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Senior Cloud Architect

by borghei in borghei/Claude-Skills

A skill your agent uses when the user asks to "design cloud architecture", "set up Terraform infrastructure", "optimize cloud costs", "plan disaster recovery", "configure multi-region failover"…

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Senior Cloud Architect

skills CLI
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill senior-cloud-architect -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills senior-cloud-architect --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/senior-cloud-architect .claude/skills/senior-cloud-architect && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
senior-cloud-architect
GitHub stars
874
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
537 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
364
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the user asks to "design cloud architecture", "set up Terraform infrastructure", "optimize cloud costs", "plan disaster recovery", "configure multi-region failover"…

  • The user asks to design cloud architecture
  • SKILL.md covers Keywords, Core Capabilities, When to Use and Clarify First, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Set up Terraform infrastructure

What it does

Senior Cloud Architect is an agent skill from borghei/Claude-Skills. Use when the user asks to "design cloud architecture", "set up Terraform infrastructure", "optimize cloud costs", "plan disaster recovery", "configure multi-region failover", "audit IAM policies", "migrate to cloud", "set up VPC networking", "compare AWS vs GCP vs Azure", or "right-size cloud instances". Expert cloud architecture covering AWS, GCP, Azure, multi-cloud strategy, cost optimization, security, and infrastructure automation.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/cloud-architecture-playbooks.md` and `references/cloud-operations.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Cloud architecture, Backup and disaster recovery and Cloud cost optimization. It works with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Terraform. The repository describes itself as: 385 AI skills, 77 expert agents, and 900 stdlib Python tools for every team: engineering, PM, marketing, C-level, compliance, business ops, research, and a LinkedIn toolkit… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to design cloud architecture
  • Set up Terraform infrastructure
  • Optimize cloud costs
  • Plan disaster recovery

Example prompts

  • “design cloud architecture”
  • “set up Terraform infrastructure”
  • “optimize cloud costs”
  • “/senior-cloud-architect”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c9a1487. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Senior Cloud Architect loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 537 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from borghei/Claude-Skills at commit c9a1487, republished under its MIT licence (© borghei). 537 words, ~1,399 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/senior-cloud-architect/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
senior-cloud-architect
description
Use when the user asks to "design cloud architecture", "set up Terraform infrastructure", "optimize cloud costs", "plan disaster recovery", "configure multi-region failover", "audit IAM policies", "migrate to cloud", "set up VPC networking", "compare AWS vs GCP vs Azure", or "right-size cloud instances". Expert cloud architecture covering AWS, GCP, Azure, multi-cloud strategy, cost optimization, security, and infrastructure automation.
license
MIT + Commons Clause
metadata.version
1.1.0
metadata.author
borghei
metadata.category
engineering
metadata.domain
cloud-architecture
metadata.updated
2026-06-17
metadata.tags
cloud, aws, gcp, azure, architecture, infrastructure, terraform

Senior Cloud Architect

Expert cloud architecture and infrastructure design across AWS, GCP, and Azure — production-grade VPC/compute/database topologies, cost optimization, disaster recovery, and security posture auditing.

Keywords

cloud, aws, gcp, azure, terraform, infrastructure, vpc, eks, ecs, lambda, cost-optimization, disaster-recovery, multi-region, iam, security, migration

Core Capabilities

  • Production architecture design — Terraform VPC, multi-AZ ECS/EKS behind ALB, RDS Multi-AZ, ElastiCache, layered WAF/NACL/SG security.
  • Multi-cloud comparison — map equivalent compute, serverless, storage, database, ML, and CDN services across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Cost optimization — right-sizing, Reserved Instances/Savings Plans/Spot selection, cost-allocation tagging, budget alerting.
  • Disaster recovery — Backup/Pilot Light/Warm Standby/Multi-Site strategy selection against RTO/RPO, cross-region replication, Route 53 failover.
  • Security posture — CIS benchmark audits, network segmentation, least-privilege IAM with conditions, encryption at rest and in transit.
  • Well-Architected reviews — checklist across all six pillars (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost, sustainability).

When to Use

  • Designing a new production cloud architecture or migration.
  • Reducing cloud spend or planning reserved capacity.
  • Planning or testing disaster recovery and failover.
  • Auditing security posture against CIS benchmarks.
  • Comparing AWS / GCP / Azure for a workload.

Clarify First

Before designing the architecture, confirm these inputs. If any is unknown or vague, ASK — do not assume:

  • Target cloud(s) — AWS / GCP / Azure or multi-cloud (every topology, service mapping, and Terraform differs)
  • Workload profile & scale — traffic, statefulness, and compute type (drives the VPC / compute / database topology and sizing)
  • RTO/RPO targets — recovery objectives (selects Backup / Pilot Light / Warm Standby / Multi-Site DR)
  • Budget / cost constraint — the spend ceiling (drives right-sizing and Reserved vs Savings Plan vs Spot)

Stop rule: ask only the 2-3 that most change the output. If the user says "just draft it," proceed and list your assumptions at the top of the artifact.

References

Load the reference that matches the task — keep this file lean and pull detail on demand:

  • references/cloud-architecture-playbooks.md — quick-start commands, the cloud platform comparison matrix, the four end-to-end workflows (AWS architecture, cost optimization, DR planning, security audit) with Terraform/IAM/cost code, and the AWS Well-Architected checklist. Read when designing, optimizing, or auditing an architecture.
  • references/cloud-operations.md — troubleshooting table (latency, state locks, failover, IAM, cost spikes, peering, replication) and the architecture success criteria. Read when diagnosing an issue or defining the quality bar.
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Scope & Limitations

This skill covers:

  • Multi-cloud architecture design and comparison across AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform including VPC, compute, database, and networking
  • Disaster recovery planning, cross-region replication, and failover strategies
  • Cloud cost optimization, right-sizing, and reserved capacity planning

This skill does NOT cover:

  • Application-level code architecture or microservice design patterns (see senior-architect)
  • Kubernetes cluster internals, pod scheduling, or service mesh configuration (see senior-devops)
  • Security compliance frameworks beyond CIS benchmarks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR (see ra-qm-team/ compliance skills)
  • CI/CD pipeline design, build automation, or deployment workflows (see senior-devops)

Integration Points

SkillIntegrationData Flow
senior-devopsInfrastructure provisioning feeds into CI/CD deployment pipelinesTerraform outputs (endpoints, ARNs) → deployment configs
senior-secopsSecurity audit findings inform cloud hardening decisionsCIS benchmark results → security remediation tasks
senior-architectApplication architecture requirements drive cloud resource selectionCapacity requirements → compute/storage/network sizing
aws-solution-architectAWS-specific deep dives complement multi-cloud strategyCloud platform comparison → AWS implementation details
ra-qm-team/soc2-complianceCompliance requirements shape infrastructure security controlsCompliance matrices → IAM policies, encryption configs, audit logging
senior-fullstackFullstack application stacks deploy onto cloud infrastructureApplication stack definitions → ECS/EKS task definitions, RDS configs

© borghei, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in engineering/senior-cloud-architect of borghei/Claude-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/cloud-architecture-playbooks.md
  • references/cloud-operations.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9a1487

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Questions about Senior Cloud Architect

What does Senior Cloud Architect do?

A skill your agent uses when the user asks to "design cloud architecture", "set up Terraform infrastructure", "optimize cloud costs", "plan disaster recovery", "configure multi-region failover"…. Senior Cloud Architect is an agent skill from borghei/Claude-Skills. Use when the user asks to "design cloud architecture", "set up Terraform infrastructure", "optimize cloud costs", "plan disaster recovery", "configure multi-region failover", "audit IAM policies", "migrate to cloud", "set up VPC networking", "compare AWS vs GCP vs Azure", or "right-size cloud instances".

When should I use Senior Cloud Architect?

Senior Cloud Architect fits situations like: the user asks to design cloud architecture; set up Terraform infrastructure; optimize cloud costs; plan disaster recovery.

How do I install Senior Cloud Architect in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill senior-cloud-architect -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering/senior-cloud-architect in borghei/Claude-Skills) into .claude/skills/senior-cloud-architect in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Senior Cloud Architect in Codex?

Run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill senior-cloud-architect -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering/senior-cloud-architect in borghei/Claude-Skills) into .agents/skills/senior-cloud-architect in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Senior Cloud Architect in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill senior-cloud-architect -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/senior-cloud-architect, .gemini/skills/senior-cloud-architect, .github/skills/senior-cloud-architect and .opencode/skills/senior-cloud-architect in your project.

What does Senior Cloud Architect need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Senior Cloud Architect is instructions for the agent only.

Does Senior Cloud Architect access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Senior Cloud Architect safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Senior Cloud Architect use?

Senior Cloud Architect is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Senior Cloud Architect use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Senior Cloud Architect?

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Who maintains Senior Cloud Architect?

borghei (a GitHub user) maintains it in borghei/Claude-Skills, which has 874 GitHub stars. The repository holds 364 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: borghei/Claude-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.