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Azure Cost

Name: Azure Cost
Author: aiskillstore

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.

aiskillstore Updated Sep 17, 2026

DevOps & Infra

Install

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$ npx skillmds@latest add aiskillstore/azure-cost

Installs into ~/.claude/skills (or .claude/skills inside a project). Restart Claude Code to pick it up.

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Azure Cost Management Skill

Query historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste.

Routing

User Intent	Workflow
Understand current costs	Cost Query
Reduce costs / find waste	Cost Optimization
Project future costs	Cost Forecast

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
Storage

References

MCP Tools, Best Practices, Safety
SDK: Redis .NET

aiskillstore/marketplace/tree/main/skills/microsoft/azure-cost commit 8755e1c4db

Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add aiskillstore/azure-cost