# OpsBeacon

- [What is OpsBeacon?](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/getting-started/what-is-opsbeacon.md): OpsBeacon is an AI FinOps coworker that lives in Slack — monitoring your AWS costs, flagging anomalies, scoring your cloud financial health, and turning security findings into dollar figures.
- [How OpsBeacon Works](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/getting-started/how-it-works.md): OpsBeacon connects to your AWS account read-only, processes your cost and security data, and surfaces analysis directly in Slack.
- [Install OpsBeacon in Slack](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/getting-started/install-slack-teams.md): Add Beacon to your Slack workspace in under five minutes.
- [Connect Your AWS Account](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/getting-started/connect-aws.md): Grant OpsBeacon read-only access to your AWS account via a cross-account IAM role.
- [Your First 10 Minutes with Beacon](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/getting-started/first-10-minutes.md): Get your first insights from OpsBeacon in under 10 minutes.
- [Cloud Spend Analysis](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/cost-intelligence/cloud-spend-analysis.md): Understand where your AWS money is going — by service, account, region, and tag.
- [Cost Anomaly Detection](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/cost-intelligence/anomaly-detection.md): Beacon monitors your AWS spend continuously and alerts you when something unusual happens.
- [Cost Drivers & Root Cause Analysis](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/cost-intelligence/cost-drivers-root-cause.md): Find out exactly what changed in your AWS bill and why.
- [Forecasting & Budgets](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/cost-intelligence/forecasting-budgets.md): Know what your AWS bill will look like before it arrives.
- [Savings Recommendations](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/cost-intelligence/savings-recommendations.md): Find out what AWS Trusted Advisor recommends for your account — and what each recommendation is worth.
- [Reservations & Commitment Management](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/cost-intelligence/reservations-commitments.md): Track your Reserved Instance and Savings Plan utilization and coverage.
- [AI Spend by Project and Model](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/ai-economics/spend-by-project-model.md): See exactly which projects and AI models are driving your token costs.
- [Token Usage & Unit Economics](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/ai-economics/token-usage-unit-economics.md): Understand the cost per unit of useful work your AI workloads are producing.
- [AI Efficiency Scores](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/ai-economics/efficiency-scores.md): A scored view of how efficiently each project converts token spend into useful output.
- [AI Waste & Optimization](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/ai-economics/waste-optimization.md): Find and eliminate token spend that isn't producing useful output.
- [AI Return on Investment](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/ai-economics/return-on-investment.md): Measure whether your AI spend is delivering business value.
- [Security Trade-off Score](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-economics/trade-off-score.md): A single score that quantifies the financial trade-off between your security posture and the cost to fix it.
- [Security Gaps & Risk Prioritization](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-economics/gaps-risk-prioritization.md): See all open security findings ranked by financial exposure.
- [Security Investment & Exposure](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-economics/investment-exposure.md): Understand the financial relationship between what you're spending on security and what you're exposed to.
- [Remediation Cost Analysis](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-economics/remediation-cost-analysis.md): Know exactly what it costs in time and money to fix each security finding.
- [Security Actions & Verification](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-economics/actions-verification.md): Track security fixes from assignment through to verified cost reduction.
- [FinOps Health Score](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/finops-scoring/health-score.md): A single number that reflects how well your cloud spend is managed across cost, AI, and security.
- [Understanding Score Dimensions](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/finops-scoring/score-dimensions.md): A detailed breakdown of what drives each component of the FinOps Health Score.
- [Score Changes & Trends](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/finops-scoring/score-changes-trends.md): Track how your FinOps Health Score changes over time.
- [Improving Your Score](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/finops-scoring/improving-your-score.md): The highest-impact actions to move your FinOps Health Score.
- [Score Improvement Simulator](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/finops-scoring/score-improvement-simulator.md): Simulate the score impact of specific actions before committing to them.
- [Cloud Economics Monthly Report](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reports/cloud-economics-monthly.md): A comprehensive monthly summary of your AWS spend, trends, and recommendations.
- [Savings & Action Report](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reports/savings-action-report.md): Track what savings recommendations are open, in progress, and verified.
- [Executive Cloud Economics Brief](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reports/executive-brief.md): A concise, non-technical summary of your cloud economics for leadership.
- [FinOps Scorecard](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reports/finops-scorecard.md): A structured scorecard view of your FinOps Health Score across all dimensions.
- [AI Economics Report](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reports/ai-economics-report.md): A full breakdown of AI token spend, efficiency, and optimization opportunities.
- [Security Economics Report](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reports/security-economics-report.md): Security findings translated into dollar risk, ranked by financial exposure.
- [Scheduled Reports & Digests](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reports/scheduled-reports.md): Configure Beacon to post reports to Slack automatically on a schedule.
- [Understanding Findings vs. Actions](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/actions/findings-vs-actions.md): Findings are what Beacon discovers. Actions are what you do about them.
- [Reviewing and Assigning Findings](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/actions/reviewing-assigning.md): How to review a finding in detail and assign it to a team member.
- [Action Statuses & Ownership](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/actions/statuses-ownership.md): Track the lifecycle of every finding from discovery to verified resolution.
- [Tracking Savings](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/actions/tracking-savings.md): See how much OpsBeacon recommendations have actually saved you.
- [Verification of Outcomes](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/actions/verification.md): How OpsBeacon confirms that a fix actually worked.
- [Automated Remediation & Approvals](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/actions/automated-remediation.md): Allow Beacon to apply fixes automatically with your approval.
- [Ask Beacon in Natural Language](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/working-with-beacon/natural-language.md): Beacon understands plain English. You don't need to memorize commands.
- [Commands & Examples](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/working-with-beacon/commands-examples.md): Common Beacon commands with examples.
- [Investigating a Finding](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/working-with-beacon/investigating-finding.md): How to dig into a specific finding and understand it fully before acting.
- [Follow-up Questions & Explanations](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/working-with-beacon/follow-up-questions.md): Beacon maintains context across a conversation so you can ask follow-ups naturally.
- [Notifications & Alerts](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/working-with-beacon/notifications-alerts.md): Configure Beacon to proactively alert you when something needs attention.
- [Scheduled Standups](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/working-with-beacon/scheduled-standups.md): Set up Beacon to run an automatic FinOps standup in your Slack channel.
- [AWS Integration](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/integrations/aws.md): How OpsBeacon connects to AWS and what it reads from each service.
- [Slack Integration](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/integrations/slack-teams.md): How OpsBeacon integrates with Slack and what permissions it uses.
- [Access Permissions & Roles](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/integrations/permissions-roles.md): Control who can run reports, assign findings, and configure OpsBeacon.
- [Managing Workspaces and Settings](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/integrations/workspaces-settings.md): Configure OpsBeacon for your workspace.
- [Supported Data Sources](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/integrations/supported-data-sources.md): What data sources OpsBeacon currently reads from and what's coming.
- [AWS IAM Permissions](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-privacy/iam-permissions.md): The exact IAM policy OpsBeacon uses to access your AWS account.
- [What Data OpsBeacon Accesses](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-privacy/data-access.md): A clear account of exactly what data OpsBeacon reads and stores.
- [Data Storage & Retention](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-privacy/data-storage-retention.md): How long OpsBeacon retains your data and how to request deletion.
- [Security Architecture](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-privacy/security-architecture.md): How OpsBeacon is built and secured.
- [Privacy & Access Controls](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/security-privacy/privacy-access-controls.md): OpsBeacon's privacy commitments and your control over your data.
- [Command Reference](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reference/command-reference.md): Complete list of Beacon commands.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reference/faq.md)
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reference/troubleshooting.md)
- [Known Limitations](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reference/known-limitations.md)
- [Release Notes](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reference/release-notes.md)
- [Pricing & Plans](https://docs.opsbeacon.co/reference/pricing-plans.md)


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