AWS Cost Operations
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.
AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert.
Install AWS Cost Operations
$ npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install zxkane/aws-skills aws-cost-operations --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations .claude/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-cost-ops/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 install https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operationsType 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.
$ npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install zxkane/aws-skills aws-cost-operations --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations .agents/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-cost-ops/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.
$ npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install zxkane/aws-skills aws-cost-operations --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations .cursor/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-cost-ops/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 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git --path plugins/aws-cost-ops/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.
$ npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install zxkane/aws-skills aws-cost-operations --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations .gemini/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-cost-ops/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.
$ gh skill install zxkane/aws-skills aws-cost-operationsInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations .github/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-cost-ops/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.
$ npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install zxkane/aws-skills aws-cost-operations --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations .opencode/skills/aws-cost-operations && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "aws-cost-operations" agent skill from https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-cost-ops/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
- 367
- Token cost
- ~2.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,041 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert.
- Works in 3 steps: AWS Pricing MCP Server (pricing) → AWS Cost Explorer MCP Server (costexp) → Amazon CloudWatch MCP Server (cw)
- Analyzing AWS bills
- SKILL.md covers AWS Documentation Requirement, Integrated MCP Servers, When to Use This Skill and Cost Optimization Best Practices, plus 6 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 zxkane/aws-skills. AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert. Use when analyzing AWS bills, estimating costs, setting up CloudWatch alarms, querying logs, auditing CloudTrail activity, or assessing security posture. Essential when user mentions AWS costs, spending, billing, budget, pricing, CloudWatch, observability, monitoring, alerting, CloudTrail, audit, or wants to optimize AWS infrastructure costs and operational efficiency.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/cloudwatch-alarms.md` and `references/operations-patterns.md`).
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Monitoring and alerting, MCP servers and Observability. It works with Amazon Web Services and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code plugins and agent skills for AWS development — IaC(CDK/SST), serverless, cost ops, and Bedrock AgentCore. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Analyzing AWS bills
- Estimating costs
- Setting up CloudWatch alarms
- Auditing CloudTrail activity
Example prompts
- “/aws-cost-operations”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): mcp__pricing__*, mcp__costexp__*, mcp__cw__*, mcp__aws-mcp__*, mcp__awsdocs__*, Bash(aws ce *), Bash(aws cloudwatch *), Bash(aws logs *), Bash(aws budgets *), Bash(aws cloudtrail *), Bash(aws sts get-caller-identity)
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 68530c6. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
mcp__pricing__*mcp__costexp__*mcp__cw__*mcp__aws-mcp__*mcp__awsdocs__*Bash(aws ce *)Bash(aws cloudwatch *)Bash(aws logs *)Bash(aws budgets *)Bash(aws cloudtrail *)
…and 1 more on the same allowed-tools line.
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 2.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~8.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,041 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 zxkane/aws-skills at commit 68530c6, republished under its MIT licence (© zxkane). 1,041 words, ~2,366 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/aws-cost-operations/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- aws-cost-operations
- description
- AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert. Use when analyzing AWS bills, estimating costs, setting up CloudWatch alarms, querying logs, auditing CloudTrail activity, or assessing security posture. Essential when user mentions AWS costs, spending, billing, budget, pricing, CloudWatch, observability, monitoring, alerting, CloudTrail, audit, or wants to optimize AWS infrastructure costs and operational efficiency.
- allowed-tools
- mcp__pricing__*, mcp__costexp__*, mcp__cw__*, mcp__aws-mcp__*, mcp__awsdocs__*, Bash(aws ce *), Bash(aws cloudwatch *), Bash(aws logs *), Bash(aws budgets *), Bash(aws cloudtrail *), Bash(aws sts get-caller-identity)
- context
- fork
- skills
- aws-mcp-setup
AWS Cost & Operations
This skill provides comprehensive guidance for AWS cost optimization, monitoring, observability, and operational excellence with integrated MCP servers.
AWS Documentation Requirement
Always verify AWS facts using MCP tools (mcp__aws-mcp__* or mcp__*awsdocs*__*) before answering. The aws-mcp-setup dependency is auto-loaded — if MCP tools are unavailable, guide the user through that skill's setup flow.
Integrated MCP Servers
This plugin provides 3 MCP servers:
Bundled Servers
1. AWS Pricing MCP Server (pricing)
Purpose: Pre-deployment cost estimation and optimization
- Estimate costs before deploying resources
- Compare pricing across regions
- Calculate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Evaluate different service options for cost efficiency
2. AWS Cost Explorer MCP Server (costexp)
Purpose: Detailed cost analysis and reporting
- Analyze historical spending patterns
- Identify cost anomalies and trends
- Forecast future costs
- Analyze cost by service, region, or tag
3. Amazon CloudWatch MCP Server (cw)
Purpose: Metrics, alarms, and logs analysis
- Query CloudWatch metrics and logs
- Create and manage CloudWatch alarms
- Troubleshoot operational issues
- Monitor resource utilization
Note: The following servers are available separately via the Full AWS MCP Server (see
aws-mcp-setupskill) and are not bundled with this plugin:
- AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP — Real-time billing details
- CloudWatch Application Signals MCP — APM and SLOs
- AWS Managed Prometheus MCP — PromQL queries for containers
- AWS CloudTrail MCP — API activity audit
- AWS Well-Architected Security Assessment MCP — Security posture assessment
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Optimizing AWS costs and reducing spending
- Estimating costs before deployment
- Monitoring application and infrastructure performance
- Setting up observability and alerting
- Analyzing spending patterns and trends
- Investigating operational issues
- Auditing AWS activity and changes
- Assessing security posture
- Implementing operational excellence
Cost Optimization Best Practices
Pre-Deployment Cost Estimation
Always estimate costs before deploying:
- Use AWS Pricing MCP to estimate resource costs
- Compare pricing across different regions
- Evaluate alternative service options
- Calculate expected monthly costs
- Plan for scaling and growth
Example workflow:
"Estimate the monthly cost of running a Lambda function with
1 million invocations, 512MB memory, 3-second duration in us-east-1"Cost Analysis and Optimization
Regular cost reviews:
- Use Cost Explorer MCP to analyze spending trends
- Identify cost anomalies and unexpected charges
- Review costs by service, region, and environment
- Compare actual vs. budgeted costs
- Generate cost optimization recommendations
Cost optimization strategies:
- Right-size over-provisioned resources
- Use appropriate storage classes (S3, EBS)
- Implement auto-scaling for dynamic workloads
- Leverage Savings Plans and Reserved Instances
- Delete unused resources and snapshots
- Use cost allocation tags effectively
Budget Monitoring
Track spending against budgets:
- Use Billing and Cost Management MCP to monitor budgets
- Set up budget alerts for threshold breaches
- Review budget utilization regularly
- Adjust budgets based on trends
- Implement cost controls and governance
Monitoring and Observability Best Practices
CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms
Implement comprehensive monitoring:
- Use CloudWatch MCP to query metrics and logs
- Set up alarms for critical metrics:
- CPU and memory utilization
- Error rates and latency
- Queue depths and processing times
- API gateway throttling
- Lambda errors and timeouts
- Create CloudWatch dashboards for visualization
- Use log insights for troubleshooting
Example alarm scenarios:
- Lambda error rate > 1%
- EC2 CPU utilization > 80%
- API Gateway 4xx/5xx error spike
- DynamoDB throttled requests
- ECS task failures
Application Performance Monitoring
Monitor application health:
- Use CloudWatch Application Signals MCP for APM
- Track service-level objectives (SLOs)
- Monitor application dependencies
- Identify performance bottlenecks
- Set up distributed tracing
Container and Kubernetes Monitoring
For containerized workloads:
- Use AWS Managed Prometheus MCP for metrics
- Monitor container resource utilization
- Track pod and node health
- Create PromQL queries for custom metrics
- Set up alerts for container anomalies
Audit and Security Best Practices
CloudTrail Activity Analysis
Audit AWS activity:
- Use CloudTrail MCP to analyze API activity
- Track who made changes to resources
- Investigate security incidents
- Monitor for suspicious activity patterns
- Audit compliance with policies
Common audit scenarios:
- "Who deleted this S3 bucket?"
- "Show all IAM role changes in the last 24 hours"
- "List failed login attempts"
- "Find all actions by a specific user"
- "Track modifications to security groups"
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Security Assessment
Regular security reviews:
- Use Well-Architected Security Assessment MCP
- Assess security posture against best practices
- Identify security gaps and vulnerabilities
- Implement recommended security improvements
- Document security compliance
Security assessment areas:
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Detective controls and monitoring
- Infrastructure protection
- Data protection and encryption
- Incident response preparedness
Using MCP Servers Effectively
Cost Analysis Workflow
- Pre-deployment: Use Pricing MCP to estimate costs
- Post-deployment: Use Billing MCP to track actual spending
- Analysis: Use Cost Explorer MCP for detailed cost analysis
- Optimization: Implement recommendations from Cost Explorer
Monitoring Workflow
- Setup: Configure CloudWatch metrics and alarms
- Monitor: Use CloudWatch MCP to track key metrics
- Analyze: Use Application Signals for APM insights
- Troubleshoot: Query CloudWatch Logs for issue resolution
Security Workflow
- Audit: Use CloudTrail MCP to review activity
- Assess: Use Well-Architected Security Assessment
- Remediate: Implement security recommendations
- Monitor: Track security events via CloudWatch
MCP Usage Best Practices
- Cost Awareness: Check pricing before deploying resources
- Proactive Monitoring: Set up alarms for critical metrics
- Regular Reviews: Analyze costs and performance weekly
- Audit Trails: Review CloudTrail logs for compliance
- Security First: Run security assessments regularly
- Optimize Continuously: Act on cost and performance recommendations
Operational Excellence Guidelines
Cost Optimization
- Tag Everything: Use consistent cost allocation tags
- Review Monthly: Analyze spending trends and anomalies
- Right-size: Match resources to actual usage
- Automate: Use auto-scaling and scheduling
- Monitor Budgets: Set alerts for cost overruns
Monitoring and Alerting
- Critical Metrics: Alert on business-critical metrics
- Noise Reduction: Fine-tune thresholds to reduce false positives
- Actionable Alerts: Ensure alerts have clear remediation steps
- Dashboard Visibility: Create dashboards for key stakeholders
- Log Retention: Balance cost and compliance needs
Security and Compliance
- Least Privilege: Grant minimum required permissions
- Audit Regularly: Review CloudTrail logs for anomalies
- Encrypt Data: Use encryption at rest and in transit
- Assess Continuously: Run security assessments frequently
- Incident Response: Have procedures for security events
Additional Resources
For detailed operational patterns and best practices, refer to the comprehensive reference:
File: references/operations-patterns.md
This reference includes:
- Cost optimization strategies
- Monitoring and alerting patterns
- Observability best practices
- Security and compliance guidelines
- Troubleshooting workflows
CloudWatch Alarms Reference
File: references/cloudwatch-alarms.md
Common alarm configurations for:
- Lambda functions
- EC2 instances
- RDS databases
- DynamoDB tables
- API Gateway
- ECS services
- Application Load Balancers
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Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations of zxkane/aws-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/cloudwatch-alarms.md
- references/operations-patterns.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 68530c6
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| AWS Cost Operations this skillzxkane/aws-skills | 367 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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Questions about AWS Cost Operations
What does AWS Cost Operations do?
AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert. AWS Cost Operations is an agent skill from zxkane/aws-skills. AWS cost optimization, monitoring, and operational excellence expert.
When should I use AWS Cost Operations?
AWS Cost Operations fits situations like: analyzing AWS bills; estimating costs; setting up CloudWatch alarms; auditing CloudTrail activity.
How do I install AWS Cost Operations in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations in zxkane/aws-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 zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-cost-operations -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/aws-cost-ops/skills/aws-cost-operations in zxkane/aws-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 zxkane/aws-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. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: mcp__pricing__*, mcp__costexp__*, mcp__cw__*, mcp__aws-mcp__*, mcp__awsdocs__*, Bash(aws ce *), Bash(aws cloudwatch *), Bash(aws logs *), Bash(aws budgets *), Bash(aws cloudtrail *), Bash(aws sts get-caller-identity).
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 is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does AWS Cost Operations use?
About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.5k 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?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with AWS Cost Operations: AWS Cost Operations (Microck/ordinary-claude-skills, 404 stars), Eks Cost Intelligence (aws-samples/appmod-blueprints, 115 stars), AWS Cost Operations (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and AWS Strands Agents Agentcore (sammcj/agentic-coding, 162 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains AWS Cost Operations?
zxkane (a GitHub user) maintains it in zxkane/aws-skills, which has 367 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 15, 2026.
Source: zxkane/aws-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.