🚀 Getting Started (@gcplab.me) — Google AI Café

Use your assigned @gcplab.me credentials (e.g. devstar****@gcplab.me from the Sandbox Keybooth) to log into Google Cloud.

Open an Incognito window (or a new Chrome profile) and head to console.cloud.google.com ↗.
Click Select a project in the top bar and select the single Google Cloud project assigned to you.
And that’s it — your sandbox project is active! Click Next: Step 2 below to unlock Antigravity & Agent Platform.

🌐 Open Cloud Console ↗

1A. Sign in with your @gcplab.me account (click to zoom)

Click Select a project in the Google Cloud Console top bar and select your assigned project — 1B. Select your single assigned sandbox project

⚡ Use Your @gcplab.me Account for Antigravity — And Link Your Project ID!

When signing into antigravity.google.com ↗ (2.0, IDE, or CLI), follow these exact 3 clicks to activate the Agent Platform (Business) Plan:

Click “Use business account” on the Welcome screen (do not use personal account mode).
Enter your Google Cloud Project ID under Provide Google Cloud Project and click Use Agent Platform instead.
Check Settings → Account and confirm it says Your Plan: Agent Platform. If it says “Starter Quota”, log out and sign back in with your Project ID!

Welcome to Antigravity sign-in screen with arrow pointing to Use business account — 2A. Click **“Use business account”**

Select your license screen showing Provide Google Cloud Project input box and Use Agent Platform instead — 2B. Enter your **Project ID** & select **Use Agent Platform instead**

Antigravity Account settings confirming Your Plan: Agent Platform — 2C. Confirm **Your Plan: Agent Platform**

💻 1. Cloud Shell & Web Editor

Click the Activate Cloud Shell (>_) icon in the top-right of the console, or launch ide.cloud.google.com ↗ directly. It comes pre-loaded with git, python, gcloud, and agy (Antigravity CLI)!

🛡️ 2. Antigravity 2.0, IDE & CLI

Run agy directly in Cloud Shell, orchestrate agents in Antigravity 2.0 ↗, or install the desktop IDE (macOS / Linux / Windows ↗) & agents-cli ↗.

✨ 3. AI Studio & Export to Antigravity

Open aistudio.google.com ↗ → Get API key → Import Projects → select your assigned project to reveal your pre-provisioned Workshop API key, or click Export to Antigravity!

Activate Cloud Shell icon in the top right of the Google Cloud Console — 3A. Click **Activate Cloud Shell** (`>_`)

Cloud Shell terminal with Open Editor button in the toolbar — 3B. Click **Open Editor** in Cloud Shell

Cloud Shell Editor with Antigravity CLI running in the integrated terminal — 3C. Type `agy` in Cloud Shell Editor terminal

Antigravity 2.0 Command Center managing coding agent conversations and walkthroughs — 3D. Antigravity 2.0 Command Center

Google AI Studio API Keys dashboard showing pre-provisioned Workshop API key — 3E. AI Studio → Import Project → Workshop API Key

Google AI Studio Export dropdown showing Export to Antigravity — 3F. AI Studio → **Export to Antigravity**

🧠 Agent Platform & Model Garden Gemini APIs, ADK & LLMs → 🚀 Cloud Run Serverless App & MCP Hosting → ☸️ GKE (Autopilot) Managed Kubernetes Runtime → 🐘 AlloyDB & Cloud SQL PostgreSQL + pgvector → 📊 BigQuery & Data Agents Knowledge Catalog, SQL & BI → 🪣 Cloud Storage & Compute Buckets & GCE VMs → 🔥 Firebase Full-Stack Web & Mobile → 📓 Workspace & NotebookLM Gmail, Docs, Chat, Drive & Notebook →

⚠️ Ephemeral Sandbox Notice

The entire environment (accounts, projects, documents) will be decommissioned at the end of the event — copy anything you want to save to a persistent GitHub repo!
DON’T abuse the system or leak API keys publicly (risk of immediate shutdown).

✅ Builder Golden Rules

DO secure all open ports and verify Your Plan: Agent Platform in Antigravity.
DO go build something Awesome! ☕🚀

⚡ Next: Challenges 1–26 → 📚 Docs & AI Economics →