What you get
- The playbook (Markdown + PDF): how AWS actually bills you, how to read each finding, what a human should review before changing anything, and a 14-day action plan.
costcutter.py— one CLI, eleven checks, JSON or table output, multi-region. A wrapper refuses any boto3 call that is not Describe/Get/List/Head/Detect.- Equivalent bash scripts if you prefer AWS CLI + jq, with the same read-only guard.
- A Savings Plans / Reserved Instance checklist that will not purchase anything. Cost Explorer API is opt-in because AWS charges USD 0.01 per request.
What it will not do
The kit never creates, starts, stops, tags, or deletes resources. Savings figures are estimates from public list prices (dated in the report) or the Price List API, not your bill. An “idle” NAT or load balancer can still be a failover path — the playbook treats every high-severity row as a prompt for human review.
Who it is for
A single-account or mid-size AWS estate where nobody has looked at leftover volumes and NAT Gateways in months. If you already run Cost Explorer + Compute Optimizer + a FinOps team every week, you will recognize the checks; you may still want the scripts. If you want someone else to do the reading and write the report, see the USD 149 audit.
How to run it
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt # Use a read-only profile. Do not use an admin key. python costcutter.py --profile readonly --all-regions --output report.json
Refund and legal
Full refund within 14 days of payment if you email SUPPORT_EMAIL. After 14 days, at our discretion. Download access is revoked on refund. This is a digital document and software kit, not a managed service. You are responsible for any change you make in your AWS account. Some jurisdictions give consumers a 14-day withdrawal right; this policy matches that window.
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