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Spot Vm Strategy
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Anmol Nagpal
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· v1.0.0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install spot-vm-strategy
Description
Design an interruption-resilient GCP Spot VM strategy for eligible workloads with 60-91% savings
Usage Guidance
This skill is coherent for the stated purpose, but exercise caution before pasting data: billing exports and instance lists can contain project IDs, billing account IDs, cost numbers, and other sensitive metadata. Do not paste credentials, tokens, or private keys (the skill also says not to). If you want to limit exposure, redact project IDs, billing account numbers, or any URLs before sharing, or run the analysis locally and share only summarized outputs (e.g., aggregated costs or a trimmed instance list). Also be aware the SKILL.md contains a factual inaccuracy about Spot vs Preemptible VM behavior and a small command formatting error — verify recommendations against current GCP docs before applying them in production.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: spot-vm-strategy
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle is a strategy design tool for GCP Spot VM optimization. It provides read-only discovery commands (gcloud compute/container list and BigQuery billing queries) for the user to execute manually and share for analysis. The instructions in SKILL.md explicitly forbid the agent from asking for credentials and include safety checks to ensure user-provided data is sanitized, showing no signs of malicious intent or unauthorized execution.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The name/description (design Spot VM strategies) match the SKILL.md: it requests exported instance lists, GKE node-pool configs, and billing exports — all reasonable inputs for cost/availability analysis. No unrelated credentials, binaries, or installs are requested.
Instruction Scope
The skill is instruction-only and explicitly asks the user to paste CLI/BigQuery outputs (inventory and billing exports). This stays within the stated purpose, but these outputs can include sensitive identifiers and billing amounts. The SKILL.md correctly forbids asking for credentials. Also note minor inaccuracies and sloppy command examples: it states 'Spot VMs can run up to 24 hours before preemption' (that's true for old Preemptible VMs but not a general property of Spot VMs) and the sample gcloud command includes two --format flags which is inconsistent.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files — lowest-risk delivery mechanism. Nothing is written to disk by the skill itself.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials (proportionate). It does ask for exported billing and inventory data; that is relevant for cost estimates but can contain sensitive project/billing identifiers — the user should redact or verify before sharing.
Persistence & Privilege
always:false, no install, and no self-modifying configuration. The skill has no elevated persistence or system-wide privileges.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install spot-vm-strategy - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/spot-vm-strategy - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
- Initial release of gcp-spot-vm-strategy skill.
- Instructional tool to design cost-optimal and resilient GCP Spot VM strategies for eligible workloads.
- Guides users in analyzing instance inventory, GKE node pools, and billing data for Spot VM opportunities.
- Provides step-by-step recommendations, including workload eligibility, MIG setup, cost savings estimates, and CLI examples.
- Emphasizes best practices: interruption handling, optimal Spot/On-Demand mix, and data privacy (no credentials requested).
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Spot Vm Strategy?
Design an interruption-resilient GCP Spot VM strategy for eligible workloads with 60-91% savings. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 306 downloads so far.
How do I install Spot Vm Strategy?
Run "/install spot-vm-strategy" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Spot Vm Strategy free?
Yes, Spot Vm Strategy is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Spot Vm Strategy support?
Spot Vm Strategy is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Spot Vm Strategy?
It is built and maintained by Anmol Nagpal (@anmolnagpal); the current version is v1.0.0.
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