AWS Billing & Cost Management

Name: AWS Billing & Cost Management
Author: aws

Domain knowledge and safe workflows for analyzing AWS costs, running cost audits, right-sizing resources, evaluating Savings Plans/Reserved Instances, and query

triggers:aws billcost analysisright-sizebudget alertcost anomalysavings planreserved instanceCURbilling view

GitHub SKILL.md

What it does

Encodes AWS billing and cost-management domain knowledge into actionable guidance and workflows. Covers Cost Explorer, Budgets, Compute Optimizer, Savings Plans and Reserved Instances evaluation, CUR queries with Athena, billing views, and common gotchas (region requirements, API differences, and deterministic calculation rules). Emphasizes safe, auditable practices for agents that interact with billing data.

When to use it

Use this skill when an agent must analyze spending, investigate cost spikes, set or manage budgets, perform right-sizing recommendations, or prepare a cost-audit report. Also invoke when querying CUR data or scoping analysis to billing views. This skill is essential before making billing-related API calls.

What's included

Scripts: none embedded in the SKILL.md, but the skill mandates using scripts/tools for deterministic calculations and includes references for query patterns and workflows.
References: linked internal references (cost-explorer, pricing lookup, cost-audit, compute-optimizer) and detailed decision guides for choosing the correct tool/API.
Instructions: rules for safe operation (always check current date, never hand-calc numbers; run scripts for arithmetic), example CLI commands for Cost Explorer, budgets, and billing-view usage, and troubleshooting notes.

Compatible agents

Designed for agents with AWS CLI or MCP server access; works best with agent runtimes that can execute scripts or call AWS APIs (e.g., MCP/AWS-integrated agents, Codex CLI, CLI-capable agent runners).

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