Authenticating to Google Cloud Authentication is the process of proving who you are . In Google Cloud, you represent a Principal (an identity like a user or a service). This is the first step before Authorization (determining what you can do ). Authentication Clarifying Questions for the Agent Before providing a specific solution, clarify the following with the user: 1. Who or what is authenticating? (A human developer, a local script, or an application running in production?) 2. Where is the code running? (Local laptop, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, or another cloud like AWS/Azure?) 3. Wha…