Cloud Cost Estimator Skill

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Estimate cloud costs across AWS, Azure, and GCP with pricing comparison

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Overview

Estimates cloud costs across AWS, Azure, and GCP with provider comparison, reserved instance recommendations, and savings plan analysis.

Capabilities

Estimate cloud costs (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Compare pricing across providers
Reserved instance recommendations
Savings plan analysis
Spot instance cost modeling
Cost breakdown by service
Integration with Infracost for IaC

Target Processes

cloud-architecture-design
iac-review
migration-strategy

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["resources"],
  "properties": {
    "resources": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": { "type": "string" },
          "provider": { "type": "string" },
          "specs": { "type": "object" },
          "quantity": { "type": "number" }
        }
      }
    },
    "providers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": ["aws", "azure", "gcp"]
      },
      "default": ["aws"]
    },
    "options": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "region": {
          "type": "string",
          "default": "us-east-1"
        },
        "currency": {
          "type": "string",
          "default": "USD"
        },
        "includeReserved": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "default": true
        },
        "duration": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["hourly", "monthly", "yearly"],
          "default": "monthly"
        }
      }
    },
    "iacPath": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Path to IaC files for Infracost analysis"
    }
  }
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "estimates": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "provider": { "type": "string" },
          "totalCost": { "type": "number" },
          "breakdown": { "type": "array" }
        }
      }
    },
    "comparison": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "cheapest": { "type": "string" },
        "savings": { "type": "number" }
      }
    },
    "recommendations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": { "type": "string" },
          "potentialSavings": { "type": "number" },
          "description": { "type": "string" }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

{
  kind: 'skill',
  skill: {
    name: 'cloud-cost-estimator',
    context: {
      resources: [
        { type: 'ec2', provider: 'aws', specs: { instanceType: 'm5.large' }, quantity: 5 }
      ],
      providers: ['aws', 'azure', 'gcp'],
      options: {
        region: 'us-east-1',
        includeReserved: true
      }
    }
  }
}

Signals

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Last commit: Sep 2026

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Key: cloud-cost-estimator
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