/finops:caches Skill | Agent Skills

/finops:caches

Analyze GitHub Actions cache usage - size breakdown, cache key patterns, branch distribution, and stale cache detection.

When to Use This Skill

| Use this skill when... | Use a sibling instead when... | |---|---| | Cache usage is near the 10GB repo limit or unknown | You need a high-level repo health snapshot first — use /finops:overview | | You need to identify stale or orphaned PR-branch caches | You want to compare cache footprints across many repos — use /finops:compare | | You are reviewing cache key strategy and prefix breakdown | You want to optimize workflow triggers rather than caches — use /finops:waste | | You want to track down a single bloated cache entry | You are investigating slow or noisy workflow runs — use /finops:workflows |

Context

Current repo URL: !git remote get-url origin

Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Default | |-----------|-------------|---------| | repo | Repository in owner/name format | Current repository | | org:orgname | Analyze org-wide cache usage | - |

Execution

bash "${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/cache-analysis.sh" $ARGS

Output Format

=== Cache Analysis: org/repo ===

Summary:
  45 caches, 2340MB used
  23% of 10GB limit

=== By Key Prefix ===
  node-modules: 12 caches, 1200MB
  playwright: 8 caches, 800MB
  turbo: 15 caches, 300MB

=== By Branch ===
  main: 10 caches, 500MB
  develop: 8 caches, 400MB
  PR 123: 3 caches, 150MB
  PR 118: 3 caches, 140MB

=== Largest Caches ===
  node-modules-linux-abc123: 180MB
  playwright-linux-def456: 150MB

=== Stale Caches (>7 days old) ===
  8 stale caches, 450MB reclaimable
  Oldest: 2025-01-15T10:30:00Z

=== PR Branch Caches ===
  12 PR caches, 580MB (check if PRs are merged/closed)

Agentic Optimizations

| Context | Command | |---------|---------| | Cache list (JSON) | gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/caches?per_page=100" --jq '.actions_caches' | | Total cache count | gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/caches" --jq '.total_count' | | Delete stale cache | gh api -X DELETE "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/caches/{id}" | | Cache key search | gh api "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/caches?key=prefix" --jq '.actions_caches[].key' | | Compact summary | bash "${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/cache-analysis.sh" $ARGS |

Post-actions

Based on findings, suggest:

High % of limit -> Clean up stale caches, review key strategies
Many PR caches -> Add cache cleanup workflow for closed PRs
Large single caches -> Consider splitting or compressing

Stale caches -> Provide cleanup command:

# Delete stale caches
gh api "/repos/$REPO/actions/caches?per_page=100" \
  --jq '.actions_caches[] | select(.last_accessed_at < "CUTOFF") | .id' | \
  while read id; do gh api -X DELETE "/repos/$REPO/actions/caches/$id"; done

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