Aws Cost Explorer
Provides AWS guidance and assistance for deploying and managing cloud infrastructure.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add aws-cost-explorer npx -- -y @trustedskills/aws-cost-explorer
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"aws-cost-explorer": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/aws-cost-explorer"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows AI agents to query and analyze AWS Cost Explorer data. It can retrieve cost and usage information, filter by various dimensions like service, region, or account, and identify trends in spending. The agent can then present this data in a structured format for reporting and decision-making.
When to use it
- Budget Analysis: Determine if current AWS spending aligns with budget projections.
- Cost Optimization: Identify services or regions contributing most to overall costs.
- Anomaly Detection: Investigate unexpected spikes in AWS expenses.
- Resource Allocation: Understand how resources are being utilized and identify potential areas for efficiency gains.
Key capabilities
- Retrieval of cost and usage data
- Filtering by service, region, account, and other dimensions
- Identification of spending trends over time
- Structured reporting of AWS costs
Example prompts
- "Show me my total AWS spend for the last month."
- "What are the top 5 most expensive services in my AWS account?"
- "Compare our EC2 costs between this quarter and last quarter."
- "Find any unusual spikes in S3 storage costs over the past week."
Tips & gotchas
- Requires appropriate AWS IAM permissions to access Cost Explorer data.
- The skill's output is dependent on the granularity of available cost data within your AWS account.
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