Creates Dockerfiles, configures CI/CD pipelines, writes Kubernetes manifests, and generates Terraform/Pulumi infrastructure templates. Handles deployment automation, GitOps configuration, incident response runbooks, and internal developer platform tooling. Use when setting up CI/CD pipelines, containerizing applications, managing infrastructure as code, deploying to Kubernetes clusters, configuring cloud platforms, automating releases, or responding to production incidents. Invoke for pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, GitHub Actions, on-call, or platform engineering.
cloud-architect
cloud-architect is an open-source devops skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by Jeffallan. Its author describes it as: “Designs cloud architectures, creates migration plans, generates cost optimization recommendations, and produces disaster recovery strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Use when designing cloud architectures, planning…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills`.
What cloud-architect does
1. **Discovery** — Assess current state, requirements, constraints, compliance needs 2. **Design** — Select services, design topology, plan data architecture 3. **Security** — Implement zero-trust, identity federation, encryption 4. **Cost Model** — Right-size resources, reserved capacity, auto-scaling 5. **Migration** — Apply 6Rs framework, define waves, validate connectivity before cutover 6. **Operate** — Set up monitoring, automation, continuous optimization
Installation
Add cloud-architect to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skillsAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
What's inside
The SKILL.md for cloud-architect is organised into these sections:
- Core Workflow
- Workflow Validation Checkpoints
- Reference Guide
- Constraints
- MUST DO
- MUST NOT DO
- Common Patterns with Examples
- Least-Privilege IAM (Zero-Trust)
- VPC with Public/Private Subnets (Terraform)
- Auto-Scaling Group (Terraform)
- Cost Analysis CLI
- Output Templates
When to use it
Reach for cloud-architect when you want devops help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in Jeffallan/claude-skills, an established project with 11,060 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does cloud-architect do?
- Designs cloud architectures, creates migration plans, generates cost optimization recommendations, and produces disaster recovery strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Use when designing cloud architectures, planning migrations, or optimizing multi-cloud deployments. Invoke for Well-Architected Framework, cost optimization, disaster recovery, landing zones, security architecture, serverless design.
- How do I install cloud-architect?
- Run /plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills before installing.
- Is cloud-architect free to use?
- Yes. cloud-architect is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does cloud-architect come from?
- cloud-architect ships inside Jeffallan/claude-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 11,060 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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