How it works

G-Cloud Kit follows a structured workflow from supplier setup to submission. Each phase builds on outputs from earlier phases:

Supplier
Profile
→
Service
Design
→
SDD +
Evidence
→
Review &
Submit
→
Go-to-
Market

Supplier Profile

Create reusable company profile with certifications, data centres, and supplier info. This is the root dependency — 13 of 25 commands read it.

Commands: /gcloud-kit:supplier-profile

Service Design

Design your cloud service offering with value proposition and competitive positioning. Second gate — all per-service commands require it.

Commands: /gcloud-kit:service-design

SDD + Evidence

Generate Service Definition Documents, pricing, security evidence, and supplier declarations.

Commands: sdd-lot1, sdd-lot2, sdd-lot3, pricing, security, declaration

Review & Submit

Check completeness, compare with competitors, and bundle into a submission-ready package.

Commands: review, compare, submission-pack

Go-to-Market

Generate marketing content, press releases, social media posts, and document your submission journey.

Commands: marketing, story

Independent Commands

Four market intelligence commands can run independently at any time using bundled CCS data — no supplier profile or service design needed:

/gcloud-kit:sales

Analyze £16B+ G-Cloud spend data across 260K transactions (2012–2023).

/gcloud-kit:marketplace-data

Extract and analyze Digital Marketplace data covering 44K+ listed services.

/gcloud-kit:customer

Look up CCS customer URNs for MI reporting across 52K organisations.

/gcloud-kit:targets

Identify target accounts by cross-referencing URN and spend data.

Recommended Sequence

/gcloud-kit:supplier-profile        # Phase 1: Create company profile
/gcloud-kit:service-design          # Phase 2: Design service offering
/gcloud-kit:sdd-lot2                # Phase 3: Generate SDD (pick your lot)
/gcloud-kit:pricing                 # Phase 3: Create pricing document
/gcloud-kit:security                # Phase 3: Generate security assertions
/gcloud-kit:declaration             # Phase 3: Complete supplier declaration
/gcloud-kit:review                  # Phase 4: Check completeness
/gcloud-kit:submission-pack         # Phase 4: Bundle for CCS submission
/gcloud-kit:marketing               # Phase 5: Marketing content pack
/gcloud-kit:story                   # Phase 5: Document your journey

See the full dependency matrix for detailed input requirements.