finops-cloudwatch
Reviews CloudWatch log retention policies and potential deletion candidates for cost optimization.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/finops-cloudwatch && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/14451" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/finops-cloudwatch && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/finops-cloudwatch
Activation
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Review CloudWatch Logs retention and deletion-candidate findings.Key capabilities
- →Confirm environment, ingestion history, retention, and stored-bytes facts.
- →Check audit, security, legal-hold, incident-response, and replay requirements.
- →Reject deletion language when ownership or recent-event evidence is missing.
- →Explain whether candidate changes retention or requests more evidence.
How it works
This skill reviews CloudWatch Logs retention and deletion-candidate findings against a checklist, confirming facts and checking various requirements, then writes the decisions and rationale to a JSON file.
Inputs & outputs
When to use finops-cloudwatch
- →Review log retention policies
- →Audit cloud storage costs
- →Check legal-hold compliance
About this skill
CloudWatch Logs Review
Review-only authority: LangGraph owns detection and calculations. Claude must not rerun rule arithmetic.
Review Checklist
- Confirm environment, ingestion history, retention, and stored-bytes facts.
- Check audit, security, legal-hold, incident-response, and replay requirements.
- Reject deletion language when ownership or recent-event evidence is missing.
- Explain whether the candidate changes retention or only requests more evidence.
Output Contract
Write each finding decision and rationale to result/claude_review.json. Do not change machine savings or remediation candidates.
When not to use it
- →When the user needs to rerun rule arithmetic for detection and calculations.
- →When the user wants to trigger automated deletions based on findings.
Limitations
- →The skill has review-only authority.
- →It must not rerun rule arithmetic.
- →It does not change machine savings or remediation candidates.
How it compares
This skill provides a structured review and rationale for CloudWatch Logs retention findings, focusing on compliance and evidence, rather than directly modifying retention policies or performing calculations.
Compared to similar skills
finops-cloudwatch side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| finops-cloudwatch (this skill) | 0 | 1mo | No flags | Intermediate |
| mlops-engineer | 3 | 4mo | No flags | Advanced |
| genkit-infra-expert | 1 | 1mo | Review | Advanced |
| cost-optimization | 1 | 5mo | No flags | Intermediate |
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