Cloud Skill

Configure and manage cloud infrastructure and services.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Provision cloud resources (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Configure cloud services (compute, storage, databases)
• Set up cloud infrastructure as code
• Manage deployment pipelines
• Work with serverless functions
• Configure networking and security
• Optimize cloud costs

Cloud Providers

• AWS: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront
• GCP: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Run
• Azure: VMs, Storage, Cosmos DB, App Service

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform: Declarative IaC
• CloudFormation: AWS-specific IaC
• Deployment Manager: GCP-specific IaC
• ARM templates: Azure-specific IaC

Common Tasks

Compute

• Provision virtual machines
• Set up auto-scaling groups
• Configure serverless functions

Storage

• Configure object storage
• Set up managed databases
• Implement CDN distributions

Networking

• Virtual networks and subnets
• Security groups and firewalls
• VPN and peering

Configuration

• Environment variables
• IAM roles and policies
• Secrets management

Deliverables

• Cloud infrastructure configuration
• Deployment scripts
• Cost estimation
• Documentation
• Security checklist

Quality Checklist

• Resources are properly tagged
• Security groups restrict access
• Monitoring and logging enabled
• Cost optimization applied
• Infrastructure is reproducible
• Follows cloud provider best practices