Neckbeard is a plugin for coding agents that turns an application repository into reviewable, opinionated cloud infrastructure plus a monthly cost estimate. It analyzes a repo into an evidence-backed profile (file/line facts, confidence, and explicit questions), then plans deterministically against a versioned catalog of tested OpenTofu modules to emit a hash-verified blueprint.yaml and renderable scaffolding. Commands include /neckbeard:analyze, /neckbeard:estimate (low/expected/high per environment, names unpriced resources via Infracost), /neckbeard:sync (plan→estimate→scaffold→validate), and /neckbeard:doctor. Humans maintain the “golden path” modules and pipeline templates; the agent parameterizes, explains, and never invents infrastructure. Supported clouds are AWS, GCP, Azure; runtimes are serverless containers or Kubernetes; CI/CD targets GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
Honesty and safety are built in: three validation levels (V0/V1/V2) report PASSED/NOT EXERCISED so static checks never claim deployability, Checkov skips require written reasons, and OIDC-only CI is enforced. Output includes three isolated envs (dev/stg/prd), tiered sizing, Flux manifests for k8s, secret managers that hold names only, and a bootstrap runbook for human-in-the-loop setup. Status is explicitly pre-alpha: onboarding, cost estimates, and static validation are proven across many matrix paths, while the full deployment lifecycle and landing-zone automation remain experimental and limited to a defined single-image workload (up to 10 processes, Postgres, object storage, secrets).
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