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Cost Estimator

  • 34 installs
  • 41 repo stars
  • Updated July 6, 2026
  • aws-samples/sample-agent-skills-for-builders

cost-estimator is a Claude skill that estimates AWS costs for CDK projects using real-time AWS Price List data and generates Excel and Markdown reports.

About

This skill estimates AWS infrastructure costs for CDK projects using real-time pricing from the AWS Price List Bulk API. A developer uses it before deployment to scan CDK resources, fetch current prices, and generate Excel and Markdown cost reports. It also covers comparing costs across regions and calculating Bedrock model costs.

  • Estimates AWS costs for CDK projects using real-time Price List Bulk API data
  • Scans CDK resources and generates Excel and Markdown reports
  • Supports all standard regions plus China regions with CNY pricing

Cost Estimator by the numbers

  • 34 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #777 of 1,039 Cloud & Infrastructure skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Jul 30, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

cost-estimator capabilities & compatibility

Capabilities
security scan · create install scripts
Works with
aws · excel
Use cases
data analysis · devops
Pricing
Free
From the docs

What cost-estimator says it does

Estimate AWS costs for CDK projects using real-time pricing data.
SKILL.md
AWS cost estimation tool for CDK projects with real-time pricing from AWS Price List Bulk API.
SKILL.md
China regions (cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1) with CNY pricing
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-agent-skills-for-builders --skill cost-estimator

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Installs34
repo stars41
Last updatedJuly 6, 2026
Repositoryaws-samples/sample-agent-skills-for-builders

What it does

Estimate AWS infrastructure costs for a CDK project before deployment and produce Excel and Markdown pricing reports.

Who is it for?

Developers estimating AWS CDK infrastructure costs before deployment.

Skip if: Non-CDK infrastructure or projects without synthesizable stacks.

When should I use this skill?

When calculating infrastructure costs, generating pricing reports, or analyzing CDK resource costs before deployment.

What you get

A per-region cost estimate is produced as an Excel and Markdown report saved to cost-estimates/.

  • cost-estimate-{region}.xlsx
  • cost-estimate-{region}.md

By the numbers

  • 4-step flow (confirm, scan, fetch, generate)
  • 2 report formats (Excel and Markdown)

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Cost Estimator

AWS cost estimation tool for CDK projects with real-time pricing from AWS Price List Bulk API.

When to Apply

Reference this skill when:

  • Estimating AWS infrastructure costs
  • Analyzing CDK project resource costs
  • Generating pricing reports (Excel/Markdown)
  • Comparing costs across AWS regions
  • Calculating Bedrock model costs

How It Works

1. Confirm Region - Select target AWS region(s) 2. Scan Resources - Analyze CDK code for AWS resources 3. Fetch Pricing - Get real-time prices from AWS Bulk API 4. Generate Reports - Create Excel and Markdown reports

Prerequisites

  • AWS CDK project with synthesizable stacks
  • Python 3.8+ with pandas, openpyxl
  • AWS credentials (for pricing API access)

Usage

# Fetch AWS pricing data
python scripts/fetch-aws-pricing.py --region us-east-1

# Generate Excel report
python scripts/generate-pricing-excel.py --input resources.json --output costs.xlsx

Output Files

Reports are saved to cost-estimates/:

  • cost-estimate-{region}.xlsx - Detailed Excel report
  • cost-estimate-{region}.md - Markdown summary

Supported Regions

  • All standard AWS regions
  • China regions (cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1) with CNY pricing

References

  • CDK Analysis - Resource scanning guide
  • Pricing API - AWS Bulk API usage
  • Report Generation - Report creation
  • Bedrock Pricing - AI model pricing

Related skills

FAQ

Where does the pricing data come from?

Real-time prices are fetched from the AWS Price List Bulk API.

What output formats are produced?

A detailed Excel report and a Markdown summary, saved to the cost-estimates/ folder per region.

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