cost-change-investigation agent skill by costory-io
Explain cost changes using contributor, timing, usage and event evidence from the hosted Costory MCP. Requires a Costory workspace, connected billing data and browser OAuth.
At a glance
| Publisher | costory-io |
|---|---|
| Repository | costory-io/costory-finops-mcp-skills (4 listed skills) |
| Category | Business, Sales and Finance |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | October 19, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 106 lines, 1,258 words |
| Bundled files | 1 file |
| Quality score | 81/100 · B Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the badges for this listing |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: none.
- License: Apache-2.0, an open-source or open-content license.
Install cost-change-investigation
Connect the hosted Costory MCP at https://app-api.costory.io/mcp and complete browser OAuth with a Costory workspace with billing data connected. Installing the skill folder alone does not configure that connection. Follow the publisher's setup for your agent, then install the selected skill below. Publisher setup instructions.
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/costory-io/costory-finops-mcp-skills/tree/main/plugins/costory/skills/cost-change-investigationtmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/costory-io/costory-finops-mcp-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"plugins/costory/skills/cost-change-investigation .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo costory-io/costory-finops-mcp-skills \
--path plugins/costory/skills/cost-change-investigationcostory-io/costory-finops-mcp-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Use when investigating a cost change to explain what changed, when, and the best-supported drivers with contribution, timing, usage, metric, event, alert, and terminology evidence. Call get_skill with skillId "cost-change-investigation" before starting the investigation.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Role
- Goal
- What The Client Sees
- Workflow
- Tool Argument Formats
- Building filterCel
- Evidence Rules
- Output
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.md
Suede Skill Check: 81/100 · B
Report snapshot · · graded-v2
The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
Source revision: 38438bd87c39. Report version d344e7f0c1a7. Badge URLs follow the latest listing; save the report to keep this version.
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What to review next
- Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
- Reference files: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the skill folder ships a references/, reference/ or docs/ folder.
- Bundled scripts: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the skill folder ships a scripts/ folder.
Add declarations and bundled files when they describe the skill’s actual needs. Update the source, then request a fresh review with the changed commit or PR.
cost-change-investigation passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 5 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 3 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 0 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 1 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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Where this skill is cited
costory-io/costory-finops-mcp-skills appears in 1 curated list: TensorBlock/awesome-mcp-servers.
Verified citation: TensorBlock/awesome-mcp-servers, checked 2026-10-19.