MCP server

Cloud FinOps Skill & MCP

io.github.OptimNow/cloud-finops

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Cloud cost + FinOps knowledge for AI agents: AWS/Azure/GCP optimisation, AI spend, waste playbooks.

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

optimnow.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

7

Token cost

About 3,684 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cloud-finops https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.cloud-finops]
url = "https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"cloud-finops":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"cloud-finops":{"url":"https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"cloud-finops":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add cloud-finops https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"cloud-finops","server_url":"https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"cloud-finops","server_url":"https://mcp.optimnow.io/mcp"}

Tools

• find_playbooks ~738 tokens
  Finds the runbook for a specific cloud waste pattern, filtered by provider, service, waste category or detection confidence. Useful before answering a specific waste or cost-fix question: each runbook includes a tested detection query the user can run in their own account, so it also
• find_references ~783 tokens
  Find which guidance serves a FinOps question - how to commit, size, allocate, charge back, forecast, or govern cloud and AI spend. Use this for questions like "how should we size Savings Plans", "what should Finance own in chargeback", "what does a Crawl-stage org tackle first" - an
• get_live_figures ~482 tokens
  Get the current value of a figure a reference quotes with a date. Use this when a reference quotes a figure from an OptimToken guide ("measured on the 2026-10-25 OptimToken catalogue") and the answer needs the current value: the Compute Savings Plan or reservation discount, the gap
• get_playbook ~390 tokens
  Fetch the step-by-step runbook for one specific waste pattern: symptoms, the detection queries to run, the fix, and the anti-pattern to avoid. Use this when the user asks how to detect, confirm, or fix one specific named waste pattern (zombie NAT gateway, snapshot sprawl, idle SageM
• get_reference ~670 tokens
  Fetch the guidance on one FinOps topic - the billing mechanics, decision rules and worked examples behind a defensible answer - either whole or one section at a time. Use this when you need the actual content of one known reference, after ``list_references`` or ``find_references`` t
• list_playbooks ~298 tokens
  See every ready-made runbook for finding and fixing cloud waste: idle, orphaned and overprovisioned resources, egress surprises, schedule blindness and AI/ML inefficiency across AWS, Azure and GCP. Use this to discover which waste patterns have a runbook. When the question already n
• list_references ~323 tokens
  See what FinOps guidance is available: billing mechanics, commitment strategy, allocation and chargeback, AI cost management, and per-provider cost handbooks (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Databricks, Snowflake, ...). Use this to discover what the library covers before deciding what to fetc

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