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- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gke-labs/kube-agents
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agents/platform/skills/gke-cost-analysis/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261019.895f23d, committed Oct 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 10, 2026
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- 9,710 bytes
- Repository stars
- 124
- License
- Apache-2.0
Answer natural language questions and perform analysis on GKE cluster and workload costs using BigQuery billing exports, cost allocation data, and live cluster monitoring metrics. Use when querying GKE costs across projects, namespaces, or workloads, analyzing billing reports in BigQuery (`bq`), checking cluster cost budgets (`gcloud billing`), or diagnosing cost drivers like pod requests vs. actual utilization (`kubectl top`). Don't use for applying cost optimization changes, creating…
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What the file says
# GKE Cost Analysis
This skill provides guidance on answering natural language questions about
GKE-related costs, billing reports, and utilization analysis.
## Overview
When users ask about GKE costs (e.g., "What are my costs across projects?",
"What's my most expensive namespace?", "Why is my cluster cost spiking?"), use
this skill to provide a structured and expert response using BigQuery billing
exports, cost allocation metadata, and live cluster metrics.
## Instructions
When handling a cost-related question:
1. **Provide a Direct Answer**: Address the specific cost question or
analytical request clearly and concisely.
2. **Explain BigQuery Integration**: Explain how to query BigQuery for
historical cost breakdown. Note that GKE costs originate from the GCP
Billing Detailed BigQuery Export (`gcp_billing_export_resource_v1_*`).
3. **Check & Verify Cost Allocation**: Explain that GKE Cost Allocation must be
enabled on the cluster (`--enable-cost-allocation`) for namespace, label,
and workload-level billing granularity. If queries return empty labels,
provide the `gcloud` command to enable it.
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How to install
mdr add gke-labs/kube-agents/gke-cost-analysis@sha256:7ba704ef0691fa09The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.895f23d, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
gke-labs/kube-agents · 124 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
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