Skills ZICQ category：Security azure-cost

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\", \"cost spike\", \"reduce storage costs\", \"AKS cost\". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning, diagnostics, or security audits.

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What this skill does

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What it does

When to use it

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Per Agent Skills progressive disclosure: name and description load at startup (~100 tokens); the full SKILL.md body loads when the skill activates; scripts/, references/, and assets/ load only as needed. This file's sections: Azure Cost Management Skill; Routing; Quick Reference; Scope Patterns; Service-Specific Optimization; References.

File analysis

File analysis: besides SKILL.md, the body references references/tools-and-best-practices.md. Those resources load on demand.

Azure Cost Management SkillRoutingQuick ReferenceScope PatternsService-Specific OptimizationReferences

· License：MIT

Source category：skills.sh agent-skill

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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

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Install from the terminal · Skills CLI

Requires Node.js and npx. First inspect the repository's skill list to confirm the name.

npx skills add 'https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills' --list

npx skills add 'https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills' --skill 'azure-cost'

The CLI lets you choose the agent interactively. The default scope is the project; use -g for user scope. Confirm package availability with the discovery command, then use npx skills list to inspect installed skills.

SKILL.md source Copy freely; the source file is unchanged

# 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)

Readable layout

--- 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: "1.3.1" --- # 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/` - Resource Group: `/subscriptions//resourceGroups/` - Management Group: `/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/` - Billing Account: `/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/` ## 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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