gemini Cloud Assist release notes prior to January 2026, see the Gemini for Google Cloud release notes.