aws-cost-operations

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SKILL.md (first lines)

# AWS Cost & Operations

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

## AWS Documentation Requirement

**CRITICAL**: This skill requires AWS MCP tools for accurate, up-to-date AWS information.

### Before Answering AWS Questions

1. **Always verify** using AWS MCP tools (if available):
   - `mcp__aws-mcp__aws___search_documentation` or `mcp__*awsdocs*__aws___search_documentation` - Search AWS docs
   - `mcp__aws-mcp__aws___read_documentation` or `mcp__*awsdocs*__aws___read_documentation` - Read specific pages
   - `mcp__aws-mcp__aws___get_regional_availability` - Check service availability

2. **If AWS MCP tools are unavailable**:
   - Guide user to configure AWS MCP: See [AWS MCP Setup Guide](../../docs/aws-mcp-setup.md)
   - Help determine which option fits their environment:
     - Has uvx + AWS credentials → Full AWS MCP Server
     - No Python/credentials → AWS Documentation MCP (no auth)
   - If cannot determine → Ask user which option to use

## Integrated MCP Servers

This skill includes 8 MCP servers automatically configured with the plugin:

### Cost Management Servers

#### 1. AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP Server
**Purpose**: Real-time billing and cost management
- View current AWS spending and trends
- Analyze billing details across services
- Track budget utilization
- Monitor cost allocation tags
- Review consolidated billing for organizations

#### 2. AWS Pricing MCP Server
**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
- Get current pricing information for AWS services

#### 3. AWS Cost Explorer MCP Server
**Purpose**: Detailed cost analysis and reporting
- Analyze historical spending patterns
- Create custom cost reports
- Identify cost anomalies and trends
- Forecast future costs
- Analyze cost by service, region, or tag
- Generate cost optimization recommendations

### Monitoring & Observability Servers

#### 4. Amazon CloudWatch MCP Server
**Purpose**: Metrics, alarms, and logs analysis
- Query CloudWatch metrics and logs
- Create and manage CloudWatch alarms
- Analyze application performance metrics
- Troubleshoot operational issues
- Set up custom dashboards
- Monitor resource utilization

#### 5. Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals MCP Server
**Purpose**: Application monitoring and performance insights
- Monitor application health and performance
- Analyze service-level objectives (SLOs)
- Track application dependencies
- Identify performance bottlenecks
- Monitor service map and traces

#### 6. AWS Managed Prometheus MCP Server
**Purpose**: Prometheus-compatible monitoring
- Query Prometheus metrics
- Monitor containerized applications
- Analyze Kubernetes workload metrics
- Create PromQL queries
- Track custom application metrics

### Audit & Security Servers

#### 7. AWS CloudTrail MCP Server
**Purpose**: AWS API activity and audit analysis
- Analyze AWS API calls and user activity
- Track resource changes and modifications
- Investigate security incidents
- Audit compliance requirements
- Identify unusual access patterns
- Review who made what changes when

#### 8. AWS Well-Architected Security Assessment Tool MCP Server
**Purpose**: Security assessment against Well-Architected Framework
- Assess security posture against AWS best practices
- Identify security gaps and vulnerabilities
- Get security improvement recommendations
- Review security pillar compliance
- Generate security assessment reports

## 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**:
1. Use **AWS Pricing MCP** to estimate resource costs
2. Compare pricing across different regions

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