What is cloud-finops?
cloud-finops is a Claude skill by OptimNow that finOps knowledge: cloud billing mechanics, commitments, allocation, AI spend. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 63 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | OptimNow |
| Repository | OptimNow/cloud-finops-skills |
| Popularity | 63 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #963 of 1,262 Claude skills; #166 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 162 lines |
| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
Is cloud-finops safe to install?
cloud-finops scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 8 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| Makes network requests | Note |
| No shell commands | Pass |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
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How do I install cloud-finops?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/OptimNow/cloud-finops-skills --skill cloud-finops
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/OptimNow/cloud-finops-skills cp -r cloud-finops-skills/plugins/cloud-finops/skills/cloud-finops ~/.claude/skills/cloud-finops
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the cloud-finops skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs cloud-finops for you:
Install the "cloud-finops" skill from https://github.com/OptimNow/cloud-finops-skills/tree/main/plugins/cloud-finops/skills/cloud-finops into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.