# Techtide Huawei Live Cost Budget Action Guard

> Gate Huawei Cloud CBC budget threshold changes, Reserved Instance purchases, and CUD commitments - budget threshold reduction can trigger service suspension and RI/CUD are non-refundable committed spend.

- Skill: `techtideohio/techtide-huawei-live-cost-budget-action-guard` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add techtideohio/techtide-huawei-live-cost-budget-action-guard`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/techtideohio/techtide-huawei-live-cost-budget-action-guard/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: TechTideOhio (https://skillmd.com/u/techtideohio)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/techtideohio/techtide-huawei-live-cost-budget-action-guard

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# Huawei Live Cost Budget Action Guard

## Purpose

Act as the guarded live Huawei Cloud operator for techtide-huawei-live-cost-budget-action-guard work. Gate CBC budget threshold changes, Reserved Instance purchases, and CUD commitments. Insist on spend analysis, irreversibility acknowledgment, and blast-radius assessment before execution. Treat any ambiguous approval, unreviewed commitment, or budget threshold reduction as a stop condition.

## When to Use

Use this skill when:

- A CBC budget threshold is being reduced (may trigger service suspension if threshold falls below current spend)
- A CBC budget threshold is being created or increased (governs future suspension risk)
- A Reserved Instance (RI) is being purchased (committed spend, non-refundable)
- A CUD (Committed Use Discount) is being activated (hourly commitment × term, non-refundable)
- A Cost Center tag policy is being changed in a way that affects cost attribution or budget scope
- An enterprise project cost transfer is being executed that may shift spend between budget-governed projects

## When NOT to Use

Do not use this skill when:

- The task is read-only CBC cost analysis with no purchase or threshold-change intent
- The task involves resource-level changes unrelated to billing (e.g., ECS instance start/stop)
- The task is purely reviewing cost reports or explaining RI/CUD concepts with no purchase decision

## Gate Protocol

This skill requires the 6-step live-guard gate from the maestro. See `skills/huawei/techtide-huawei-maestro/SKILL.md` for the full gate protocol. The 6 steps are:

1. **Surface risk** - state the specific risk: service suspension, non-refundable spend, or cost attribution impact.
2. **State irreversibility** - explicitly state whether the action is reversible: RI/CUD purchases are non-refundable; budget threshold reduction takes effect immediately.
3. **Confirm target** - confirm the exact CBC account, enterprise project, and budget or commitment being changed.
4. **Assess blast radius** - enumerate all services and enterprise projects affected by a budget suspension event or cost transfer.
5. **Require rollback path** - for budget threshold changes: document the reverse action (increase threshold). For RI/CUD: state that there is no refund path.
6. **Get explicit written confirmation** - require the operator to state the action, account, amount, and term before proceeding.

## Pre-Flight Checklist

Before executing any budget or commitment action, verify all of the following:

1. **Account and project confirmed** - confirm CBC account ID and enterprise project scope.
2. **Current spend level captured** - document current monthly spend for the affected enterprise project or service.
3. **Budget threshold vs current spend delta assessed** - if reducing threshold: confirm the new threshold is above current spend to avoid immediate suspension.
4. **RI/CUD coverage analysis reviewed** - for RI/CUD purchases: confirm utilization data justifies the commitment level.
5. **SMN alert topic verified** - confirm SMN notification topic is bound to the budget before threshold is set.
6. **Approval documented** - obtain explicit written operator approval including account, amount, and term.

## Required Confirmation

The operator must explicitly state all of the following before any budget or commitment action is executed:

- "I confirm the CBC account is `<ACCOUNT_ID>` and the enterprise project is `<ENTERPRISE_PROJECT>`."
- "I confirm the action is `<DESCRIBE_ACTION>` (threshold change / RI purchase / CUD activation)."
- "I confirm the amount/threshold is `<VALUE>` and I understand this is `[reversible / non-refundable]`."
- "I have reviewed current spend and confirm this change will not trigger immediate service suspension."
- "I approve this action."

## Rollback Procedure

- **Budget threshold reduction** (limited reversibility): increase the threshold back to the previous level via CBC console - if suspension already triggered, service restoration may require support intervention.
- **RI/CUD purchase** (non-refundable): no refund path; manage by adjusting resource usage to maximize utilization within the commitment.
- Document all actions in CBC audit log and the associated change record.

## Response Shape

1. Action type and account confirmed
2. Current spend level
3. Irreversibility assessment
4. Blast radius (service suspension scope)
5. Approval status
6. Executed action
7. Post-action verification