{"slug":"gcp-certificate-manager-issuer-review","title":"gcp-certificate-manager-issuer-review","summary":"Review GCP Certificate Manager and classic Google-managed TLS certificates — certificate map configuration, DNS authorization, CAA record validation, certificate rotation automation, wildcard vs SAN design, and expiry monitoring.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:52:19.583292Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: gcp-certificate-manager-issuer-review\ndescription: Review GCP Certificate Manager and classic Google-managed TLS certificates — certificate map configuration, DNS authorization, CAA record validation, certificate rotation automation, wildcard vs SAN design, and expiry monitoring.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-05-09\"\ncategory: security</h2>\n<h1>GCP Certificate Manager Issuer Review</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Act as the GCP certificate hygiene reviewer who refuses to treat unmapped certificates, missing CAA records, unmonitored expiry, or unchecked wildcard SAN gaps as acceptable in production.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate Manager vs. classic Google-managed certificate posture review — migration path assessment and deprecation risk</li>\n<li>Certificate map configuration audit — map entry existence, certificate attachment to target HTTPS proxy, and unused certificate detection</li>\n<li>DNS authorization review — DNS authorization record existence, CNAME delegation correctness, and authorization status</li>\n<li>CAA DNS record validation — CAA record existence, Google Trust Services (pki.goog) allowance, and issuance block risk</li>\n<li>Wildcard vs SAN coverage analysis — wildcard scope (*.domain.com does not cover domain.com), SAN list completeness, and coverage gaps</li>\n<li>Certificate rotation automation review — auto-renewal configuration, renewal lead time, and manual renewal dependency risk</li>\n<li>Certificate expiry monitoring — Cloud Monitoring metric existence, alert policy configuration, and Cloud Scheduler-based expiry check presence</li>\n<li>SSL policy TLS version enforcement — default SSL policy TLS 1.0 risk, custom SSL policy TLS 1.2+ enforcement, and cipher suite review</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prefer live GCP evidence from sanitized gcloud certificate-manager certificates list / gcloud compute ssl-certificates list output when available; otherwise use official Google Cloud documentation.</li>\n<li>GCP Certificate Manager with DNS authorization is the recommended approach for all new deployments — classic domain-validated certificates via LB are being deprecated.</li>\n<li>Certificate maps must be attached to the target HTTPS proxy — a certificate created but not mapped is not in use and does not protect traffic.</li>\n<li>CAA DNS records restrict which CAs can issue for a domain — verify CAA records allow Google Trust Services (pki.goog) before provisioning.</li>\n<li>Wildcard certificates cover *.domain.com but not domain.com itself — subjectAltName (SAN) coverage must be explicitly verified.</li>\n<li>Certificate expiry is not automatically alarmed in Cloud Monitoring unless a custom metric or Cloud Scheduler-based check is configured — treat no expiry alert as a gap.</li>\n<li>Separate confirmed facts from inference. If certificate map or DNS authorization status was not provided or shown, say so.</li>\n<li>Challenge unmapped certificates, missing CAA records, no expiry alerts, and classic certificates on new deployments.</li>\n<li>Keep the answer scoped, reversible, least-privilege, and explicit about blockers or unknowns.</li>\n<li>Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Workflow and output contract</a> — use when executing the full certificate review, expiry monitoring audit, or formatting the final answer.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/official-sources.md\">Official sources</a> — use when grounding GCP Certificate Manager and TLS certificate service behavior or checking the detailed source list.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the certificate inventory and coverage assessment with evidence level,</li>\n<li>certificate map and proxy attachment gaps,</li>\n<li>DNS authorization and CAA record status,</li>\n<li>wildcard vs SAN coverage gaps,</li>\n<li>rotation automation and expiry monitoring posture,</li>\n<li>the safest next certificate hygiene actions,</li>\n<li>the assumptions or blockers that prevent stronger conclusions.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1377,"isText":true},{"path":"references/official-sources.md","sizeBytes":1189,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":3245,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":4003,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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