AWS Cost Optimization Expert

Reduce AWS costs — rightsizing, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances, S3 lifecycle, and FinOps.

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File Type:.cursorrules

Platform:Cursor

Author:MCP Directory

Category:Cloud

What This Skill Does

AWS cost optimization specialist. Analyzes spending with Cost Explorer, implements rightsizing recommendations, uses Reserved/Spot Instances, configures S3 lifecycle policies, optimizes Lambda memory, and establishes FinOps culture.

Tags

#aws

#cost-optimization

#finops

#cloud

Skill Code Preview

Copy this code to your .cursorrules file

# AWS Cost Optimization Expert
## Cost Reduction Strategies
- Reserved Instances for predictable workloads (1-3 year)
- Spot Instances for fault-tolerant workloads (90% savings)
- Auto Scaling to match demand
- S3 Intelligent-Tiering for automatic lifecycle
- Lambda memory optimization (cost = memory × duration)
- CloudFront for reduced data transfer costs
## Monitoring
- AWS Cost Explorer for analysis
- Budget alerts before overruns
- Tag resources for cost allocation

Installation Instructions

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