/azure-cost
Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: \"Azure costs\", \"Azure bill\", \"cost breakdown\", \"how much am I spending\", \"forecast spending\", \"optimize costs\", \"reduce spending\", \"orphaned resources\", \"rightsize VMs\",
$ npx -y skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill azure-cost --agent claude-codeHow it fires
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Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: \"Azure costs\", \"Azure bill\", \"cost breakdown\", \"how much am I spending\", \"forecast spending\", \"optimize costs\", \"reduce spending\", \"orphaned resources\", \"rightsize VMs\",
SKILL.md
azure-cost.SKILL.mdname: azure-cost
description: "Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: \"Azure costs\", \"Azure bill\", \"cost breakdown\", \"how much am I spending\", \"forecast spending\", \"optimize costs\", \"reduce spending\", \"orphaned resources\", \"rightsize VMs\", \"cost spike\", \"reduce storage costs\", \"AKS cost\". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning, diagnostics, or security audits."
license: MIT
metadata:
author: Microsoft
version: "0.0.0-placeholder"
Azure Cost Management Skill
Query historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste.
Routing
| User Intent | Workflow | |-------------|----------| | Understand current costs | [Cost Query](cost-query/workflow.md) | | Reduce costs / find waste | [Cost Optimization](cost-optimization/workflow.md) | | Project future costs | [Cost Forecast](cost-forecast/workflow.md) |
Quick Reference
| Property | Value | |----------|-------| | **Query API** | `POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api-version=2023-11-01` | | **Forecast API** | `POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/forecast?api-version=2023-11-01` | | **Required Role** | Cost Management Reader + Monitoring Reader + Reader (on target scope) |
Scope Patterns
- Subscription: `/subscriptions/<id>`
- Resource Group: `/subscriptions/<id>/resourceGroups/<name>`
- Management Group: `/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/<id>`
- Billing Account: `/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/<id>`
Service-Specific Optimization
- [Redis](cost-optimization/services/redis/azure-cache-for-redis.md)
- [Storage](cost-optimization/services/storage/azure-storage.md)
References
- [MCP Tools, Best Practices, Safety](references/tools-and-best-practices.md)
- [SDK: Redis .NET](cost-optimization/sdk/azure-resource-manager-redis-dotnet.md)
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name: azure-cost description: "Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: \"Azure costs\", \"Azure bill\", \"cost breakdown\", \"how much am I spending\", \"forecast spending\", \"optimize costs\", \"reduce spending\", \"orphaned resources\", \"rightsize VMs\", \"cost spike\", \"reduce storage costs\", \"AKS cost\". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning, diagnostics, or security audits." license: MIT metadata: author: Microsoft version: "0.0.0-placeholder"
Azure Cost Management Skill
Query historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste.
Routing
| User Intent | Workflow | |-------------|----------| | Understand current costs | [Cost Query](cost-query/workflow.md) | | Reduce costs / find waste | [Cost Optimization](cost-optimization/workflow.md) | | Project future costs | [Cost Forecast](cost-forecast/workflow.md) |
Quick Reference
| Property | Value | |----------|-------| | **Query API** | `POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api-version=2023-11-01` | | **Forecast API** | `POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/forecast?api-version=2023-11-01` | | **Required Role** | Cost Management Reader + Monitoring Reader + Reader (on target scope) |
Scope Patterns
- Subscription: `/subscriptions/<id>`
- Resource Group: `/subscriptions/<id>/resourceGroups/<name>`
- Management Group: `/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/<id>`
- Billing Account: `/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/<id>`
Service-Specific Optimization
- [Redis](cost-optimization/services/redis/azure-cache-for-redis.md)
- [Storage](cost-optimization/services/storage/azure-storage.md)
References
- [MCP Tools, Best Practices, Safety](references/tools-and-best-practices.md)
- [SDK: Redis .NET](cost-optimization/sdk/azure-resource-manager-redis-dotnet.md)
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