Is analyze-costs safe to install?

SaferSkills independently audited analyze-costs (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.

CategoryWeightCategory scoreContribution

Securityprompt, exec, net, exfil, eval

35%

100

35.0 pts

Supply chainhash, typosquat, maintainer, lockfile

20%

100

20.0 pts

Maintenancestaleness, pinning, CI

15%

100

15.0 pts

TransparencySKILL.md, perms, README

15%

100

15.0 pts

Communityinstalls, verify, response

15%

100

15.0 pts

Findings & checks · 0 flagged

Securityscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All security checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Supply chainscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All supply chain checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Maintenancescore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All maintenance checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Transparencyscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All transparency checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Communityscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All community checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.

skills/analyze-costs/SKILL.md · 1 file

skills/analyze-costs/SKILL.md4.7 KB · Markdown

name: analyze-costs

description: Analyze cloud costs, find optimization opportunities, and track anomalies using Harness CCM via MCP. Use when user says "cloud costs", "analyze costs", "cost optimization", "reduce spending", "cost report", or asks about cloud bills.

metadata:

author: Harness

version: 2.0.0

mcp-server: harness-mcp-v2

license: Apache-2.0

compatibility: Requires Harness MCP v2 server (harness-mcp-v2)

Analyze Costs

Analyze cloud costs and identify savings using Harness Cloud Cost Management (CCM) via MCP.

Instructions

Step 1: Get Cost Overview

Call MCP tool: harness_get
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_account_overview"

Returns total spend, provider breakdown, and trend vs previous period.

Step 2: Get Cost Breakdown

Call MCP tool: harness_get
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_breakdown"

Multi-dimensional breakdown by service, environment, team, region.

Step 3: Explore Perspectives

Call MCP tool: harness_list
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_perspective"

Then get detailed data for a specific perspective:

Call MCP tool: harness_get
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_perspective"
  resource_id: "<perspective_id>"

Step 4: Get Cost Trends

Call MCP tool: harness_get
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_timeseries"

Step 5: Get Optimization Recommendations

Call MCP tool: harness_list
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_recommendation"

For detailed recommendation info:

Call MCP tool: harness_get
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_recommendation_detail"
  resource_id: "<recommendation_id>"

Summary statistics:

Call MCP tool: harness_get
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_recommendation_stats"

Step 6: Check for Anomalies

Call MCP tool: harness_list
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_anomaly"

To dismiss a known anomaly:

Call MCP tool: harness_execute
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_anomaly"
  action: "report_feedback"
  resource_id: "<anomaly_id>"
  body: { feedback: "FALSE_ANOMALY" }  # or TRUE_ANOMALY / NOT_RESPONDED

Step 7: Commitment Analysis

Call MCP tool: harness_get
Parameters:
  resource_type: "cost_commitment"

Report Format

## Cloud Cost Analysis

**Period:** Last 30 Days

### Summary
| Provider | Spend | vs Previous |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| AWS      | $X    | +X%         |
| GCP      | $X    | +X%         |
| Azure    | $X    | -X%         |

### Top Recommendations
1. **Rightsize <resource>** - Save $X/month (95% confidence)
2. **Convert to Reserved** - Save $X/month
3. **Delete unused resources** - Save $X/month

### Anomalies
- <date>: <service> spiked $X above expected

### Actions
- [ ] Rightsize instance X
- [ ] Purchase reserved capacity
- [ ] Clean up unused volumes

Cost Resource Types Reference

Resource Type	Operations	Description
`cost_account_overview`	get	Account-level total spend summary
`cost_summary`	get	Perspective-scoped cost summary
`cost_timeseries`	get	Cost trends over time
`cost_breakdown`	get	Multi-dimensional breakdown
`cost_perspective`	list, get	Custom cost views
`cost_recommendation`	list	Optimization suggestions
`cost_recommendation_detail`	get	Detailed recommendation
`cost_recommendation_stats`	get	Summary statistics
`cost_anomaly`	list, get, execute(report_feedback)	Cost spikes
`cost_anomaly_summary`	get	Anomaly aggregate summary
`cost_category`	list, get	Cost allocation
`cost_commitment`	get	Commitment coverage/utilisation/savings
`cost_filter_value`	get	Available filter values

Examples

"How much are we spending on cloud?" - Get cost_account_overview
"Find $5,000 in monthly savings" - List cost_recommendations, prioritize by savings
"Why did our bill spike last week?" - List cost_anomaly
"Break down costs by team" - Get cost_breakdown or cost_perspective
"Are we using our reserved instances?" - Get cost_commitment

Performance Notes

Gather data from all relevant perspectives before drawing cost conclusions. Partial data leads to incorrect recommendations.
Cross-reference recommendations with anomaly data to distinguish trends from spikes.
Quality of cost analysis is more important than speed. Verify savings estimates before presenting.

analyze-costs— agent skill

Is analyze-costs safe to install?

Analyze Costs

Instructions

Step 1: Get Cost Overview

Step 2: Get Cost Breakdown

Step 3: Explore Perspectives

Step 4: Get Cost Trends

Step 5: Get Optimization Recommendations

Step 6: Check for Anomalies

Step 7: Commitment Analysis

Report Format

Cost Resource Types Reference

Examples

Performance Notes

Troubleshooting

No Cost Data

No Recommendations

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