Agent skill

AWS Cost Operations

by Microck in Microck/ordinary-claude-skills

This skill provides AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational best practices with integrated MCP servers for billing analysis, cost estimation, observability, and security assessment.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install AWS Cost Operations

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Microck/ordinary-claude-skills aws-cost-operations --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/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations .claude/skills/aws-cost-operations && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills/tree/main/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations into .claude/skills/aws-cost-operations/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aws-cost-operations", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills/tree/main/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Microck/ordinary-claude-skills aws-cost-operations --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations .agents/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills/tree/main/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations into .agents/skills/aws-cost-operations/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aws-cost-operations", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Microck/ordinary-claude-skills aws-cost-operations --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations .cursor/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills/tree/main/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations into .cursor/skills/aws-cost-operations/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aws-cost-operations", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.git --path skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Microck/ordinary-claude-skills aws-cost-operations --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations .gemini/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills/tree/main/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations into .gemini/skills/aws-cost-operations/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aws-cost-operations", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Microck/ordinary-claude-skills aws-cost-operations

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations .github/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills/tree/main/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations into .github/skills/aws-cost-operations/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aws-cost-operations", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Microck/ordinary-claude-skills aws-cost-operations --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations .opencode/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/Microck/ordinary-claude-skills/tree/main/skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations into .opencode/skills/aws-cost-operations/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aws-cost-operations", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: aws-cost-operations
GitHub stars: 403
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length: 1,153 words
Files: 3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 91
Repo updated: Sep 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

This skill provides AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational best practices with integrated MCP servers for billing analysis, cost estimation, observability, and security assessment.

Works in 8 steps: AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP Server → AWS Pricing MCP Server → AWS Cost Explorer MCP Server → …
Tasks that involve MCP servers
SKILL.md covers Integrated MCP Servers, When to Use This Skill, Cost Optimization Best Practices and Monitoring and Observability…, plus 5 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

AWS Cost Operations is an agent skill from Microck/ordinary-claude-skills. This skill provides AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational best practices with integrated MCP servers for billing analysis, cost estimation, observability, and security assessment.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/cloudwatch-alarms.md` and `references/operations-patterns.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering MCP servers, Security review and Cloud cost optimization. It works with Amazon Web Services, Model Context Protocol and Prometheus. The repository describes itself as: An unappealing collection of Claude Skills and resources.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve MCP servers
Tasks that involve Security review
Tasks that involve Cloud cost optimization

Example prompts

“/aws-cost-operations”

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP Server
AWS Pricing MCP Server
AWS Cost Explorer MCP Server
Amazon CloudWatch MCP Server
Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals MCP Server
AWS Managed Prometheus MCP Server
AWS CloudTrail MCP Server
AWS Well-Architected Security Assessment Tool MCP Server

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1056d29. 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

AWS Cost Operations loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~8.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,153 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~2.5k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~8.5k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,153 words (~2,457 tokens).

“This skill provides comprehensive guidance for AWS cost optimization, monitoring, observability, and operational excellence with integrated MCP servers.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Microck, Custom licence

name: aws-cost-operations

Outline of SKILL.md

AWS Cost & Operations
Integrated MCP Servers
Cost Management Servers
Monitoring & Observability Servers
Audit & Security Servers
When to Use This Skill
Cost Optimization Best Practices
Pre-Deployment Cost Estimation
Cost Analysis and Optimization
Budget Monitoring
Monitoring and Observability Best Practices
CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms
Application Performance Monitoring
Container and Kubernetes Monitoring
Audit and Security Best Practices
CloudTrail Activity Analysis
Security Assessment
Using MCP Servers Effectively
Cost Analysis Workflow
Monitoring Workflow
Security Workflow
MCP Usage Best Practices
Operational Excellence Guidelines
Cost Optimization
Monitoring and Alerting
Security and Compliance
Additional Resources
CloudWatch Alarms Reference

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations of Microck/ordinary-claude-skills.

SKILL.md
references/cloudwatch-alarms.md
references/operations-patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1056d29

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Microck/ordinary-claude-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

CommandCodeAI/agent-skillsskills/aws-cost-operations

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Questions about AWS Cost Operations

What does AWS Cost Operations do?

This skill provides AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational best practices with integrated MCP servers for billing analysis, cost estimation, observability, and security assessment. AWS Cost Operations is an agent skill from Microck/ordinary-claude-skills. This skill provides AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational best practices with integrated MCP servers for billing analysis, cost estimation, observability, and security assessment.

When should I use AWS Cost Operations?

AWS Cost Operations fits situations like: tasks that involve MCP servers; tasks that involve Security review; tasks that involve Cloud cost optimization.

How do I install AWS Cost Operations in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations in Microck/ordinary-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/aws-cost-operations in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install AWS Cost Operations in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills_all/aws-skills/skills/aws-cost-operations in Microck/ordinary-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/aws-cost-operations in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use AWS Cost Operations 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 Microck/ordinary-claude-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aws-cost-operations, .gemini/skills/aws-cost-operations, .github/skills/aws-cost-operations and .opencode/skills/aws-cost-operations in your project.

What does AWS Cost Operations need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: AWS Cost Operations is instructions for the agent only.

Does AWS Cost Operations 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 AWS Cost Operations 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 AWS Cost Operations use?

AWS Cost Operations has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does AWS Cost Operations use?

About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.8k 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 6.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to AWS Cost Operations?

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Who maintains AWS Cost Operations?

Microck (a GitHub user) maintains it in Microck/ordinary-claude-skills, which has 403 GitHub stars. The repository holds 91 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 6, 2026.

Source: Microck/ordinary-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.

AWS Cost Operations

Install AWS Cost Operations

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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