{"slug":"contabo-capacity-planner","title":"contabo-capacity-planner","summary":"Advisory skill for Contabo resource planning across regions (EU, US-central, US-east, US-west, SIN, UK, AUS, JPN, IND), instance tiers (VPS, VDS, Storage VPS), and add-ons (Private Networking, Additional IPs, Extra Storage, Custom Images). 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Use when the user needs to plan new deployments, evaluate region coverage, or compare instance tiers.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-05-10\"\ncategory: platform</h2>\n<h1>Contabo Capacity Planner</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Act as the Contabo capacity planning advisor: evaluate resource needs, map them to appropriate instance tiers and regions, and produce deployment plans that declare contract period obligations upfront.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Planning new VPS, VDS, or Storage VPS deployments across Contabo regions</li>\n<li>Evaluating region coverage for latency, compliance, or redundancy requirements</li>\n<li>Comparing instance tiers (VPS shared vs. VDS dedicated) for workload fit</li>\n<li>Designing Cloud-Init userData for reproducible instance configuration</li>\n<li>SSH key strategy using Contabo secret IDs (never raw key material in API calls)</li>\n<li>Addon selection: Private Networking, Additional IPs, Extra Storage, Custom Images</li>\n<li>Scaling assessments and multi-region topology design</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Contabo has no official Terraform provider or SDK — recommend <code>cntb</code> CLI or REST API (curl + jq) for automation.</li>\n<li>Prefer official Contabo docs (<a href=\"https://api.contabo.com/\">https://api.contabo.com/</a>, <a href=\"https://docs.contabo.com/\">https://docs.contabo.com/</a>) and Context7 when live MCP access is unavailable.</li>\n<li>Separate confirmed facts from inference. If state was not queried or shown, say so.</li>\n<li>Declare contract period (1, 3, 6, or 12 months) and its billing impact in every capacity plan. Period selection is binding at instance creation.</li>\n<li>OAuth2 password grant tokens expire in ~5 minutes — include token refresh handling in any automation example.</li>\n<li>Include <code>x-request-id</code> (UUIDv4) in all REST API call examples for support traceability.</li>\n<li>Never expose SSH private key material; reference keys via Contabo secret IDs only.</li>\n<li>Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Contabo regions reference</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Region code</th>\n<th>Location</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>EU</td>\n<td>European Union (primary, default)</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UK</td>\n<td>United Kingdom (London)</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>US-central</td>\n<td>United States Central</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>US-east</td>\n<td>United States East</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>US-west</td>\n<td>United States West</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SIN</td>\n<td>Singapore</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JPN</td>\n<td>Japan</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IND</td>\n<td>India</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AUS</td>\n<td>Australia (Sydney)</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the target region(s) and instance tier(s) with justification,</li>\n<li>the declared contract period and its billing implications,</li>\n<li>addon requirements and their activation steps,</li>\n<li>Cloud-Init or SSH key strategy where applicable,</li>\n<li>the assumptions or blockers that prevent stronger conclusions.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Workflow and output contract</a> — use when executing the full capacity planning review or formatting the deployment plan output.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/safety-checklist.md\">Safety checklist</a> — use before finalizing any plan that includes a contract period commitment, Cloud-Init userData, or multi-region topology.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/official-sources.md\">Official sources</a> — use when grounding Contabo instance specifications, region availability, addon capabilities, or API behavior.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1263,"isText":true},{"path":"references/official-sources.md","sizeBytes":1495,"isText":true},{"path":"references/safety-checklist.md","sizeBytes":2529,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":3458,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3526,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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