Azure Cost

Published by microsoft in azure-skills

No known issues363k installsBusiness Strategy & Thinking Automation & Infrastructure

What this skill does

It guides an agent to query Azure spending, forecast future costs, and look for waste. Users get clearer cost breakdowns and practical ways to reduce or plan cloud spending. Best for Teams managing Azure subscriptions that need to understand, forecast, or reduce cloud costs.

Add Azure Cost to your agent

Review the source and files first. When you are ready, copy the prompt instruction or use the CLI command supported by your environment.

Install with a prompt

Paste this into a compatible coding agent:

add this skill "azure-cost" from https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills

Install with the CLI

Run this command in a controlled environment after reviewing the repository:

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

Skill instructions

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

References

Files included

cost-forecast/error-handling.md
cost-forecast/examples.md
cost-forecast/guardrails.md
cost-forecast/request-body-schema.md
cost-forecast/workflow.md
cost-optimization/auth-best-practices.md
cost-optimization/azure-aks-anomalies.md
cost-optimization/azure-aks-cost-addon.md
cost-optimization/azure-quick-review.md
cost-optimization/azure-resource-graph.md
cost-optimization/report-template.md
cost-optimization/sdk/azure-resource-manager-redis-dotnet.md
cost-optimization/services/redis/azure-cache-for-redis.md
cost-optimization/services/storage/azure-storage.md
cost-optimization/workflow.md
cost-query/dimensions-by-scope.md
cost-query/error-handling.md
cost-query/examples.md
cost-query/guardrails.md
cost-query/request-body-schema.md
cost-query/workflow.md
references/tools-and-best-practices.md
SKILL.md

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Source and security

Skill owner: microsoft
Source repository: azure-skills
License: Not listed
Install count: 363k
Last checked: 23 days ago
Files included: 23

No known issues

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This skill includes some security considerations related to processing external Azure resource data. While these warrant review as part of standard security practices, the skill follows established Azure authentication best practices and uses official management interfaces.
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