What problem does it solve? Writing Google Maps Platform code from memory leads to deprecated API usage, silent runtime failures, and Terms of Service violations. This Skill enforces a grounding workflow that fetches current documentation and sub-skills before generating any map, places, routing, or geocoding code. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Grounded Code Generation: Fetches the Google Maps Platform Skills Index and per-product sub-skills before writing code, with MCP or REST fallback to the Code Assist service. - Deprecation Guardrails: Blocks legacy APIs like DirectionsService, PlacesService, and google.maps.Marker, routing to modern replacements such as Route.computeRoutes and AdvancedMarkerElement. - Compliance & Cost Governance: Enforces ToS review, attribution IDs, API key restriction guidance, and a mandatory response appendix covering costs and licensing. - Use Case: When adding a store locator with Places autocomplete to a React app, the Skill loads the relevant sub-skills, mandates @vis.gl/react-google-maps, and produces code that avoids the CORS trap and mapId pitfalls. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to build a store locator with Places autocomplete on an interactive map and let it fetch the required Google Maps Platform sub-skills first.
