Cloud Retention Config

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve File uploads and storage
• Tasks that involve Privacy and GDPR

Example prompts

• “Use the cloud-retention-config skill to configure cloud storage retention policies across AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, and Google Cloud Storage”
• “/cloud-retention-config”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Identical retention periods: Replicated data in the destination region must have the same retention period as the source.
2. 2Synchronized lifecycle rules: Lifecycle transitions and expirations must be configured identically on source and destination…
3. 3Legal hold propagation: Legal holds applied in the source must also be applied in the destination. Configure automated propagation.
4. 4Deletion propagation: When an object expires or is deleted in the source, the replica must also be deleted. Configure replication to…
5. 5Jurisdictional considerations: If the destination region is in a different jurisdiction, confirm that the applicable retention…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9b2ef9e. 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

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • gcloud
  • aws
  • az

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gcloud, aws and az, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  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

Cloud Retention Config loads about 3.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,294 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~93

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~3.7k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5.3k

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

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills at commit 9b2ef9e, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mukul975). 1,294 words, ~3,705 tokens.

name

cloud-retention-config

description

Configures cloud storage retention policies across AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, and Google Cloud Storage. Covers lifecycle rules, object lock, legal hold, immutability policies, cross-region replication retention alignment, and compliance mode configuration. Activate for cloud retention, S3 lifecycle, Azure retention, GCP retention policy queries.

license

Apache-2.0

metadata.author

mukul975

metadata.version

1.0

metadata.domain

privacy

metadata.subdomain

data-retention-deletion

metadata.tags

cloud-retention, s3-lifecycle, azure-blob-retention, gcp-retention, object-lock

{
  "Rules": [
    {
      "ID": "customer-data-lifecycle",
      "Filter": {
        "Prefix": "customer-data/"
      },
      "Status": "Enabled",
      "Transitions": [
        {
          "Days": 90,
          "StorageClass": "GLACIER_IR"
        },
        {
          "Days": 365,
          "StorageClass": "DEEP_ARCHIVE"
        }
      ],
      "Expiration": {
        "Days": 2190
      },
      "NoncurrentVersionTransitions": [
        {
          "NoncurrentDays": 30,
          "StorageClass": "GLACIER_IR"
        }
      ],
      "NoncurrentVersionExpiration": {
        "NoncurrentDays": 2190
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ObjectLockConfiguration": {
    "ObjectLockEnabled": "Enabled",
    "Rule": {
      "DefaultRetention": {
        "Mode": "GOVERNANCE",
        "Days": 2190
      }
    }
  }
}

aws s3api put-object-legal-hold \
  --bucket orion-data-vault-regulated \
  --key customer-data/2024/transaction-batch-0142.parquet \
  --legal-hold Status=ON

{
  "properties": {
    "immutabilityPeriodSinceCreationInDays": 2190,
    "allowProtectedAppendWrites": true,
    "allowProtectedAppendWritesAll": false
  }
}

{
  "rules": [
    {
      "enabled": true,
      "name": "customer-data-retention",
      "type": "Lifecycle",
      "definition": {
        "filters": {
          "blobTypes": ["blockBlob"],
          "prefixMatch": ["customer-data/"]
        },
        "actions": {
          "baseBlob": {
            "tierToCool": {
              "daysAfterModificationGreaterThan": 90
            },
            "tierToArchive": {
              "daysAfterModificationGreaterThan": 365
            },
            "delete": {
              "daysAfterModificationGreaterThan": 2190
            }
          },
          "snapshot": {
            "delete": {
              "daysAfterCreationGreaterThan": 2190
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "enabled": true,
      "name": "analytics-data-retention",
      "type": "Lifecycle",
      "definition": {
        "filters": {
          "blobTypes": ["blockBlob"],
          "prefixMatch": ["analytics/"]
        },
        "actions": {
          "baseBlob": {
            "tierToCool": {
              "daysAfterModificationGreaterThan": 90
            },
            "delete": {
              "daysAfterModificationGreaterThan": 790
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

az storage container legal-hold set \
  --account-name oriondatavault \
  --container-name regulated-data \
  --tags "litigation-2026-001" "regulatory-investigation-2026-003"

{
  "retentionPolicy": {
    "retentionPeriod": "189216000",
    "isLocked": false
  }
}

gcloud storage buckets update gs://orion-regulated-finance \
  --lock-retention-policy

gcloud storage objects update gs://orion-regulated-data/customer-data/batch-0142.parquet \
  --temporary-hold

{
  "lifecycle": {
    "rule": [
      {
        "action": {
          "type": "SetStorageClass",
          "storageClass": "NEARLINE"
        },
        "condition": {
          "age": 90,
          "matchesPrefix": ["customer-data/"]
        }
      },
      {
        "action": {
          "type": "SetStorageClass",
          "storageClass": "ARCHIVE"
        },
        "condition": {
          "age": 365,
          "matchesPrefix": ["customer-data/"]
        }
      },
      {
        "action": {
          "type": "Delete"
        },
        "condition": {
          "age": 2190,
          "matchesPrefix": ["customer-data/"]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/privacy/cloud-retention-config of mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills.

• SKILL.md
• assets/template.md
• references/standards.md
• references/workflows.md
• scripts/process.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9b2ef9e