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Google Cloud Tasks

Google Cloud Tasks enables you to manage the execution of large numbers of distributed tasks. Cloud Tasks lets you create and dispatch tasks to worker services running on App Engine or any arbitrary HTTP endpoint, with automatic rate limiting, retry logic, and task deduplication. It provides a fully managed service for asynchronous task execution, allowing you to offload work from your main application and process it reliably in the background.

Google Cloud Tasks publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Projects API. Tagged areas include Asynchronous, Background Jobs, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud, and Queues.

The Google Cloud Tasks catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Google Cloud Tasks’ developer surface includes developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, authentication, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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59.3/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
AsynchronousBackground JobsDistributed SystemsGoogle CloudQueuesTasks

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 59.3/100 · strong
Contract Quality 14.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google Cloud Tasks Projects API

The Projects API from Google Cloud Tasks — 5 operation(s) for projects.

Postman Collections 1

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Google Cloud Tasks Projects API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Google Cloud Tasks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Cloud Tasks Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Cloud Tasks Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Cloud Tasks Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Cloud Tasks API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Cloud Tasks Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Cloud Tasks Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Cloud Tasks Agentic Access

10 operations · 6 acting

10 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: google-cloud-tasks
name: Google Cloud Tasks
description: Google Cloud Tasks enables you to manage the execution of large numbers of distributed tasks. Cloud Tasks lets
  you create and dispatch tasks to worker services running on App Engine or any arbitrary HTTP endpoint, with automatic rate
  limiting, retry logic, and task deduplication. It provides a fully managed service for asynchronous task execution, allowing
  you to offload work from your main application and process it reliably in the background.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-cloud-tasks.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-tasks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Asynchronous
- Background Jobs
- Distributed Systems
- Google Cloud
- Queues
- Tasks
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-tasks:google-cloud-tasks-projects-api
  name: Google Cloud Tasks Projects API
  description: The Projects API from Google Cloud Tasks — 5 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/tasks/docs
  baseURL: https://cloudtasks.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-tasks-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/json-schema.yml
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-cloud-tasks/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-tasks-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-tasks-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-tasks-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.google.com/tasks
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/quickstart
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/tasks/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/tasks/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://cloud.google.com/tasks/docs/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/json-ld.json
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
- url: https://cloud.google.com/feeds/cloud-tasks-release-notes.xml
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com