What is neckbeard

Neckbeard is a GitHub plugin that turns apps into reviewable cloud infrastructure with monthly cost estimates.

How to install

Install via /plugin marketplace add bealesh/neckbeard and /plugin install neckbeard@neckbeard.

First command

Run /neckbeard:analyze to read your repo and generate an evidence-backed profile.

What happens next

The agent reads your repo → evidence-backed profile → asks what code can't tell it.

Cost estimate

The agent plans against the catalog → shows monthly cost table with low/expected/high scenarios.

Scaffold and validate

The agent scaffolds → validates → reports V0 PASSED; V1/V2 NOT EXERCISED.

“V0 PASSED; V1/V2 NOT EXERCISED”

Why this exists

Coding agents are good at app code but bad at infrastructure, neckbeard inverts the roles.

Cost comparison

Cloud Run costs $77/mo while EKS costs $396/mo for the same reference app.

“$77/mo”

Honesty as architecture

Static validation reports V0 PASSED; V1 NOT EXERCISED; V2 NOT EXERCISED.

“V0 PASSED; V1 NOT EXERCISED; V2 NOT EXERCISED”

What you get

Three isolated environments with independent state, sized by tier presets over explicit dimensions.

Security features

Private-by-default networks, secret managers, scoped CI identities, managed WAF rules.

Status and limitations

Pre-alpha status with onboarding half proven, deployment lifecycle experimental.

“pre-alpha”