aws-cost-operations
AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert. Use when analyzing AWS bills, estimating costs, setting up CloudWatch alarms, querying logs, auditing CloudTrail activity, or assessing security posture. Essential when user mentions AWS costs, spending, billing, budget, pricing, CloudWatch, observability, monitoring, alerting, CloudTrail, audit, or wants to optimize AWS infrastructure costs and operational efficiency.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill aws-cost-operations-zxkane-aws-skills --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# AWS Cost & Operations This skill provides comprehensive guidance for AWS cost optimization, monitoring, observability, and operational excellence with integrated MCP servers. ## AWS Documentation Requirement Always verify AWS facts using MCP tools (`mcp__aws-mcp__*` or `mcp__*awsdocs*__*`) before answering. The `aws-mcp-setup` dependency is auto-loaded — if MCP tools are unavailable, guide the user through that skill's setup flow. ## Integrated MCP Servers This plugin provides 3 MCP servers: ### Bundled Servers #### 1. AWS Pricing MCP Server (`pricing`) **Purpose**: Pre-deployment cost estimation and optimization - Estimate costs before deploying resources - Compare pricing across regions - Calculate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - Evaluate different service options for cost efficiency #### 2. AWS Cost Explorer MCP Server (`costexp`) **Purpose**: Detailed cost analysis and reporting - Analyze historical spending patterns - Identify cost anomalies and trends - Forecast future costs - Analyze cost by service, region, or tag #### 3. Amazon CloudWatch MCP Server (`cw`) **Purpose**: Metrics, alarms, and logs analysis - Query CloudWatch metrics and logs - Create and manage CloudWatch a
- AWS Documentation Requirement
- Integrated MCP Servers
- Bundled Servers
- When to Use This Skill
- Cost Optimization Best Practices
- Pre-Deployment Cost Estimation
- Cost Analysis and Optimization
- Budget Monitoring
- Monitoring and Observability Best Practices
- CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms
- Application Performance Monitoring
- Container and Kubernetes Monitoring
- Audit and Security Best Practices
- CloudTrail Activity Analysis
What does the aws-cost-operations skill do?
AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert. Use when analyzing AWS bills, estimating costs, setting up CloudWatch alarms, querying logs, auditing CloudTrail activity, or assessing security posture. Essential when user mentions AWS costs, spending, billing, budget, pricing, CloudWatch, observability, monitoring, alerting, CloudTrail, audit, or wants to optimize AWS infrastructure costs and operational efficiency.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill aws-cost-operations-zxkane-aws-skills --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.