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Google Cloud Storage Agentic Access

x-agentic-access generated

Google Cloud Storage exposes 38 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 26 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.

By consequence: 12 read, 13 write, and 13 safety-critical.

13 operations are classed safety-critical and should require human-in-the-loop approval at runtime.

Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.

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Operations: 38 Acting: 26 Human-in-the-loop: 13 Method: generated

By consequence

read 12 write 13 safety-critical 13

Highest-consequence actions

The physical and safety-critical operations an agent could invoke — the ones that most warrant scoped tokens, tight TTLs, and escalation. Full per-operation contracts are in the source below.

MethodPathConsequenceHuman-in-loop
POST /b/{bucket}/acl safety-critical required
PUT /b/{bucket}/acl/{entity} safety-critical required
PATCH /b/{bucket}/acl/{entity} safety-critical required
DELETE /b/{bucket}/acl/{entity} safety-critical required
POST /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl safety-critical required
PUT /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl/{entity} safety-critical required
PATCH /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl/{entity} safety-critical required
DELETE /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl/{entity} safety-critical required
POST /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl safety-critical required
PUT /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl/{entity} safety-critical required
PATCH /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl/{entity} safety-critical required
DELETE /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl/{entity} safety-critical required
POST /channels/stop safety-critical required

Source

Agentic Access

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/gcp-cloud-storage-json-api-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
  the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
  audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
  operations: 38
  by_action_class:
    connected: 12
    acting: 26
  by_consequence:
    read: 12
    write: 13
    safety-critical: 13
  human_in_the_loop_required: 13
operations:
- path: /b
  method: get
  operationId: listBuckets
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b
  method: post
  operationId: insertBucket
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}
  method: get
  operationId: getBucket
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}
  method: put
  operationId: updateBucket
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}
  method: patch
  operationId: patchBucket
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteBucket
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/lockRetentionPolicy
  method: post
  operationId: lockBucketRetentionPolicy
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/iam
  method: get
  operationId: getBucketIamPolicy
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/iam
  method: put
  operationId: setBucketIamPolicy
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/iam/testPermissions
  method: get
  operationId: testBucketIamPermissions
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/o
  method: get
  operationId: listObjects
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}
  method: get
  operationId: getObject
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}
  method: put
  operationId: updateObject
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}
  method: patch
  operationId: patchObject
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteObject
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/compose
  method: post
  operationId: composeObject
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/copyTo/b/{destinationBucket}/o/{destinationObject}
  method: post
  operationId: copyObject
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/rewriteTo/b/{destinationBucket}/o/{destinationObject}
  method: post
  operationId: rewriteObject
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/watchAll
  method: post
  operationId: watchAllObjects
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/acl
  method: get
  operationId: listBucketAccessControls
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/acl
  method: post
  operationId: insertBucketAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/acl/{entity}
  method: get
  operationId: getBucketAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/acl/{entity}
  method: put
  operationId: updateBucketAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/acl/{entity}
  method: patch
  operationId: patchBucketAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/acl/{entity}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteBucketAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl
  method: get
  operationId: listDefaultObjectAccessControls
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl
  method: post
  operationId: insertDefaultObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl/{entity}
  method: get
  operationId: getDefaultObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl/{entity}
  method: put
  operationId: updateDefaultObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl/{entity}
  method: patch
  operationId: patchDefaultObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/defaultObjectAcl/{entity}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteDefaultObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl
  method: get
  operationId: listObjectAccessControls
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl
  method: post
  operationId: insertObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl/{entity}
  method: get
  operationId: getObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl/{entity}
  method: put
  operationId: updateObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl/{entity}
  method: patch
  operationId: patchObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /b/{bucket}/o/{object}/acl/{entity}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteObjectAccessControl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /channels/stop
  method: post
  operationId: stopChannel
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required