How do I install the AWS Cost Optimization Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/aws-cost-optimization/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

ClaudSkills / Engineering / cloud-platforms

AWS Cost Optimization

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: cloud-platforms

cloud:aws type:review

Provides structured AWS cost optimization guidance using five pillars (right-sizing, elasticity, pricing models, storage optimization, monitoring) and twelve actionable best practices with executable AWS CLI examples. Use when optimizing AWS costs, reviewing AWS spending, finding unused AWS resources, implementing FinOps practices, reducing EC2/EBS/S3 bills, configuring AWS Budgets, or performing AWS Well-Architected cost reviews.

What this skill does

AWS Cost Optimization is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the cloud-platforms sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/aws-cost-optimization/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when optimizing AWS costs, reviewing AWS spending, finding unused AWS resources, implementing FinOps practices, reducing EC2/EBS/S3 bills, configuring AWS Budgets, or performing AWS Well-Architected cost reviews.

Who uses this skill

The AWS Cost Optimization skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/aws-cost-optimization
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/aws-cost-optimization/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/aws-cost-optimization/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/aws-cost-optimization/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/aws-cost-optimization/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\aws-cost-optimization\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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