GKE Extended Channel Fee Lint — Terraform

Runs the same checker as our npm package on a Node.js runtime that pip installs for you (nodejs-wheel-binaries) - no system Node.js needed. Your files are checked locally.

GKE Extended channel fee check for Terraform: 14 rules on google_container_cluster versions, fee start dates, forced upgrades and Extended channel blockers

Install

gke-extended-channel-fee-lint file

Node 18+. The same 14 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Sample main.tf: 3 Extended clusters past standard support, $10,476 over their extended periods. Free: every finding in the open Terraform file, with the GKE minor version, the fee start and forced-upgrade dates and the per-cluster fee, offline: 14 rules covering the extended fee ($0.50 per cluster per hour), fee start within 120 days, forced upgrades, versions past extended support, No channel, Autopilot, alpha, beta APIs, Config Connector, Windows pools, exclusions and node pools.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Scan every .tf file in the workspace in one pass and export one GKE cluster cost report for the upgrade ticket (every cluster, minor, fee and date in one Markdown report), $29 once, one licence key per person or team seat.

gke-extended-channel-fee-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

Google bills GKE extended support at $0.50 per cluster per hour on top of the $0.10 cluster management fee, $0.60 per cluster per hour in total (GKE pricing page).

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · any MCP client - add to your MCP config:

{ "mcpServers": { "gke-extended-channel-fee-lint": { "command": "gke-extended-channel-fee-lint", "args": ["--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

Use in CI

- name: GKE Extended Channel Fee Lint — Terraform
  run: pip install rulestamp-gke-extended-channel-fee-lint && gke-extended-channel-fee-lint --dir . --ci

The folder sweep, reports and CI mode need one licence — one payment, no subscription. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

Get a licence

Install (PyPI)

pip install rulestamp-gke-extended-channel-fee-lint
gke-extended-channel-fee-lint --help