What is Active Assist
Active Assist refers to the portfolio of tools used in Google Cloud togenerate recommendations and insights to help you optimize your Google Cloudprojects. This includes recommenders that generate recommendations and insightsand analysis tools.
Recommenders and Recommendations
Recommenders generate recommendations that fall into six value categories thatcan help you optimize your cloud in a variety of ways.
SeeRecommendations andRecommenders for a detailed explanation of theseconcepts.
Grant permissions to view and update recommendations and insights
Eachrecommender andinsight type hasspecific roles and permissions to control access to its recommendations andinsights. In order to enable users to review and assess these recommendationsand insights, they will include some metadata about resources. Grantingthese permissions provides users with a partial view of the resource's metadata.This partial view of data is particularly important to consider if you are usingcustom roles to grant permissions.
For example, the Identity and Access Management recommender provides recommendations aboutpermissions. Members that have therecommender.iamPolicyRecommendations.getandrecommender.iamPolicyRecommendations.list permissions can also seeinformation about your IAM policy bindings.
Ensure that you have thenecessary roles and permissionsto view recommendations.
Find recommendations and insights
Each recommender lets you view and manage its recommendations and insights usingthe REST API and Google Cloud CLI. Some recommenders also let you view andmanage their recommendations and insights using one or more of the followingoptions:
- Active Assist
- The Optimization page inCloud Hub, for costoptimization recommendations
- In context using the service's user interface (UI) in the Google Cloud console
For details about recommenders and supported clients, seeRecommenders.
View recommendations in Active Assist
Certain recommendations such as the IAM Recommendation requiredifferent levels of permissions to view. For more information, see the guidefor the specific Recommendation that you are looking for.
Manage recommendations and insights
In Active Assist, you can choose to apply or dismiss therecommendations. Some recommendations can be applied automatically, while otherrecommendations require additional steps to complete. Any additional steps willappear in the details panel.
Apply recommendations
Warning:Before applying recommendations in the Google Cloud console orusing the API, ensure that impacts are assessed by a reviewer within your organization.The reviewer should have the knowledge to assess impacts identified inrecommendations, as well as impacts specific to your infrastructure andbusiness. Applying recommendations without proper assessment could result inunexpected changes, such as issues with system performance, poor reliability, orloss of required permissions. If you choose to apply recommendations withouthuman review, ensure that you have set up a rollback process before making anychanges.
Recommender provides information on directimpacts in areas such as cost,performance, or security. Recommendation reviewers should have a holisticunderstanding of your infrastructure and processes so that otherbusiness-specific impacts are considered.
Get started with recommendations
Recommendations are an easy way to optimize your cloud to help you maintain asecure and cost effective workspace. Use theActive Assist quickstart guideto get started with the Active Assist.
Alternatively, you can follow theIn Context quickstart guide to findrecommendations directly in your service pages. Recommendations can also bereviewed and applied or dismissed using theGoogle Cloud CLI or REST API.
Intelligence Centers and Tools
Active Assist offers intelligent tools that helps you proactivelymonitor and manage your cloud. We offer tools such as the Network Intelligence Center andPolicy Simulator to simplify and automate your management experience onGoogle Cloud. Read the following documentation pages for more information onhow our products can help you optimize your cloud experience.
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Last updated 2026-02-18 UTC.