Overview
cost-optimization is an open-source devops skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wshobson. Its author describes it as: “Optimize cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI through resource rightsizing, tagging strategies, reserved instances, and spending analysis. Use when reducing cloud expenses, analyzing infrastructure costs, or im…”. The project has 39k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents`.
What cost-optimization does
Strategies and patterns for optimizing cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
Best for
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for cost-optimization is organised into these sections:
- Purpose
- When to Use
- Cost Optimization Framework
- 1. Visibility
- 2. Right-Sizing
- 3. Pricing Models
- 4. Architecture Optimization
- AWS Cost Optimization
- Reserved Instances
- Savings Plans
- Spot Instances
- S3 Cost Optimization
Installation
Add cost-optimization to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agentsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
- Cursor — declared in the repository topics
- OpenCode — declared in the repository topics
- GitHub Copilot — declared in the repository topics
- Antigravity — declared in the repository topics
License
cost-optimization is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in wshobson/agents, an established project with 39,066 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Antigravity
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
- Its repository gained 669 GitHub stars over the last 24 days
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Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does cost-optimization do?
- Optimize cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI through resource rightsizing, tagging strategies, reserved instances, and spending analysis. Use when reducing cloud expenses, analyzing infrastructure costs, or implementing cost governance policies.
- How do I install cost-optimization?
- Run /plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wshobson/agents before installing.
- Is cost-optimization free to use?
- Yes. cost-optimization is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does cost-optimization work with?
- cost-optimization lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Antigravity — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does cost-optimization come from?
- cost-optimization ships inside wshobson/agents, a repository that contains 54 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 39,066 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
