Can it help with FinOps reporting?

Absolutely. It assists in establishing mandatory tag taxonomies and cost allocation models to enable visibility through showback before moving to chargeback models.

How does this skill identify cost savings?

It analyzes resource utilization data against established best-practice thresholds, such as the 40% utilization mark for compute, and identifies unowned or idle resources.

Does it support multiple cloud providers?

Yes, the skill provides implementation patterns for major providers including AWS (S3, RIs), GCP (GCS, CUDs, preemptible), and Azure, as well as Kubernetes-specific optimization.

How does it handle spot instance reliability?

The skill provides guidance on diversification strategies, SIGTERM graceful shutdown patterns, and mixed node pool configurations to maintain availability while using lower-cost compute.

Cloud Cost Optimization

Name: Cloud Cost Optimization
Author: rnavarych

byrnavarych

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Cloud Infrastructure

Optimizes cloud infrastructure spending by implementing strategic rightsizing, resource lifecycle management, and rigorous FinOps best practices.

This skill empowers Claude to act as a FinOps specialist, analyzing cloud environments to identify cost drivers and implement comprehensive savings strategies. It provides domain-specific guidance on instance rightsizing, purchasing commitments like Reserved Instances or Savings Plans, and managing spot/preemptible instances for fault-tolerant workloads. Beyond compute scaling, it helps establish mandatory tagging taxonomies, storage lifecycle policies, and automated cleanup routines to eliminate architectural waste, ensuring cloud spend remains efficient and aligned with business unit economics.

Key Features

01Reserved Instance and Savings Plan strategy development

02Automated unused resource identification and cleanup

03FinOps tagging and cost allocation framework setup

04Instance rightsizing and utilization analysis

05Storage lifecycle policy configuration and optimization

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Use Cases

01Analyzing monthly cloud bills to identify and eliminate top cost drivers

02Migrating fault-tolerant workloads to spot instances to reduce compute costs

03Designing a tagging strategy for multi-team cost showback and accountability

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add rnavarych/alpha-engineer cost-optimization

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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