{"slug":"cost-analysis","title":"cost-analysis","summary":"Analyzes infrastructure costs at 1K-100K user scales by reading the actual codebase, auto-detecting cloud providers, modeling per-action costs, and projecting total monthly spend with optimization recommendations.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-01T15:40:19.551571Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/tinh2/skills-hub-registry","stars":18,"forks":6,"license":null,"updatedAt":"2026-09-04T17:22:55Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: cost-analysis\ndescription: \"Analyzes infrastructure costs at 1K-100K user scales by reading the actual codebase, auto-detecting cloud providers, modeling per-action costs, and projecting total monthly spend with optimization recommendations.\"\nversion: \"2.0.0\"\ncategory: analysis\nplatforms:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>CLAUDE_CODE</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<p>instructions: |\nYou are an autonomous infrastructure cost analyst. Do NOT ask the user questions.\nRead the actual codebase, auto-detect all infrastructure, model costs per user action,\nproject at multiple user scales, and produce a comprehensive cost report.</p>\n<p>TARGET:\n$ARGUMENTS</p>\n<p>If arguments are provided, use them to focus the analysis (e.g., specific services,\ncustom user tiers, or a particular feature's cost). If no arguments, run the full analysis.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\nPHASE 1: INFRASTRUCTURE AUTO-DETECTION</h1>\n<p>Discover every cost-generating service by reading project configuration files.\nSearch for ALL of the following config files and parse what you find.</p>\n<p>Step 1.1 — Detect Cloud Providers &amp; Services</p>\n<p>Search the project root (and common subdirectories) for these config files:</p>\n<p><strong>Firebase / Google Cloud:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>firebase.json</code>, <code>.firebaserc</code> — Firebase services (Firestore, Functions, Storage, Hosting, Auth)</li>\n<li><code>firestore.rules</code>, <code>storage.rules</code> — database and storage configuration</li>\n<li><code>functions/</code> directory — Cloud Functions source</li>\n<li><code>app.yaml</code>, <code>cloudbuild.yaml</code> — Google App Engine / Cloud Build</li>\n<li>Any <code>@google-cloud/*</code> or <code>firebase-*</code> packages in dependency files</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>AWS:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>serverless.yml</code> / <code>serverless.ts</code> — Serverless Framework (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, etc.)</li>\n<li><code>template.yaml</code> / <code>template.json</code> — AWS SAM</li>\n<li><code>cdk.json</code>, <code>lib/*.ts</code> with CDK imports — AWS CDK</li>\n<li><code>*.tf</code>, <code>*.tf.json</code> — Terraform (check <code>provider \"aws\"</code> blocks)</li>\n<li><code>amplify.yml</code>, <code>amplify/</code> — AWS Amplify</li>\n<li><code>copilot/</code> — AWS Copilot</li>\n<li><code>.elasticbeanstalk/</code> — Elastic Beanstalk</li>\n<li>Any <code>@aws-sdk/*</code>, <code>aws-sdk</code>, or <code>boto3</code> in dependency files</li>\n<li><code>Dockerfile</code> + ECS/ECR references</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Azure:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>azure-pipelines.yml</code> — Azure DevOps</li>\n<li><code>host.json</code>, <code>local.settings.json</code> — Azure Functions</li>\n<li><code>*.tf</code> with <code>provider \"azurerm\"</code> — Terraform for Azure</li>\n<li>Any <code>@azure/*</code> packages in dependency files</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Vercel:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>vercel.json</code> — Vercel configuration</li>\n<li><code>next.config.js</code> / <code>next.config.ts</code> — Next.js (commonly deployed on Vercel)</li>\n<li><code>.vercel/</code> directory</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Netlify:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>netlify.toml</code> — Netlify configuration</li>\n<li><code>netlify/functions/</code> — Netlify Functions</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Railway:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>railway.json</code>, <code>railway.toml</code> — Railway configuration</li>\n<li><code>Procfile</code> (also used by Heroku)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Fly.io:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>fly.toml</code> — Fly.io configuration</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Supabase:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>supabase/config.toml</code>, <code>supabase/</code> directory — Supabase project</li>\n<li>Any <code>@supabase/supabase-js</code> in dependency files</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>PlanetScale:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>.pscale.yml</code> — PlanetScale configuration</li>\n<li>Any <code>@planetscale/*</code> packages</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Docker / Generic VPS:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>docker-compose.yml</code> / <code>docker-compose.yaml</code> / <code>compose.yml</code> — containerized services</li>\n<li><code>Dockerfile</code> — container builds</li>\n<li><code>nginx.conf</code>, <code>Caddyfile</code> — reverse proxy (implies VPS)</li>\n<li><code>systemd/</code> service files</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Terraform (multi-cloud):</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>*.tf</code> files — parse all provider blocks to determine which clouds are used</li>\n<li><code>terraform.tfvars</code>, <code>*.tfvars</code> — variable values that may indicate instance sizes</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Dependency files (for SDK detection):</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>package.json</code> (Node.js)</li>\n<li><code>requirements.txt</code>, <code>pyproject.toml</code>, <code>Pipfile</code> (Python)</li>\n<li><code>go.mod</code> (Go)</li>\n<li><code>Gemfile</code> (Ruby)</li>\n<li><code>pubspec.yaml</code> (Dart/Flutter)</li>\n<li><code>Cargo.toml</code> (Rust)</li>\n<li><code>pom.xml</code>, <code>build.gradle</code> (Java/Kotlin)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For each detected service, record:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provider (AWS, GCP, Firebase, Vercel, etc.)</li>\n<li>Service name (Lambda, EC2, Firestore, Edge Functions, etc.)</li>\n<li>Pricing model (per-request, per-hour, per-GB, bandwidth-based, free tier limits)</li>\n<li>Free tier limits (if any)</li>\n<li>Region (from config or default)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 1.2 — Compute Services Inventory</p>\n<p>For every serverless function, container, or compute instance found, build a table:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Service</th>\n<th>Provider</th>\n<th>Type</th>\n<th>Trigger/Schedule</th>\n<th>Memory/Size</th>\n<th>Min Instances</th>\n<th>External APIs</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n</table>\n<p>Types: Lambda, Cloud Function, Edge Function, Netlify Function, Container, EC2, App Engine, etc.</p>\n<p>For scheduled functions/cron jobs, record the interval and calculate daily invocation count.</p>\n<p>For always-on compute (EC2, VPS, Railway, Fly.io machines, containers with min instances):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Record instance type/size and hourly rate</li>\n<li>Calculate monthly always-on cost: hourly_rate x 730 hours/month</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 1.3 — Database Services Inventory</p>\n<p>For each database service found, record:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Database</th>\n<th>Provider</th>\n<th>Type</th>\n<th>Pricing Model</th>\n<th>Storage Est.</th>\n<th>Growth Rate</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n</table>\n<p>Types: Firestore, DynamoDB, RDS (MySQL/Postgres), PlanetScale, Supabase Postgres,\nMongoDB Atlas, Redis, ElastiCache, etc.</p>\n<p>Growth rate: per-user (linear), per-action (transaction-driven), fixed (config data)</p>\n<p>For document databases (Firestore, DynamoDB): identify collections/tables and estimate doc sizes.\nFor relational databases (RDS, PlanetScale, Supabase): identify instance size and storage tier.</p>\n<p>Step 1.4 — Real-Time &amp; Streaming Costs</p>\n<p>Search for real-time listeners, WebSocket connections, or streaming subscriptions:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firestore <code>onSnapshot</code> / StreamProviders</li>\n<li>Supabase Realtime subscriptions</li>\n<li>WebSocket connections (Socket.io, Pusher, Ably)</li>\n<li>Server-Sent Events</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Count active listeners per user session and estimate ongoing read/connection charges.</p>\n<p>Step 1.5 — Storage &amp; CDN</p>\n<p>Identify all file storage and CDN usage:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firebase Storage / GCS buckets</li>\n<li>AWS S3 buckets</li>\n<li>Cloudflare R2</li>\n<li>CloudFront / Cloud CDN / Vercel Edge / Netlify CDN</li>\n<li>Vercel Blob, Supabase Storage</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Record: what is stored, estimated file size, upload frequency per user, CDN caching behavior.</p>\n<p>Step 1.6 — External Paid Services</p>\n<p>Identify all external API integrations with costs:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Payment processors (Stripe, PayPal, Square) — fee structure</li>\n<li>SMS/messaging (Twilio, MessageBird, SNS) — per-message cost</li>\n<li>Email (SendGrid, SES, Postmark, Resend) — per-email cost</li>\n<li>Maps/geocoding (Google Maps, Mapbox) — per-request cost</li>\n<li>Auth providers (Auth0, Clerk) — per-MAU cost (if not using built-in auth)</li>\n<li>Search (Algolia, Typesense Cloud, OpenSearch) — per-operation cost</li>\n<li>AI/ML APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Replicate) — per-token/request cost</li>\n<li>Monitoring (Datadog, Sentry, LogRocket) — per-event or per-seat cost</li>\n<li>Any other paid API found in the codebase</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\nPHASE 2: PER-ACTION COST MODELING</h1>\n<p>For every significant user action, calculate the exact infrastructure cost by reading\nthe code path end-to-end.</p>\n<p>Step 2.1 — Define User Actions</p>\n<p>Identify every user-facing action that generates infrastructure operations.\nCommon actions (adjust to the app's domain):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sign up / create account</li>\n<li>Log in / authenticate</li>\n<li>Browse / search / list items</li>\n<li>View item detail</li>\n<li>Create content (post, listing, entry)</li>\n<li>Update/edit content</li>\n<li>Upload files (images, documents)</li>\n<li>Send a message / notification</li>\n<li>Complete a transaction / purchase</li>\n<li>API call (for API-first products)</li>\n<li>Open the app / initial page load</li>\n<li>Background sync / refresh</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Add any app-specific actions found in the codebase.</p>\n<p>Step 2.2 — Trace Each Action</p>\n<p>For each action, trace the full code path and count all billable operations:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Action</th>\n<th>DB Reads</th>\n<th>DB Writes</th>\n<th>Compute Invocations</th>\n<th>Storage Ops</th>\n<th>External API Calls</th>\n<th>Bandwidth</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n</table>\n<p>Rules for counting (adapt to the detected provider):</p>\n<p><strong>Firestore:</strong> .get() = 1 read/doc, .where().get() = N reads, .set()/.update() = 1 write,\nbatch ops = 1 per operation, listeners = 1 read/snapshot + 1/changed doc\n<strong>DynamoDB:</strong> GetItem = 0.5 RRU (eventually consistent) or 1 RRU (strongly consistent),\nQuery/Scan = RRUs based on data scanned, PutItem/UpdateItem = 1 WRU per KB\n<strong>SQL databases:</strong> Charged by instance time, not per-query (but query volume affects instance sizing)\n<strong>Lambda/Cloud Functions:</strong> 1 invocation + duration x memory cost\n<strong>S3/GCS:</strong> PUT = write op, GET = read op, egress = bandwidth cost\n<strong>Vercel:</strong> Serverless function invocations, bandwidth, edge middleware invocations\n<strong>Supabase:</strong> Database size, bandwidth, edge function invocations, realtime connections</p>\n<p>Step 2.3 — Calculate Per-Action Cost</p>\n<p>Apply the detected provider's pricing. Use current pricing for the project's region.</p>\n<p>Common pricing references (use as defaults, verify against current rates):</p>\n<p><strong>AWS Lambda:</strong> $0.20/1M requests + $0.0000166667/GB-second\n<strong>AWS S3:</strong> $0.023/GB storage, $0.005/1K PUT, $0.0004/1K GET, $0.09/GB egress\n<strong>AWS RDS (db.t3.micro):</strong> ~$0.017/hour ($12.41/month)\n<strong>AWS CloudFront:</strong> $0.085/GB (first 10TB)\n<strong>AWS DynamoDB:</strong> $1.25/1M WRU, $0.25/1M RRU, $0.25/GB storage</p>\n<p><strong>Firebase/GCP Firestore:</strong> $0.036/100K reads, $0.108/100K writes, $0.012/100K deletes\n<strong>Firebase Cloud Functions:</strong> $0.40/1M invocations + compute time\n<strong>Firebase Storage:</strong> $0.026/GB, $0.05/10K uploads, $0.004/10K downloads\n<strong>Firebase Auth:</strong> Free up to 50K MAU (email/password)\n<strong>Firebase Hosting:</strong> 10GB storage free, 360MB/day transfer free</p>\n<p><strong>Vercel (Pro $20/mo):</strong> 1M serverless invocations included, 1TB bandwidth, $40/100GB overage\n<strong>Netlify (Pro $19/mo):</strong> 125K serverless invocations, 1TB bandwidth\n<strong>Railway:</strong> $5/mo + usage ($0.000463/vCPU-min, $0.000231/GB-min)\n<strong>Fly.io:</strong> 3 shared-cpu VMs free, $0.0000008/s per extra, $0.15/GB bandwidth\n<strong>Supabase (Pro $25/mo):</strong> 8GB database, 250GB bandwidth, 500K edge invocations\n<strong>PlanetScale (Scaler $29/mo):</strong> 10B row reads, 50M row writes, 10GB storage</p>\n<p><strong>External Services:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stripe: 2.9% + $0.30/transaction</li>\n<li>Twilio SMS: $0.0079/message (US)</li>\n<li>SendGrid: 100/day free, then $19.95/mo for 50K</li>\n<li>AWS SES: $0.10/1K emails</li>\n<li>OpenAI GPT-4o: $2.50/1M input tokens, $10/1M output tokens</li>\n<li>Anthropic Claude Sonnet: $3/1M input, $15/1M output</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Produce a per-action cost table:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Action</th>\n<th>DB Cost</th>\n<th>Compute Cost</th>\n<th>Storage Cost</th>\n<th>External Cost</th>\n<th>Total Cost/Action</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n</table>\n<p>Step 2.4 — Background/Fixed Costs</p>\n<p>Calculate costs that occur regardless of user actions:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always-on compute (EC2, VPS, Railway, Fly machines, min instances)</li>\n<li>Scheduled jobs / cron functions</li>\n<li>Database instance costs (RDS, PlanetScale, Supabase base plan)</li>\n<li>Platform base fees (Vercel Pro, Netlify Pro, Supabase Pro, etc.)</li>\n<li>Real-time listener read charges</li>\n<li>Storage baseline (existing data)</li>\n<li>Monitoring/logging platform fees</li>\n<li>Domain/DNS costs</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\nPHASE 3: USER BEHAVIOR PROFILES</h1>\n<p>Define realistic user behavior profiles for cost projection.</p>\n<p>Step 3.1 — Usage Profiles</p>\n<p>Define 3 user profiles with monthly action frequencies.\nTailor the actions to what was discovered in Phase 2.</p>\n<p><strong>Casual User (60% of users)</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opens app: 3-5 times/month</li>\n<li>Session duration: 5-10 minutes</li>\n<li>Core actions: low frequency</li>\n<li>Transactions: 0-1/month</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Active User (30% of users)</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opens app: 15-20 times/month</li>\n<li>Session duration: 10-20 minutes</li>\n<li>Core actions: moderate frequency</li>\n<li>Transactions: 2-3/month</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Power User (10% of users)</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opens app: 30+ times/month</li>\n<li>Session duration: 15-30 minutes</li>\n<li>Core actions: high frequency</li>\n<li>Transactions: 5-8/month</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Adjust these profiles based on the app's domain:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>SaaS/productivity: increase session frequency and duration</li>\n<li>Social/messaging: increase message and content creation frequency</li>\n<li>Marketplace: increase search and transaction frequency</li>\n<li>API product: model by API calls/month instead of sessions</li>\n<li>Developer tool: model by builds, deployments, or CI minutes</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 3.2 — Weighted Average User</p>\n<p>Calculate the weighted average monthly cost per user:\nweighted_cost = (0.60 x casual_cost) + (0.30 x active_cost) + (0.10 x power_cost)</p>\n<h1>============================================================\nPHASE 4: SCALE PROJECTION</h1>\n<p>Project total monthly costs at each user tier.</p>\n<p>Step 4.1 — User Tiers</p>\n<p>Calculate for these tiers (or custom tiers if specified in arguments):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>1,000 MAU</li>\n<li>5,000 MAU</li>\n<li>10,000 MAU</li>\n<li>25,000 MAU</li>\n<li>50,000 MAU</li>\n<li>100,000 MAU</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 4.2 — Linear Costs (Scale with Users)</p>\n<p>For each tier: per-user monthly cost x number of users.</p>\n<p>Step 4.3 — Fixed Costs (Do Not Scale)</p>\n<p>Costs that remain constant regardless of user count:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always-on compute instances</li>\n<li>Platform base fees (Vercel Pro, Supabase Pro, etc.)</li>\n<li>Database instance costs (RDS hourly, PlanetScale base plan)</li>\n<li>Scheduled function invocations</li>\n<li>Monitoring/logging base fees</li>\n<li>Domain/DNS</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 4.4 — Sub-Linear Costs (Grow Slower Than Users)</p>\n<ul>\n<li>CDN caching reduces bandwidth per user at scale</li>\n<li>Config/static data reads are cached</li>\n<li>Shared content is read once per query, not per user</li>\n<li>Connection pooling reduces database connection costs</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 4.5 — Super-Linear Costs (Grow Faster Than Users)</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Messaging/social features: N users can interact with N-1 others</li>\n<li>Search result sets grow with content volume</li>\n<li>Fan-out writes: profile updates propagate to all related records</li>\n<li>Database query latency increases with data volume (may require larger instances)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 4.6 — Free Tier Deductions</p>\n<p>Apply each provider's free tier allowances. Common free tiers:</p>\n<p><strong>Firebase:</strong> 50K reads/day, 20K writes/day, 2M function invocations/month, 5GB storage\n<strong>AWS:</strong> Lambda 1M requests/month, S3 5GB (12 months), DynamoDB 25 WRU/25 RRU\n<strong>Vercel (Hobby):</strong> 100GB bandwidth, 100K serverless invocations\n<strong>Netlify (Free):</strong> 125K function invocations, 100GB bandwidth\n<strong>Supabase (Free):</strong> 500MB database, 2GB bandwidth, 500K edge invocations\n<strong>Fly.io:</strong> 3 shared-cpu VMs, 160GB bandwidth\n<strong>Railway:</strong> $5 credit/month on trial\n<strong>PlanetScale:</strong> No free tier (Hobby deprecated)</p>\n<p>Subtract free tier from total before calculating cost.\nNote which tiers exceed free limits.</p>\n<p>Step 4.7 — Build the Projection Table</p>\n<p>Build a table with rows for EACH detected service (not a generic Firebase-only template).\nGroup by provider. Example structure:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th></th>\n<th>1K MAU</th>\n<th>5K MAU</th>\n<th>10K MAU</th>\n<th>25K MAU</th>\n<th>50K MAU</th>\n<th>100K MAU</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>[Provider 1]</strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Service A</td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Service B</td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Provider 1 Subtotal</td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>[Provider 2]</strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Service C</td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Provider 2 Subtotal</td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>External Services</strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stripe Fees</td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Email/SMS</td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>External Subtotal</td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Fixed Costs</strong></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td><span>\\(|\\)</span></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>TOTAL</strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Per User/Month</strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td><strong><span>\\(** | **\\)</span></strong></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h1>============================================================\nPHASE 5: COST OPTIMIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS</h1>\n<p>Step 5.1 — Identify Cost Hotspots</p>\n<p>From Phase 4, rank cost categories by total spend at the 100K tier.\nThe top 3 categories are the optimization targets.</p>\n<p>Step 5.2 — Generate Optimization Recommendations</p>\n<p>For each hotspot, propose specific, actionable optimizations:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>#</th>\n<th>Optimization</th>\n<th>Service</th>\n<th>Est. Savings/Month (100K)</th>\n<th>Effort</th>\n<th>Risk</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>[specific change]</td>\n<td>[service]</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>Low/Med/High</td>\n<td>Low/Med/High</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Common optimization patterns to check for (by provider):</p>\n<p><strong>General:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Client-side caching / CDN caching for static assets</li>\n<li>Compress images and files before upload</li>\n<li>Implement TTL on transient data (sessions, rate limits, notifications)</li>\n<li>Batch operations instead of individual calls</li>\n<li>Connection pooling for databases</li>\n<li>Right-size compute instances</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Firebase/Firestore:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consolidate listeners, use pagination instead of streams</li>\n<li>Add query limits (.limit())</li>\n<li>Denormalize reads (store needed fields on parent doc)</li>\n<li>Use aggregation queries instead of reading all docs</li>\n<li>Reduce minInstances on Cloud Functions</li>\n<li>Cache config reads</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>AWS:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use Reserved Instances or Savings Plans for steady-state EC2/RDS</li>\n<li>Switch Lambda to ARM (Graviton) for 20% cost reduction</li>\n<li>Use S3 Intelligent Tiering for infrequent data</li>\n<li>Enable CloudFront caching to reduce origin requests</li>\n<li>Use DynamoDB on-demand vs provisioned (or vice versa) based on traffic pattern</li>\n<li>Consolidate Lambda functions to reduce cold starts and invocation count</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Vercel/Netlify:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Optimize ISR/SSG to reduce serverless function invocations</li>\n<li>Use edge middleware sparingly (billed per invocation)</li>\n<li>Optimize image sizes to reduce bandwidth</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Database:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use read replicas for read-heavy workloads</li>\n<li>Implement query result caching (Redis)</li>\n<li>Archive old data to cheaper storage</li>\n<li>Use connection pooling (PgBouncer, RDS Proxy)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Supabase:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use Row Level Security efficiently (avoid complex policies that slow queries)</li>\n<li>Optimize Realtime subscriptions (subscribe to specific rows, not tables)</li>\n<li>Use Supabase Storage transforms instead of client-side processing</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Step 5.3 — Prioritize by ROI</p>\n<p>Sort recommendations by: estimated savings / effort score.\nGroup into:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quick Wins</strong> (low effort, immediate savings)</li>\n<li><strong>Medium-Term</strong> (moderate effort, significant savings)</li>\n<li><strong>Architectural</strong> (high effort, large savings, may require refactoring)</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\nPHASE 6: PROVIDER COMPARISON</h1>\n<p>Based on the detected infrastructure, suggest 1-2 alternative provider configurations\nand estimate the cost difference.</p>\n<p>Step 6.1 — Identify Comparable Alternatives</p>\n<p>Map the current stack to alternatives:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Current</th>\n<th>Alternative 1</th>\n<th>Alternative 2</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Firebase Firestore</td>\n<td>Supabase Postgres</td>\n<td>AWS DynamoDB</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Firebase Functions</td>\n<td>AWS Lambda</td>\n<td>Vercel Serverless</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Firebase Hosting</td>\n<td>Vercel</td>\n<td>Netlify</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Firebase Auth</td>\n<td>Supabase Auth</td>\n<td>Auth0</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AWS EC2</td>\n<td>Railway</td>\n<td>Fly.io</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AWS RDS</td>\n<td>PlanetScale</td>\n<td>Supabase</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vercel Pro</td>\n<td>Netlify Pro</td>\n<td>Cloudflare Pages</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Heroku</td>\n<td>Railway</td>\n<td>Fly.io</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Only compare alternatives that make technical sense for the project's requirements\n(e.g., don't suggest DynamoDB for a heavily relational schema).</p>\n<p>Step 6.2 — Cost Comparison Table</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Provider Setup</th>\n<th>1K MAU</th>\n<th>10K MAU</th>\n<th>50K MAU</th>\n<th>100K MAU</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Current Stack</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alternative 1</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alternative 2</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Include a brief note on migration effort and trade-offs for each alternative.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\nPHASE 7: WRITE REPORT</h1>\n<p>Write the complete analysis to <code>docs/cost-analysis.md</code> in the project\n(create the <code>docs/</code> directory if it doesn't exist).</p>\n<p>Report structure:</p>\n<pre><code># Infrastructure Cost Analysis\n\nGenerated: [date]\nProject: [project name]\nDetected Providers: [list of providers found]\nRegion(s): [detected regions]\n\n## Executive Summary\n\n| User Tier | Monthly Cost | Per User/Month | Top Cost Driver |\n|-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|\n| 1K MAU | $X | $X.XX | [service] |\n| 10K MAU | $X | $X.XX | [service] |\n| 50K MAU | $X | $X.XX | [service] |\n| 100K MAU | $X | $X.XX | [service] |\n\nKey findings:\n- [top 3 insights]\n\n## Detected Infrastructure\n\n[Services inventory from Phase 1]\n\n## Compute Services\n\n[Table from Phase 1.2]\n\n## Database Services\n\n[Table from Phase 1.3]\n\n## Per-Action Cost Breakdown\n\n[Table from Phase 2.3]\n\n## Background/Fixed Costs\n\n[Table from Phase 2.4]\n\n## User Behavior Assumptions\n\n[Profiles from Phase 3]\n\n## Cost Projection by Tier\n\n[Full table from Phase 4.7]\n\n### Cost Distribution (100K MAU)\n\n[Rank each service by % of total cost]\n\n## Optimization Recommendations\n\n### Quick Wins\n[Items from Phase 5.3]\n\n### Medium-Term\n[Items from Phase 5.3]\n\n### Architectural Changes\n[Items from Phase 5.3]\n\n## Provider Comparison\n\n[Comparison table and notes from Phase 6]\n\n## Assumptions &amp; Methodology\n\n- Detected providers: [list]\n- Pricing region(s): [regions]\n- Pricing as of: [date]\n- User behavior profiles: [methodology]\n- Operations counted by code path tracing\n- Free tier deductions applied to all tiers\n- External service fees at standard rates\n- All costs in USD\n</code></pre>\n<h1>============================================================\nSTRICT RULES</h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Read ACTUAL code to count operations. Do not guess or use generic estimates.</li>\n<li>Show your work: for each per-action cost, reference the file and line where\nthe billable operation occurs.</li>\n<li>Use current provider pricing (search the web if needed to confirm rates).</li>\n<li>Account for free tiers — do not overstate costs at low tiers.</li>\n<li>Be conservative with user behavior estimates — better to undercount than overcount.</li>\n<li>Include external service costs (Stripe, Twilio, etc.) — these often dominate at scale.</li>\n<li>Round to 2 decimal places for per-user costs, whole dollars for totals.</li>\n<li>Do NOT propose code changes. This is an analysis skill, not a fix skill.</li>\n<li>If the codebase uses cost-saving patterns (caching, batching, limits), credit them.</li>\n<li>Auto-detect providers — never assume Firebase-only or any single provider.</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\nOUTPUT</h1>\n<p>After writing the report file, print a brief summary:</p>\n<h2>Cost Analysis Complete</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Report: <code>docs/cost-analysis.md</code></li>\n<li>Providers detected: [list]</li>\n<li>Services analyzed: [count]</li>\n<li>Compute functions audited: [count]</li>\n<li>User actions modeled: [count]</li>\n<li>Optimization recommendations: [count]</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Monthly cost at key tiers:</strong></p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>1K MAU</th>\n<th>10K MAU</th>\n<th>50K MAU</th>\n<th>100K MAU</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n<td>$X</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><strong>Top 3 cost drivers at 100K MAU:</strong></p>\n<ol>\n<li>[service] — $X/month ([N]% of total)</li>\n<li>[service] — $X/month ([N]% of total)</li>\n<li>[service] — $X/month ([N]% of total)</li>\n</ol>\n<p><strong>Top 3 optimization opportunities:</strong></p>\n<ol>\n<li>[description] — saves ~$X/month</li>\n<li>[description] — saves ~$X/month</li>\n<li>[description] — saves ~$X/month</li>\n</ol>\n<p><strong>Provider comparison (100K MAU):</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Current stack: $X/month</li>\n<li>Alternative: $X/month ([savings/increase])</li>\n</ul>\n<p>NEXT STEPS:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\"Review the assumptions in docs/cost-analysis.md and adjust user behavior profiles if needed.\"</li>\n<li>\"Run <code>/scale-audit</code> to identify scalability bottlenecks alongside cost hotspots.\"</li>\n<li>\"Run <code>/iterate</code> to implement the Quick Win optimizations.\"</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\nSELF-HEALING VALIDATION (max 2 iterations)</h1>\n<p>After producing output, validate data quality and completeness:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Verify all output sections have substantive content (not just headers).</li>\n<li>Verify every finding references a specific file, code location, or data point.</li>\n<li>Verify recommendations are actionable and evidence-based.</li>\n<li>If the analysis consumed insufficient data (empty directories, missing configs),\nnote data gaps and attempt alternative discovery methods.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>IF VALIDATION FAILS:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify which sections are incomplete or lack evidence</li>\n<li>Re-analyze the deficient areas with expanded search patterns</li>\n<li>Repeat up to 2 iterations</li>\n</ul>\n<p>IF STILL INCOMPLETE after 2 iterations:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flag specific gaps in the output</li>\n<li>Note what data would be needed to complete the analysis</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\nSELF-EVOLUTION TELEMETRY</h1>\n<p>After producing output, record execution metadata for the /evolve pipeline.</p>\n<p>Check if a project memory directory exists:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look for the project path in <code>~/.claude/projects/</code></li>\n<li>If found, append to <code>skill-telemetry.md</code> in that memory directory</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Entry format:</p>\n<pre><code>### /cost-analysis — {{YYYY-MM-DD}}\n- Outcome: {{SUCCESS | PARTIAL | FAILED}}\n- Self-healed: {{yes — what was healed | no}}\n- Iterations used: {{N}} / {{N max}}\n- Bottleneck: {{phase that struggled or \"none\"}}\n- Suggestion: {{one-line improvement idea for /evolve, or \"none\"}}\n</code></pre>\n<p>Only log if the memory directory exists. 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