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Cloud Cost Optimization · wshobson | DecimalAI

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Cloud Cost Optimization

wshobson/cost-optimization

Source wshobson/agents ↗License MIT

Optimize cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI through resource rightsizing, tagging strategies, reserved instances, and spending analysis.

SkillScore92Maintained

Automatic

DevOps & SRE pack

Last verified 8/7/2026

What it changes

Passed 23 of 25 test cases with the skill, and 21 of 25 without it.

Without skill84%

With skill92%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

States maximum savings of up to 57%.
States savings range between 30% and 72%.

2 fixed21 passed either way2 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +8 pp
Tokens: +104%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -14%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/7/2026v123 of 25 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/wshobson-cost-optimization/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/wshobson-cost-optimization/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add wshobson-cost-optimization, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/wshobson-cost-optimization/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add wshobson-cost-optimization

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/wshobson-cost-optimization/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/wshobson-cost-optimization/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/wshobson-cost-optimization/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/wshobson-cost-optimization.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 2 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 2

Prompt

An organization is planning GCP Compute Engine spend for predictable baseline workloads using GCP Committed Use Discounts (CUD). What commitment terms and maximum savings percentage are offered?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
States commitment term options of 1 year or 3 years.	Passed	Passed
States maximum savings of up to 57%.	Missed	Passed

case-15 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/7/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md308 lines2 files

Cloud Cost Optimization

Strategies and patterns for optimizing cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.

Purpose

Implement systematic cost optimization strategies to reduce cloud spending while maintaining performance and reliability.

When to Use

Reduce cloud spending
Right-size resources
Implement cost governance
Optimize multi-cloud costs
Meet budget constraints

Cost Optimization Framework

1. Visibility

Implement cost allocation tags
Use cloud cost management tools
Set up budget alerts
Create cost dashboards

2. Right-Sizing

Analyze resource utilization
Downsize over-provisioned resources
Use auto-scaling
Remove idle resources

3. Pricing Models

Use reserved capacity
Leverage spot/preemptible instances
Implement savings plans
Use committed use discounts

4. Architecture Optimization

Track record

Benchmark

23 / 25

test cases passed, vs 21 / 25 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

wshobson / agents

plugins/cloud-infrastructure/skills/cost-optimization/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1Bundled 1 file

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What's inside

Cloud Cost Optimization

Purpose

When to Use

Cost Optimization Framework

1. Visibility

2. Right-Sizing

3. Pricing Models

4. Architecture Optimization

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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