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cost-optimization
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.
Installation
Add cost-optimization to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agentsAlways 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 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
When to use it
Reach for cost-optimization 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 wshobson/agents, an established project with 38,890 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
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.
- Where does cost-optimization come from?
- cost-optimization ships inside wshobson/agents, a repository that contains 54 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 38,890 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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