google-cloud-npm

Version	2026.243.0100
Repo	box/github.com/opencharly/layer-google-cloud-npm:v2026.243.0515

Installs the Firebase CLI globally via npm so firebase is on PATH. The candy depends on google-cloud + nodejs and ships a package.json pinning firebase-tools, which the build installs globally under NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX (~/.npm-global). The result is verifiable: the firebase binary lands in ~/.npm-global/bin, the firebase-tools package is unpacked under ~/.npm-global/lib/node_modules, and firebase –version exits cleanly and prints a semantic version. The Gemini CLI is provided by the gemini candy (which pins @google/gemini-cli) — this candy requires it rather than re-installing gemini at an unpinned version, so a composing box that also composes gemini never has its pinned version overwritten by a * install.

Acceptance plan

This candy’s plan: — the runnable spec charly check executes against a live deployment. check: steps are idempotent probes; run: steps change state.

Intent	Step
check	the firebase binary is installed into the npm global bin directory
check	the firebase-tools package is unpacked under the npm global lib directory
check	running firebase –version exits cleanly and prints a semantic version