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AWS Cost Optimization Power for Kiro

> Intelligent AWS cost management integrated into your development workflow



Overview

The AWS Cost Optimization Power transforms how teams manage cloud spending by bringing intelligent cost analysis, real-time pricing insights, and automated recommendations directly into your development environment. Whether you're a FinOps professional managing budgets, a developer building cost-aware applications, or an architect designing efficient infrastructure, this power provides the tools and guidance you need—all through natural language.

Why This Power?

Stop context switching. Instead of juggling multiple AWS consoles and learning different APIs, query costs, analyze spending patterns, get optimization recommendations, and model infrastructure costs—all within Kiro.

Built on AWS best practices. Implements the AWS Well-Architected Cost Optimization Pillar's five design principles, helping you turn cost optimization from a reactive process into a proactive development practice.

Three powerful integrations. Combines AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Pricing API, and CloudWatch into a unified, intelligent interface.

Key Capabilities

For Business & FinOps Teams

• **Cloud Financial Management** - Implement cost governance, monitor budgets, and establish accountability frameworks
• **Cost Analysis & Forecasting** - Historical analysis, multi-dimensional breakdowns, and trend identification
• **Optimization & Governance** - Automated rightsizing, RI/SP analysis, and anomaly detection

For Developers & Engineering Teams

• **Pre-Deployment Cost Analysis** - Model CDK and Terraform projects before deployment
• **Development Environment Optimization** - Analyze dev/test costs and monitor Free Tier usage
• **Cost-Aware Development** - Real-time pricing intelligence for architecture decisions

Quick Start

Prerequisites

1. AWS CLI (v2.32.0+) - Installation Guide

2. UV (Python package manager) - Installation Guide

3. AWS Credentials - Configured via aws configure or environment variables

Installation

1. Install the power in Kiro

2. Ensure AWS credentials are configured

3. Start using natural language commands

Try These Commands

For FinOps Teams:

"Show me our AWS costs for the last 3 months by business unit"
"Find cost optimization opportunities across our organization"
"Compare our costs between last quarter and this quarter"

For Developers:

"Provide cost estimates for this CDK stack before deployment"
"Compare Lambda vs ECS costs for my microservice"
"Show me pricing differences between us-east-1 and eu-west-1"

What's Included

MCP Servers

• **awslabs.billing-cost-management-mcp-server** - Cost analysis, budget monitoring, and optimization recommendations
• **awslabs.aws-pricing-mcp-server** - Real-time pricing intelligence and cost modeling
• **awslabs.cloudwatch-mcp-server** - Metrics monitoring and operational insights

Comprehensive Guidance

• **5 Core Workflow Guides** - Aligned with AWS Well-Architected principles
• **20+ Service-Specific Guides** - Detailed optimization strategies for EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and more
• **Tool Selection Guide** - Query-to-tool mapping for efficient navigation
• **Best Practices** - Do's and don'ts for effective cost optimization

Documentation

Full documentation is available in the POWER.md file, including:

• Detailed tool reference and usage examples
• Onboarding and setup instructions
• Workflow guides for business and development teams
• Service-specific optimization strategies
• Troubleshooting and best practices

Use Cases

Cost Analysis

• Historical cost trends and forecasting
• Multi-dimensional cost breakdowns
• Month-over-month variance analysis

Optimization

• Automated rightsizing recommendations
• Reserved Instance and Savings Plans analysis
• Cost anomaly detection

Architecture Planning

• Pre-deployment cost modeling
• Service pricing comparisons
• Regional cost analysis

Development Efficiency

• Free Tier monitoring
• Development environment optimization
• Cost-aware architecture patterns

Requirements

AWS Permissions

Your AWS user/role needs permissions for:

• Cost Explorer (`ce:*`)
• Budgets (`budgets:*`)
• Pricing (`pricing:*`)
• CloudWatch (`cloudwatch:*`, `logs:*`)
• Organizations (for consolidated billing)

AWS Services

• Cost Explorer must be enabled (24-hour data delay for new accounts)
• CloudWatch for operational metrics
• Organizations (optional, for multi-account analysis)

Contributing

This power is maintained by Venkat Pullela. For issues, suggestions, or contributions, please open an issue in the repository.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

Built with AWS Labs MCP servers:

• [billing-cost-management-mcp-server](https://awslabs.github.io/mcp/servers/billing-cost-management-mcp-server/)
• [aws-pricing-mcp-server](https://awslabs.github.io/mcp/servers/aws-pricing-mcp-server/)
• [cloudwatch-mcp-server](https://awslabs.github.io/mcp/servers/cloudwatch-mcp-server/)

Learn More

• [AWS Cost Optimization Best Practices](https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/cost-optimization/)
• [AWS Well-Architected Framework - Cost Optimization Pillar](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/cost-optimization-pillar/welcome.html)
• [Kiro Powers Documentation](https://kiro.dev/powers/)

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Ready to optimize your AWS costs? Install the power and start with: "Show me my monthly AWS costs"