aws-cost-expert

What This Skill Does

The aws-cost-expert skill provides the OpenClaw AI agent with advanced capabilities to analyze, monitor, and optimize AWS cloud expenditures. It leverages native AWS services including Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, Compute Optimizer, and Trusted Advisor to identify cost-saving opportunities and maintain financial governance. This skill helps users translate complex cloud billing data into actionable technical recommendations, such as right-sizing EC2 instances, migrating to Graviton (ARM) processors, and selecting the optimal purchasing model between Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and Spot instances. By integrating these analytical tools, the agent can perform automated cost audits, detect anomalies, and suggest strategic infrastructure changes that align with AWS best practices for cost-optimized cloud architectures.

Installation

To install this skill, use the following command in your OpenClaw CLI environment: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/anton-abyzov/sw-aws-cost-expert Ensure your terminal environment has active AWS CLI credentials configured with appropriate read-only IAM permissions (e.g., ce:GetCostAndUsage, compute-optimizer:GetEC2InstanceRecommendations, support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks) for the agent to successfully poll your account metadata.

Use Cases

This skill is designed for cloud architects, DevOps engineers, and FinOps practitioners who need to:

• Analyze monthly spend trends across specific services or instance families.
• Right-size infrastructure based on actual CPU/RAM utilization telemetry provided by Compute Optimizer.
• Receive alerts when budget thresholds are breached to prevent "bill shock."
• Compare commitment models to identify the best cost-to-flexibility ratio for production environments.
• Audit existing architecture against Trusted Advisor recommendations to eliminate orphaned resources or over-provisioned infrastructure.

Example Prompts

1. "Analyze my EC2 spending for the last 30 days and list the top 5 most expensive instance types."
2. "Review my current infrastructure and suggest which instances are candidates for migration to Graviton instances to save costs."
3. "Compare the potential savings between Compute Savings Plans and Reserved Instances for our steady-state, non-production workload."

Tips & Limitations

• Permissions: The skill requires read-access to your AWS billing and performance metrics. Do not provide administrative write access unless you intend for the agent to modify resources.
• Data Latency: Remember that AWS Cost Explorer data can have a latency of up to 24 hours. Plan your cost audits accordingly.
• Scope: The skill provides recommendations; always verify specific instance compatibility (especially for ARM migrations) in a staging environment before applying changes to production workloads.
• Context: Providing specific tags or time periods in your prompts will significantly improve the accuracy of the agent's analysis.