What problem does it solve? Locating the right data asset in Google Cloud is hard when you only have a keyword or topic, and retrieving schema, metadata, and governance context for BigQuery, Spanner, BigLake, or Cloud Storage assets requires knowing exact resource IDs. This Skill guides an agent through Dataplex catalog search and context lookup to find assets and fetch their full metadata. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Semantic and Keyword Search: Search the Dataplex Universal Catalog with natural language intent (e.g., "Q4 product sales data") or precise keyword syntax (e.g., name:order_v2, system=bigquery). - Schema and Metadata Lookup: Retrieve detailed schema, business context, and governance metadata via the Dataplex context lookup command using full entry names. - Public Dataset Handling: Detects bigquery-public-data assets and falls back to direct inspection with the bq CLI or BigQuery MCP tools. - Use Case: A user asks "find the sales tables in our GCP project and show me their columns." The Skill runs a Dataplex semantic search, resolves the full entry name, and returns the table schema and metadata. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to find BigQuery tables related to customer orders in your GCP project and show their schemas.
