diff --git a/catalog/gcloud.json b/catalog/gcloud.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4679f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog/gcloud.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "gcloud",
+  "category": "platform",
+  "install_method": "gcloud_installer",
+  "description": "Google Cloud CLI for managing Google Cloud resources",
+  "homepage": "https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud",
+  "binary_name": "gcloud",
+  "skip_upstream": true,
+  "notes": "Installed via Google Cloud SDK installer; self-updates with 'gcloud components update'"
+}
diff --git a/catalog/golangci-lint.json b/catalog/golangci-lint.json
index fadb128..1085109 100644
--- a/catalog/golangci-lint.json
+++ b/catalog/golangci-lint.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint",
   "github_repo": "golangci/golangci-lint",
   "binary_name": "golangci-lint",
+  "target_dir": "go_bin",
   "download_url_template": "https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/download/{version}/golangci-lint-{version_nov}-linux-{arch}.tar.gz",
   "arch_map": {
     "x86_64": "amd64",
diff --git a/catalog/google-workspace-cli.json b/catalog/google-workspace-cli.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e633ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog/google-workspace-cli.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "google-workspace-cli",
+  "category": "platform",
+  "install_method": "github_release_binary",
+  "description": "Google Workspace command-line interface",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli",
+  "github_repo": "googleworkspace/cli",
+  "binary_name": "gws",
+  "download_url_template": "https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/releases/download/{version}/gws-{arch}-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz",
+  "arch_map": {
+    "x86_64": "x86_64",
+    "aarch64": "aarch64"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/catalog/gosec.json b/catalog/gosec.json
index 5010e22..b5b138b 100644
--- a/catalog/gosec.json
+++ b/catalog/gosec.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/securego/gosec",
   "github_repo": "securego/gosec",
   "binary_name": "gosec",
+  "target_dir": "go_bin",
   "download_url_template": "https://github.com/securego/gosec/releases/download/{version}/gosec_{version_nov}_linux_{arch}.tar.gz",
   "arch_map": {
     "x86_64": "amd64",
diff --git a/catalog/tree.json b/catalog/tree.json
index 1651dcf..3424127 100644
--- a/catalog/tree.json
+++ b/catalog/tree.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Old-Man-Programmer/tree",
   "github_repo": "Old-Man-Programmer/tree",
   "binary_name": "tree",
+  "version_flag": "--version",
   "script": "install_tree.sh",
   "tags": [
     "file-utils"
diff --git a/catalog/vhs.json b/catalog/vhs.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b00ee27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog/vhs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "vhs",
+  "category": "general",
+  "install_method": "github_release_binary",
+  "description": "CLI home video recorder - write terminal GIFs as code",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs",
+  "github_repo": "charmbracelet/vhs",
+  "binary_name": "vhs",
+  "target_dir": "go_bin",
+  "download_url_template": "https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs/releases/download/{version}/vhs_{version_nov}_Linux_{arch}.tar.gz",
+  "arch_map": {
+    "x86_64": "x86_64",
+    "aarch64": "arm64"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/install_go.sh b/scripts/install_go.sh
index 15f2928..e14e353 100755
--- a/scripts/install_go.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_go.sh
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ install_go() {
         echo "Downloading Go ${FULL_VERSION} SDK..."
         "$FULL_BINARY" download || true
 
-        # Create symlink from go1.24 -> go1.24.12 for convenience
+        # Update symlink from go1.24 -> go1.24.12
         GOBIN="$(go env GOPATH)/bin"
-        if [ -x "$GOBIN/$FULL_BINARY" ] && [ ! -e "$GOBIN/$BINARY" ]; then
+        if [ -x "$GOBIN/$FULL_BINARY" ]; then
           ln -sf "$FULL_BINARY" "$GOBIN/$BINARY" 2>/dev/null || true
-          echo "Created symlink: $BINARY -> $FULL_BINARY"
+          echo "Updated symlink: $BINARY -> $FULL_BINARY"
         fi
       fi
     else
diff --git a/scripts/installers/gcloud_installer.sh b/scripts/installers/gcloud_installer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a6381c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/installers/gcloud_installer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Google Cloud CLI installer
+set -euo pipefail
+
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+. "$DIR/lib/install_strategy.sh"
+
+TOOL="${1:-gcloud}"
+CATALOG_FILE="$DIR/../catalog/$TOOL.json"
+
+if [ ! -f "$CATALOG_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Catalog file not found: $CATALOG_FILE" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+BINARY_NAME="$(jq -r '.binary_name' "$CATALOG_FILE")"
+GCLOUD_SDK="$HOME/google-cloud-sdk"
+GCLOUD_BIN="$GCLOUD_SDK/bin"
+
+# Ensure SDK bin is in PATH for detection and post-install
+if [ -d "$GCLOUD_BIN" ]; then
+  export PATH="$GCLOUD_BIN:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# Get current version
+before="$(command -v "$BINARY_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 && "$BINARY_NAME" version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)"
+
+if command -v "$BINARY_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  # Already installed - use built-in update (quiet)
+  "$BINARY_NAME" components update --quiet 2>&1 | tail -1
+elif [ -d "$GCLOUD_SDK" ]; then
+  # SDK directory exists but gcloud not functional - try to recover
+  if [ -x "$GCLOUD_BIN/$BINARY_NAME" ]; then
+    "$GCLOUD_BIN/$BINARY_NAME" components update --quiet 2>&1 | tail -1
+  else
+    echo "[$TOOL] Error: $GCLOUD_SDK exists but gcloud not found in $GCLOUD_BIN" >&2
+    echo "[$TOOL] Remove $GCLOUD_SDK and re-run to reinstall" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  # Fresh install via Google Cloud SDK installer (quiet)
+  TMP="$(mktemp -d)"
+  INSTALLER_URL="https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz"
+  echo "[$TOOL] Downloading Google Cloud SDK..."
+  curl -fsSL "$INSTALLER_URL" -o "$TMP/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz"
+  tar -xzf "$TMP/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz" -C "$HOME"
+  rm -rf "$TMP"
+
+  # Run install script quietly (no prompts, no PATH modification, no usage reporting)
+  "$GCLOUD_SDK/install.sh" --quiet --usage-reporting false --command-completion false --path-update false 2>&1 | tail -1
+
+  export PATH="$GCLOUD_BIN:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# Symlink gcloud (and gsutil, bq) into user bin so it's in PATH without SDK-specific setup
+BIN_DIR="$(get_install_dir "$BINARY_NAME")"
+mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+for cmd in gcloud gsutil bq; do
+  if [ -x "$GCLOUD_BIN/$cmd" ]; then
+    ln -sf "$GCLOUD_BIN/$cmd" "$BIN_DIR/$cmd"
+  fi
+done
+
+# Report
+after="$(command -v "$BINARY_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 && "$BINARY_NAME" version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)"
+path="$(command -v "$BINARY_NAME" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+printf "[%s] before: %s\n" "$TOOL" "${before:-<none>}"
+printf "[%s] after:  %s\n" "$TOOL" "${after:-<none>}"
+if [ -n "$path" ]; then printf "[%s] path:   %s\n" "$TOOL" "$path"; fi
+
+# Refresh snapshot after successful installation
+refresh_snapshot "$TOOL"
diff --git a/scripts/lib/install_strategy.sh b/scripts/lib/install_strategy.sh
index 418cafa..89a990a 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/install_strategy.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib/install_strategy.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,46 @@ get_install_dir() {
   local prefix="${PREFIX:-$HOME/.local}"
   local bin_dir=""
 
+  # Check for per-tool target_dir override from catalog
+  if [ -n "$tool_name" ] && [ -n "${CATALOG_FILE:-}" ] && [ -f "${CATALOG_FILE:-}" ]; then
+    local target_dir
+    target_dir="$(jq -r '.target_dir // empty' "$CATALOG_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$target_dir" ]; then
+      case "$target_dir" in
+        go_bin)
+          # Go binary convention: update in place, fresh install to best-guess GOPATH/bin
+          local current_path
+          current_path="$(command -v "$tool_name" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "$current_path" ]; then
+            # Already installed - keep it where it is
+            echo "$(dirname "$current_path")"
+          else
+            # Fresh install - best-guess Go bin folder:
+            # 1. GOPATH/bin if GOPATH is set
+            # 2. `go env GOPATH`/bin if go is available
+            # 3. ~/go/bin (Go's default GOPATH)
+            if [ -n "${GOPATH:-}" ]; then
+              echo "$GOPATH/bin"
+            elif command -v go >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              echo "$(go env GOPATH 2>/dev/null)/bin"
+            else
+              echo "$HOME/go/bin"
+            fi
+          fi
+          return
+          ;;
+        *)
+          # Generic target_dir: expand ~ and $HOME
+          target_dir="${target_dir/#\~/$HOME}"
+          target_dir="${target_dir//\$\{HOME\}/$HOME}"
+          target_dir="${target_dir//\$HOME/$HOME}"
+          echo "$target_dir"
+          return
+          ;;
+      esac
+    fi
+  fi
+
   case "$strategy" in
     CURRENT)
       # Keep tool where it is currently installed