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Pub/Sub
Pub/Sub is Google Cloud's managed messaging and event-streaming service.
At a glance
Pub/Sub is Google Cloud's managed messaging and event-streaming service.
Catalog categories: messaging, event-streaming.
Catalogued capability areas: - Pub/sub messaging at scale - Delivery guarantees - Schema support
This summary reflects the catalog record, not a complete product specification. Verify intended users, end-to-end workflows, supported platforms, edge cases, data handling, and constraints against cited sources. Treat capability labels as research leads until that verification is complete.
- Pub/sub messaging at scale
- Delivery guarantees
- Schema support
Open-source alternative
2 candidate projects in the landscape. A candidate may cover all, part, or none of what Pub/Sub does — read the coverage and gaps below.
NATS
Apache-2.0High-performance messaging with JetStream persistence.
Apache Kafka
Apache-2.0Distributed event streaming platform.
Coverage and gaps
Alternative coverage
Available. NATS and Kafka cover pub/sub and event streaming fully.
The gap
Messaging is a mature open-source category; the gap is Google's managed operations, not the technology.
Build this product with your agent
This Markdown file is the coding-agent skill for Pub/Sub. Give it to your agent in your project; it guides research, reuse decisions, implementation and verification.
- agent-kit.mdDownloadable Markdown skill with product-specific instructions for your coding agent.available
- skill.mdGenerated copy of the same product skill — rae google-pubsub --out ./google-pubsub-agent.in kit
- mcp.jsonOptional MCP server config — rae google-pubsub --out ./google-pubsub-agent.in kit
- Product workspaceOptional starting workspace for your agent — rae build product google-pubsub --out ./google-pubsub.
- ChoosePick the product you want to build.
- ReviewAsk your agent to check the product skill, evidence and alternatives.
- BuildGive the skill to your coding agent and build in your own project.
- VerifyRun the checks for your implementation and review the result.
Evidence
Sources
Provenance
- Catalog record — catalog/products.jsonl
- Research dossier — research/companies/google/products/google-pubsub.md
- REA web-surface report — catalog/rea/google/google-pubsub.md
- Open-source skill file — catalog/skills/google/google-pubsub.md
Next step
Give the Pub/Sub skill to your coding agent in your project. Ask it to evaluate NATS ↗ against your needs, reuse what fits, then follow the skill's build and verification instructions.
Give the product skill to your coding agent in the project where you want to build. Optional starter workspace: rae build product google-pubsub --out ./google-pubsub. CLI reference.