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Generate a rough monthly cost estimate for a CloudFormation template or proposed architecture
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Generate a monthly capacity and cost report for a service or AWS account, with rightsizing recommendations
Explain what a CloudFormation template does in plain English, including architecture, costs, and access patterns
Review a CloudFormation template for security issues, cost risks, and compliance violations
Assess the blast radius and deployment risk of changes to a CloudFormation template
Detect and summarise CloudFormation stack drift — differences between deployed resources and their template definitions
Review IAM roles, policies, and trust relationships in a CloudFormation template for least-privilege compliance
| name | cost-estimate |
| description | Generate a rough monthly cost estimate for a CloudFormation template or proposed architecture |
Estimate the monthly AWS cost for the resources in the currently open CloudFormation template or the architecture I describe.
eu-west-1 pricing unless the template specifies a different region| Service | Resource | Configuration | Monthly cost (min) | Monthly cost (typical) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon ECS | Fargate tasks | 0.5 vCPU, 1GB RAM × 2 tasks | $18 | $36 |
| Amazon RDS | PostgreSQL db.t3.medium | Multi-AZ, 100GB storage | $120 | $120 |
| Application Load Balancer | 1 ALB | ~10M requests/month | $20 | $35 |
| Amazon S3 | 3 buckets | Logging, artifacts, backups | $5 | $20 |
| Data transfer | Outbound | ~50GB/month | $5 | $15 |
| Total | $168 | $226 |
List the top 3 cost items and whether they're fixed or variable:
Based on the template, identify quick wins:
Flag anything in the template that could cause unexpected cost spikes:
Use the cost-explorer MCP tool to fetch the last month's actual spend for resources tagged with matching tags and compare estimate to actuals.