FINANCE

Correlate Spend Spikes With Recent Deploys

When a webhook reports a daily Vercel spend jump above tolerance, the workflow pulls recent GitHub deploys and BigQuery traffic to attribute the increase to a release or a usage…

CategoryFinance
Enginesim
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerwebhook
Steps5
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerWebhook: spend-spike eventHTTP webhook
  • ActionPull recent deploys and PRsGitHubGitHub
  • ActionQuery traffic and usage windowGoogle BigQueryBigQuery
  • LogicClassify deploy-driven vs load-driven
  • OutputOpen routed Slack triage threadSlack

What it does

Closes the loop between cost and cause. On a spend-spike signal it cross-references the day's GitHub deployments and BigQuery traffic volume to decide whether the jump came from a code change or organic load, then starts a triage thread so the right team owns it.

When to use it

Use it when surprise cloud bills are common and the first question is always "did a deploy cause this?" It saves the back-and-forth of manually lining up release timestamps against the cost curve.

How it works

  1. 1A webhook trigger receives a spend-spike event from the cost monitor.
  2. 2Pull deployments and merged PRs from GitHub for the spike window.
  3. 3Query BigQuery for traffic and per-account usage over the same window.
  4. 4A logic step decides: deploy-driven (a release lines up) versus load-driven (traffic rose without a release).
  5. 5Open a Slack triage thread tagging eng for deploy-driven or finance for load-driven, with the evidence attached.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect HTTP webhookTrigger any URL on agent actions.
  2. 2
    Connect GitHubRepos, issues, pull requests, actions.
  3. 3
    Connect BigQueryDatasets, queries, schemas.
  4. 4
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  5. 5
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  6. 6
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  7. 7
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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