# Autoscaling strategy (/cloud--autoscaling-strategy)

/cloud--autoscaling-strategy is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Designs a service's autoscaling: scaling metric, bounds, cooldowns and cold-start handling, validated with a load test.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/cloud--autoscaling-strategy
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/cloud/autoscaling-strategy.md
- Updated 10 Jul 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/cloud--autoscaling-strategy design autoscaling for my API running on Kubernetes`
- `/cloud--autoscaling-strategy I need scaling policies for Black Friday traffic spikes`
- `/cloud--autoscaling-strategy validate my autoscaling setup with a load test`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install cloud-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: `**/*`
- Runs: —
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Design autoscaling: metrics, policies, warm pools, load-testing validation

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)