azure-cost
Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste.
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- Skill 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
- Metadata
- author: Microsoft · version: 1.2.2
- Instructions
- 38 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
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- files: referenced but missing: references/tools-and-best-practices.md
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- SKILL.md
SKILL.md (first lines)
# 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)From natureco-official/natureco-cli, MIT.
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- Stars
- 4
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- Open issues
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- Last commit (this folder)
- Jun 26, 2026 (4 months ago)
- Last release
- Sep 2, 2026 (1 month ago)
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Details
- Version
- 1.2.2
- License
- MIT
- Website
- natureco.me/cli
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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