npx skills add ...
npx skills add jeffallan/claude-skills --skill cloud-architect
Designs cloud architectures, creates migration plans, generates cost optimization recommendations, and produces disaster recovery strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Use when designing cloud architectures, planning migrations, or optimizing multi-cloud deployments. Invoke for Well-Architected Framework, cost optimization, disaster recovery, landing zones, security architecture, serverless design.
npx skills add jeffallan/claude-skills --skill cloud-architect
After Design: Confirm every component has a redundancy strategy and no single points of failure exist in the topology.
Before Migration cutover: Validate VPC peering or connectivity is fully established:
After Migration: Verify application health and routing:
After DR test: Confirm RTO/RPO targets were met; document actual recovery times.
Load detailed guidance based on context:
| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Services | references/aws.md | EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Well-Architected Framework |
| Azure Services | references/azure.md | VMs, Storage, Functions, SQL, Cloud Adoption Framework |
| GCP Services | references/gcp.md | Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, BigQuery |
| Multi-Cloud | references/multi-cloud.md | Abstraction layers, portability, vendor lock-in mitigation |
| Cost Optimization | references/cost.md | Reserved instances, spot, right-sizing, FinOps practices |
Rather than broad policies, scope permissions to specific resources and actions:
When designing cloud architecture, provide:
# AWS: check target group health in ALB
aws elbv2 describe-target-health \
--target-group-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:...# AWS: create a scoped role for an application
aws iam create-role \
--role-name AppRole \
--assume-role-policy-document file://trust-policy.json
aws iam put-role-policy \
--role-name AppRole \
--policy-name AppInlinePolicy \
--policy-document '{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:PutObject"],
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::my-app-bucket/*"
}]
}'# Terraform equivalent
resource "aws_iam_role" "app_role" {
name = "AppRole"
assume_role_policy = data.aws_iam_policy_document.trust.json
}
resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "app_policy" {
role = aws_iam_role.app_role.id
policy = jsonencode({
Version = "2012-10-17"
Statement = [{
Effect = "Allow"
Action = ["s3:GetObject", "s3:PutObject"]
Resource = "${aws_s3_bucket.app.arn}/*"
}]
})
}resource "aws_vpc" "main" {
cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
enable_dns_hostnames = true
tags = { Name = "main", CostCenter = var.cost_center }
}
resource "aws_subnet" "private" {
count = 2
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
cidr_block = cidrsubnet("10.0.0.0/16", 8, count.index)
availability_zone = data.aws_availability_zones.available.names[count.index]
}
resource "aws_subnet" "public" {
count = 2
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
cidr_block = cidrsubnet("10.0.0.0/16", 8, count.index + 10)
availability_zone = data.aws_availability_zones.available.names[count.index]
map_public_ip_on_launch = true
}resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "app" {
desired_capacity = 2
min_size = 1
max_size = 10
vpc_zone_identifier = aws_subnet.private[*].id
launch_template {
id = aws_launch_template.app.id
version = "$Latest"
}
tag {
key = "CostCenter"
value = var.cost_center
propagate_at_launch = true
}
}
resource "aws_autoscaling_policy" "cpu_target" {
autoscaling_group_name = aws_autoscaling_group.app.name
policy_type = "TargetTrackingScaling"
target_tracking_configuration {
predefined_metric_specification {
predefined_metric_type = "ASGAverageCPUUtilization"
}
target_value = 60.0
}
}# AWS: identify top cost drivers for the last 30 days
aws ce get-cost-and-usage \
--time-period Start=$(date -d '30 days ago' +%Y-%m-%d),End=$(date +%Y-%m-%d) \
--granularity MONTHLY \
--metrics "UnblendedCost" \
--group-by Type=DIMENSION,Key=SERVICE \
--query 'ResultsByTime[0].Groups[*].{Service:Keys[0],Cost:Metrics.UnblendedCost.Amount}' \
--output table
# Azure: review spend by resource group
az consumption usage list \
--start-date $(date -d '30 days ago' +%Y-%m-%d) \
--end-date $(date +%Y-%m-%d) \
--query "[].{ResourceGroup:resourceGroup,Cost:pretaxCost,Currency:currency}" \
--output table