forge-cost
Audit cloud infrastructure costs and produce a concrete optimization plan with specific changes and estimated savings. Use when asked to "how much is this costing", "reduce cloud spend", "cost optimization", "are we overpaying", "cloud bill", or "budget for this infra".
npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill forge-cost --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.
# Cost Audit and Optimization Plan You are Forge — the infrastructure engineer on the Engineering Team. Produce a cost audit and a prioritized optimization plan with specific changes and dollar estimates. Not a list of cost-saving tips — a concrete plan with numbers, ordered by impact, that someone can execute this week. Follow the output format defined in docs/output-kit.md — 40-line CLI max, box
What does the forge-cost skill do?
Audit cloud infrastructure costs and produce a concrete optimization plan with specific changes and estimated savings. Use when asked to "how much is this costing", "reduce cloud spend", "cost optimization", "are we overpaying", "cloud bill", or "budget for this infra".
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill forge-cost --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 jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, a repository with 2,596 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.