deploy/gcp: launch agent-box on Google Compute Engine (#848 phase 1)

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Adds deploy/gcp/, the phase 1 of #848, landed as a copy of the Azure bootstrap (option 1, as agreed on the issue). Fixes the symptom that a box cannot be launched on Google Cloud without deriving everything by hand.

• launch.sh, teardown.sh, bootstrap.sh.in, render.py, live_test.sh and a README, taken from the tested prototype in the issue (33 local checks plus a live Compute Engine run, per the issue).
• scripts/check_gcp_template.py and .github/workflows/gcp-ci.yml, keyed on deploy/gcp/**.
• A row in deploy/README.md.

Verified here: render, hash (real Caddy basic_auth), bash -n and shellcheck all pass. The sandboxed boot test and the agentbox apply --root check need passwordless sudo, which this box lacks, so they run for the first time in CI. No live GCP run from this box.

Not in this PR: the live deploy workflow (needs a maintainer-owned GCP project), the launch-page entry, the Terraform module, and the parity check against Azure. Follow-up: fold into #530.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds a GCE deployment path for agent-box. It includes a launcher, startup-script renderer and bootstrap, resource teardown, deployment documentation, a live deployment test, a local integration checker, and a GitHub Actions workflow.

Changes

GCE deployment

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Render and bootstrap agent-box deploy/gcp/render.py, deploy/gcp/bootstrap.sh.in	The renderer validates deployment values and inserts them into the startup template. The bootstrap script configures the runtime, verifies instance metadata and settings, applies agent-box configuration, and reports readiness.
Provision and remove GCE resources deploy/gcp/launch.sh, deploy/gcp/teardown.sh, deploy/README.md, deploy/gcp/README.md	The launcher creates or reuses network resources and a static IP, creates a VM, and polls bootstrap status. Teardown attempts to remove associated resources. The documentation describes launch, resource details, costs, diagnosis, validation, and known gaps.
Exercise a live GCE deployment deploy/gcp/live_test.sh	The live test checks deployment access, authentication, instance settings, and optional reboot behavior. Its exit cleanup attempts teardown.
Validate rendering and bootstrap locally scripts/check_gcp_template.py, .github/workflows/gcp-ci.yml	The local checker tests rendering, password-hash handling, and sandboxed bootstrap behavior. The workflow installs its validation tools and runs the checker for matching changes or manual dispatch.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Operator
  participant launch.sh
  participant render.py
  participant GCE
  participant bootstrap.sh.in
  Operator->>launch.sh: Provide launch options
  launch.sh->>render.py: Render startup script with IP and password hash
  launch.sh->>GCE: Create network resources and VM with startup script
  GCE->>bootstrap.sh.in: Run startup script
  bootstrap.sh.in->>GCE: Write bootstrap status guest attributes
  launch.sh->>GCE: Poll guest attribute status
  GCE-->>launch.sh: Return ready, ready-tls-pending, or failed status
  launch.sh-->>Operator: Print access details or failure guidance

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 541da

This adds a new, self-contained GCE deployment path. As written, its CI check may fail before validation starts. The local checker can also run a script as root from a directory any local user can modify. Teardown can falsely fail when another deployment's name begins with the same prefix. Fix these before relying on the new validation.

Pre-merge checks · 4 · 1

Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 21 functions across 6 files. (3 skipped: 3…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: adding a GCP launcher for agent-box on Google Compute Engine.
Description check		The description accurately summarizes the GCP deployment files, CI checks, validation status, and explicitly states the work that is out of scope.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 21 functions across 6 files. (3 skipped: 3 unsupported.)

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/gcp-ci.yml:
- Line 37: Set up Python before the pip install step so installing checker
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running scripts/check_gcp_template.py.

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- Line 26: Update the firewall-rule filter in the teardown check to match only
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- Line 199: In the temporary-directory setup used by run_boot, remove the chmod
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