The AWS Cleanup We Keep Putting Off (I Let an Agent Do It)
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AWS cleanup with agent, directly relevant to cloud and automation.
Summary
An engineer used Kiro's Agent Toolkit for AWS to automate cleanup of forgotten CloudFormation stacks after a stale billing alert revealed years of unused resources. The agent listed 12 stacks, required confirmation before deleting four, and handled a DELETE_FAILED by pulling stack events to diagnose the issue—all without the engineer touching the console or CLI. This approach addresses the estimated 25% of cloud budgets wasted on forgotten resources.