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Azure Cost by thedixitjain — Agent Skill

Name: Azure Cost
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: thedixitjain

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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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

Source: microsoft/skills → .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-cost/SKILL.md

---name: azure-costdescription: 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.--- # 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) --- **Source:** [`microsoft/skills`](https://github.com/microsoft/skills) → `.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-cost/SKILL.md`

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