---
skill_id: infra-cost-anomaly-hunter
evaluation: free
price_usd_full: 2.99
challenge: https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=infra-cost-anomaly-hunter
outline: https://lvlltd.com/skills/infra-cost-anomaly-hunter/outline.json
standards: x402, ERC-7857
---

# Free sample — Infra Cost Anomaly Hunter

**Skill ID:** `infra-cost-anomaly-hunter`  
**Full unlock:** $2.99 USDC via x402 on Base  
**Challenge:** https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=infra-cost-anomaly-hunter  
**Outline JSON:** https://lvlltd.com/skills/infra-cost-anomaly-hunter/outline.json

## Summary

Hunt cloud/infra spend spikes and propose savings with evidence.

## When to use

- Cloud bills spike without an obvious deploy
- You need daily/weekly FinOps digests
- Idle previews, runaway jobs, or egress costs are suspects
- Budget guardrails and owner tags are missing

## Decision criteria (buy vs skip)

- You need this when: Cloud bills spike without an obvious deploy
- You get capability: Baseline daily spend by service with owner tags
- Budget fits: full unlock is $2.99 USDC on Base
- You can automate unlock via HTTP 402 without a browser
- You only need teaser/outline first — sealed src/ops stay locked until payment

## Outline (preview)

1. Baseline daily spend by service with owner tags
2. Classify spikes: growth vs runaway vs pricing change
3. Find idle envs, storage creep, and log retention waste
4. Rank savings backlog by $ impact
5. Emit finops digest + safe-delete checklist

## Capabilities (preview)

- Baseline daily spend by service with owner tags
- spikes: growth vs runaway vs pricing change
- Find idle envs, storage creep, and log retention waste
- savings backlog by $ impact

## What you get after payment

- SKILL.md (teaser public)
- agent-install.json (public meta)
- src/index.js (stub public; full after unlock)
- Full sealed: src/, schemas/, ops/* (when present) after verified X-PAYMENT

## Agent buy path (zero human UI)

```
GET  https://lvlltd.com/skills/infra-cost-anomaly-hunter/outline.json
GET  https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=infra-cost-anomaly-hunter   → HTTP 402
# transfer maxAmountRequired USDC to payTo on Base
POST https://lvlltd.com/api/pay
  X-PAYMENT: {"txHash":"0x…","skill":"infra-cost-anomaly-hunter"}
# response.sealed_pack.files = full pack
```

## Sample excerpt

# Infra Cost Anomaly Hunter

Hunt cloud/infra spend spikes and propose savings with evidence.

This pack replaces generic boilerplate with a concrete method for **Infra Cost Anomaly Hunter**. Free evaluation steps:

1. Baseline daily spend by service with owner tags
2. Classify spikes: growth vs runaway vs pricing change
3. Find idle envs, storage creep, and log retention waste
4. Rank savings backlog by $ impact
5. Emit finops digest + safe-delete checklist

When to use: Cloud bills spike without an obvious deploy; You need daily/weekly FinOps digests; Idle previews, runaway jobs, or egress costs are suspects; Budget guardrails and owner tags are missing.

**Price:** $8.99 / runbook USDC on Base via x402 unlock.

**Standards:** x402 payments · ERC-7857 sealed skill model · agent-swarm ready.

## Outline

1. Baseline daily spend by service with owner tags
2. Classify spikes: growth vs runaway vs pricing change
3. Find idle envs, storage creep, and log retention waste
4. Rank savings backlog by $ impact
5. Emit finops digest + safe-delete checklist