gcp-networking-optimizer

What This Skill Does

The gcp-networking-optimizer skill acts as a specialized consultant for GCP infrastructure cost management. It helps organizations demystify the complex, often opaque world of Google Cloud egress and networking charges. Rather than performing automated actions, it provides a structured framework for analyzing billing exports, VPC configurations, and NAT setups to identify high-cost areas. By correlating technical architecture with billing data, the skill identifies misconfigurations like missing Private Google Access, inefficient inter-region traffic patterns, or opportunities to optimize Cloud Interconnect usage. It delivers actionable recommendations including cost-saving configurations for Terraform.

Installation

You can install this skill directly using the OpenClaw CLI: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/anmolnagpal/networking-optimizer

Use Cases

• Monthly Cost Auditing: Identify why network egress costs spiked in a specific project.
• Architecture Review: Evaluate whether your current inter-region traffic topology is the most cost-effective path.
• Hybrid Connectivity Planning: Determine the exact data volume threshold where migrating from VPN to Cloud Interconnect results in a positive ROI.
• Policy Enforcement: Assess if VPC Service Controls are correctly configured to prevent unexpected egress data leakage.

Example Prompts

1. "I am seeing a $2,000 egress charge from my us-central1 project to europe-west1. Analyze this billing export and suggest a more efficient architecture."
2. "Here are my VPC and router exports. Are there any subnets missing Private Google Access that could be reducing my Cloud NAT processing costs?"
3. "My team is considering moving from public internet VPN to Dedicated Interconnect. Based on our current 5TB/month throughput, does this make financial sense?"

Tips & Limitations

This skill is instruction-only and does not execute API commands or modify your GCP infrastructure. To get the most accurate results, provide data from the last 30 days of your billing exports. When sharing logs or CLI output, ensure you redact sensitive project IDs or internal IP addresses. The quality of the optimization report is directly proportional to the detail provided in the input files. If you do not have CLI access, manual descriptions of your regional deployment footprint and estimated monthly networking budget are sufficient for high-level guidance.