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name: cloud-spend-advisor
description: "Analyze your cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) setup and provide actionable recommendations to reduce costs without compromising performance or reliability. Use when the user wants help with Cloud Spend Advisor. Related topics: cloud, devops, finance."
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# Cloud Spend Advisor

Analyze your cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) setup and provide actionable recommendations to reduce costs without compromising performance or reliability.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Cloud Provider(s)** (choose any: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Other (please specify below))
- **If 'Other' is selected, please specify** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Approximate Monthly Cloud Spend** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Primary Workload Type(s)** (choose any: Web Applications, APIs, Data Processing, Machine Learning, Databases, Batch Jobs, Internal Tools, IoT, Other)
- **List major services (e.g.** (longer free text)
- **Describe essential performance requirements (e.g.** (longer free text)
- **Detail desired uptime SLAs (e.g.** (longer free text)
- **Mention any specific compliance standards (e.g.** (longer free text)
- **Primary Cost Concerns** (choose any: Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, Data Transfer, Licensing, Managed Services, Data Egress, Idle Resources, Unused Resources)
- **Describe any current issues** (longer free text)
- **Any specific services** (longer free text)
- **Recommendation Scope** (choose one: Immediate (quick wins, 0-1 month), Short-term (1-3 months), Mid-term (3-12 months), Long-term (12+ months), All scopes)
- **Level of Detail for Recommendations** (choose one: High-level overview, Actionable steps with estimated impact, Detailed technical guidance with code/config examples)
- **Output Format** (choose one: Bulleted List, Numbered Steps, Table, Executive Summary with detailed breakdown)
- **Tone of Recommendations** (choose one: Professional, Direct, Consultative, Concise, Technical)
- **Include Estimated Cost Savings?** (choose one: Yes, No)
- **Include Estimated Performance/Reliability Impact?** (choose one: Yes, No)
- **Prioritize Specific Types of Recommendations** (choose any: Rightsizing, Reserved Instances/Savings Plans, Spot Instances, Serverless adoption, Storage tiering, Network optimization, Database optimization, Automation, Cost governance)

## Prompt template

# Cloud Spend Advisor: Optimize Your Cloud Infrastructure

**Goal:** Analyze the provided cloud infrastructure setup and deliver actionable recommendations to significantly reduce costs while strictly maintaining or improving current performance and reliability standards.

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### I. Cloud Environment Overview

*   **Cloud Provider(s):** {{Cloud Provider(s)}}
    *   If 'Other' is selected, please specify: {{If 'Other' is selected, please specify}}
*   **Approximate Monthly Cloud Spend:** {{Approximate Monthly Cloud Spend}}
*   **Primary Workload Type(s):** {{Primary Workload Type(s)}}
*   **Key Services Currently In Use:**
    {{List major services (e.g.}}

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### II. Performance & Reliability Requirements

*   **Critical Performance Metrics:**
    {{Describe essential performance requirements (e.g.}}
*   **Reliability & Availability Objectives:**
    {{Detail desired uptime SLAs (e.g.}}
*   **Security & Compliance Needs:**
    {{Mention any specific compliance standards (e.g.}}

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### III. Current Challenges & Focus Areas

*   **Primary Cost Concerns:** {{Primary Cost Concerns}}
*   **Specific Pain Points or Known Inefficiencies:**
    {{Describe any current issues}}
*   **Areas for Deeper Dive (Optional):**
    {{Any specific services}}

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### IV. Recommendation Preferences

*   **Recommendation Scope:** {{Recommendation Scope}}
*   **Level of Detail for Recommendations:** {{Level of Detail for Recommendations}}
*   **Output Format:** {{Output Format}}
*   **Tone of Recommendations:** {{Tone of Recommendations}}
*   **Include Estimated Cost Savings?** {{Include Estimated Cost Savings?}}
*   **Include Estimated Performance/Reliability Impact?** {{Include Estimated Performance/Reliability Impact?}}
*   **Prioritize Specific Types of Recommendations:** {{Prioritize Specific Types of Recommendations}}

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### V. Important Constraint

*   **Crucially, all recommendations must be designed to reduce costs WITHOUT compromising current performance, reliability, or security posture.** If a recommendation has a potential trade-off, it must be explicitly highlighted.

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Source: [Cloud Spend Advisor on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/6y4VsKy6HX6ys3FnV4MH/cloud-spend-advisor)