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gke-cost-optimizationby GoogleOfficialDevelopmentGitHub stars: 21.2k

GKE Cost Optimization skill: what it does and how to install it

Optimises Google Kubernetes Engine costs through workload rightsizing, Spot VMs, resource quotas, machine selection and committed use discounts.

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Install

$ npx skills add google/skills --skill gke-cost-optimization

Run it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.

About this skill

What it does. Guides GKE cost reduction by analysing utilisation, setting resource quotas, rightsizing pod requests with VPA or MPA, selecting Spot VMs and machine types, and sizing committed use discounts. It also covers node-pool scaling, warm headroom and multi-tenant cluster consolidation.

When to use it. For reducing GKE cluster or workload costs, configuring quotas or cost allocation, rightsizing CPU and memory requests, or choosing Spot capacity and machine families. It does not cover general compute class provisioning or GPU selection.

History

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21.2kAbout +2.9k since 16 Jul 2026

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4.5k

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Installs via skills.sh

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