Can this skill help with FinOps practices?

Yes, it covers the core pillars of FinOps, including visibility through tagging, optimization through rightsizing, and governance through automated alerts.

Does it include code for automation?

Yes, it includes Terraform snippets for implementing tagging strategies, AWS budget alerts, S3 lifecycle policies, and auto-scaling configurations.

How does it help with AWS-specific savings?

It provides detailed patterns for using Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, and S3 storage tier transitions to maximize ROI.

Which cloud providers does this skill support?

This skill provides optimization strategies and implementation patterns specifically for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Cloud Cost Optimization

Name: Cloud Cost Optimization
Author: Microck

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Cloud Infrastructure

Optimizes cloud infrastructure expenses through systematic resource rightsizing, tagging strategies, and strategic pricing models.

This skill provides comprehensive guidance for reducing cloud spending across AWS, Azure, and GCP by implementing cost governance policies and architectural best practices. It empowers Claude to analyze resource utilization, suggest appropriate pricing models like Reserved Instances or Spot instances, and automate cost-monitoring workflows using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) examples for budgets, tagging, and storage lifecycle policies. Whether you are managing a startup budget or enterprise-scale infrastructure, this skill helps maintain performance while minimizing waste.

Key Features

01Multi-cloud optimization strategies for AWS, Azure, and GCP

02122 GitHub stars

03Resource right-sizing patterns to eliminate over-provisioning

04Automated storage lifecycle management and data transfer optimization

05Pricing model guidance for Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot instances

06Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) snippets for budget alerts and tagging

Use Cases

01Implementing standardized resource tagging for granular cost allocation

02Reducing monthly cloud bills by identifying and downsizing idle resources

03Automating cloud budget alerts and cost anomaly detection via Terraform

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add microck/ordinary-claude-skills cost-optimization

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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