There are currently separate projects cloudconfiglxd, cloudconfigincus that do this.
Incorporating this functionality in lxops will have the advantages:
avoid having to compile cloudconfiglxd and/or cloudconfigincus separately from lxops_lxd, lxops_incus.
use a unified and consistent command line interface, in lxops instead of duplicating it in cloudconfiglxd, cloudconfigincus.
lxops has the functionality to apply cloud-config files to instances, but it does so through an lxops config file.
I propose adding a command to apply cloud-config files directly from the command line:
There are currently separate projects cloudconfiglxd, cloudconfigincus that do this. Incorporating this functionality in lxops will have the advantages: