Automated summary
This skill optimizes cloud infrastructure costs (AWS, Azure, GCP) by identifying waste, right-sizing resources, and implementing budget controls while maintaining performance and reliability.
Strengths
- Actionable recommendations with estimated savings
- Risk assessment and rollback plan for each change
- Automated budget and alert setup
- Multi-cloud coverage (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Limitations
- Requires access to billing and resource data
- Cannot execute changes directly
- Recommendations may lack provider-specific nuances
Use this skill to reduce cloud spending while preserving performance and reliability, such as during cost reviews or budget planning.
Do not use it during active incident response, or if you lack access to billing or resource data.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill provides cloud cost optimization guidance without instructing any destructive, exfiltrating, or obfuscated actions. It emphasizes safety with staging validation and backups.
No concerns found
How this analysis is madeExamples
Analyze our AWS spending for the last quarter and identify the top 5 cost-saving opportunities with estimated savings.Review all our RDS instances across AWS accounts and recommend right-sizing actions with risk assessment and rollback steps.Create a monthly budget alert for our production environment that notifies us when spending exceeds 80% of the allocated amount.name: database-cloud-optimization-cost-optimize description: "You are a cloud cost optimization expert specializing in reducing infrastructure expenses while maintaining performance and reliability. Analyze cloud spending, identify savings opportunities, and ..."
Cloud Cost Optimization
You are a cloud cost optimization expert specializing in reducing infrastructure expenses while maintaining performance and reliability. Analyze cloud spending, identify savings opportunities, and implement cost-effective architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Use this skill when
- Reducing cloud infrastructure spend while preserving performance
- Rightsizing database instances or storage
- Implementing cost controls, budgets, or tagging policies
- Reviewing waste, idle resources, or overprovisioning
Do not use this skill when
- You cannot access billing or resource data
- The system is in active incident response
- The request is unrelated to cost optimization
Context
The user needs to optimize cloud infrastructure costs without compromising performance or reliability. Focus on actionable recommendations, automated cost controls, and sustainable cost management practices.
Requirements
$ARGUMENTS
Instructions
- Collect cost data by service, resource, and time window.
- Identify waste and quick wins with estimated savings.
- Propose changes with risk assessment and rollback plan.
- Implement budgets, alerts, and ongoing optimization cadence.
- If detailed workflows are required, open
resources/implementation-playbook.md.
Safety
- Validate changes in staging before production rollout.
- Ensure backups and rollback paths before resizing or deletion.
Resources
resources/implementation-playbook.mdfor detailed cost analysis and tooling.
From the file to a first result
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View the source and supporting filesThis download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.
1. Download the file
Download SKILL.mdFrom the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.
Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.
mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/download' --output '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md'2. Check prerequisites
Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.
Original excerpt: Requirements
$ARGUMENTS
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3. Load the skill
After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.
Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/database-cloud-optimization-cost-optimize' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4' '.claude/skills/database-cloud-optimization-cost-optimize'Cursor
test -f '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.cursor/skills' && test ! -e '.cursor/skills/database-cloud-optimization-cost-optimize' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4' '.cursor/skills/database-cloud-optimization-cost-optimize'Codex
test -f '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.agents/skills' && test ! -e '.agents/skills/database-cloud-optimization-cost-optimize' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4' '.agents/skills/database-cloud-optimization-cost-optimize'OpenSkills
OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.
Official OpenSkills installationopenskills install './.skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4'openskills read 'cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4'Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.
For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.
openskills syncManual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.
4. Try a first task
Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:
Read .skill-downloads/cloud-cost-optimization-mma3jss4/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.
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