azure-cost
Official sourceQueries Azure costs, forecasts future spend, and optimizes to reduce waste (orphaned resources, VM rightsizing, storage/Redis tuning) via Cost Management APIs and MCP tools.
Source: Microsoft
At a glance
Verified source- Best for
- Understanding current Azure spend by subscription, RG, or management group
- Works with
- GitHub Copilot · Claude Code
- Outcome
- Forecasting future costs and finding waste to cut
- Source
- microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure
01 / Understand the skill
About 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.
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\",…
Not a fit when
DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning, diagnostics, or security audits.
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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\", \"cost spike\", \"reduce storage costs\", \"AKS cost\". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning, diagnostics, or security audits.
02 / Confirm the fit
Use azure-cost when you need to
- Understanding current Azure spend by subscription, RG, or management group
- Forecasting future costs and finding waste to cut
- Rightsizing VMs or optimizing storage and Redis costs
03 / See the workflow
How azure-cost works
- 01Install: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-cost
- 02Try: Break down my Azure costs this month and find ways to reduce waste.
- 03Get: A cost breakdown or forecast plus prioritized optimization actions.
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Compatible platforms
GitHub Copilot · Claude Code
Best fit
Understanding current Azure spend by subscription, RG, or management group
Review the source instructions if the required output differs from the formats described above.
Install and use
Compatible with GitHub Copilot and Claude Code · Published by Microsoft
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Use the published instructions below, then provide the required input and describe the result you need.
General instructions · GitHub Copilot · Claude Code
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-cost
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