@microsoft/azure-cost
Unified Azure cost management: query historical costs, forecast future spending, and optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: \"Azure costs\", \"Azure spending\", \"Azure bill\", \"cost breakdown\", \"cost by service\", \"cost by resource\", \"how much am I spending\", \"show my bill\", \"monthly cost summary\", \"cost trends\", \"top cost drivers\", \"actual cost\", \"amortized cost\", \"forecast spending\", \"projected costs\", \"estimate bill\", \"future costs\", \"budget forecast\", \"end of month costs\", \"how much will I spend\", \"optimize costs\", \"reduce spending\", \"find cost savings\", \"orphaned resources\", \"rightsize VMs\", \"cost analysis\", \"reduce waste\", \"unused resources\", \"optimize Redis costs\", \"cost by tag\", \"cost by resource group\", \"AKS cost analysis add-on\", \"namespace cost\", \"cost spike\", \"anomaly\", \"budget alert\", \"AKS cost visibility\". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources, provisioning infrastructure, diagnostics, security audits, or estimating costs for new resources not yet deployed.
| 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 |
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
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