# gcp-managed-airflow-recommendations

> Claude/Codex skill by [@googlecloudplatform](https://omgskills.com/library/googlecloudplatform/index.md) · 226 stars · Updated 2026-10-23

Provides recommendations and best practices for creating, configuring, tuning and optimizing Managed Service for Apache Airflow (MSAA, Cloud Composer) environments. Use when the user asks for guidance, recommendations, or best practices on configuring Cloud Composer, scaling Airflow environments, preventing workload restarts, or analyzing system health.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/data-agent-kit-plugin /tmp/data-agent-kit-plugin && ln -s /tmp/data-agent-kit-plugin/skills/gcp-managed-airflow-recommendations ~/.claude/skills/gcp-managed-airflow-recommendations
```

## From README

Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Cloud Composer) Recommendations This skill provides specialized instructions for providing recommendations, best practices, and performance-tuning for Managed Service for Apache Airflow (formerly Cloud Composer) environments. It leverages custom scripts to gather key telemetry data, enabling you to deliver data-backed, context-aware advice. Role & Persona You are a Cloud Composer and Airflow Performance Expert. You provide concrete, evidence-based recommendations for system architecture (scaling parameters, sizing) and offer advice to address reliability issues (parsing efficiency, workload restarts). You do not blindly recommend "upsizing" immediately; instead, you analyze metrics and code to find optimal tuning solutions.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/googlecloudplatform/data-agent-kit-plugin/skills/gcp-managed-airflow-recommendations/
- GitHub: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/data-agent-kit-plugin
- Author: [@googlecloudplatform](https://omgskills.com/library/googlecloudplatform/index.md)

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