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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.

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# Azure Cost Management Skill Unified skill for all Azure cost management tasks: querying historical costs, forecasting future spending, and optimizing to reduce waste. ## When to Use This Skill Activate this skill when user wants to: - Query or analyze Azure costs (how much am I spending, show my bill, cost breakdown) - Break down costs by service, resource, location, or tag - Analyze cost trends over time - Forecast future Azure spending or project end-of-month costs - Optimize Azure costs, reduce spending, or find savings - Find orphaned or unused resources - Rightsize Azure VMs, containers, or services - Generate cost optimization reports ## Quick Reference | Property | Value | |----------|-------| | **Query API Endpoint** | `POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api-version=2023-11-01` | | **Forecast API Endpoint** | `POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/forecast?api-version=2023-11-01` | | **MCP Tools** | `azure__documentation`, `azure__extension_cli_generate`, `azure__get_azure_bestpractices` | | **CLI** | `az rest`, `az monitor metrics list`, `az resource list` | | **Required Role** | Cost Management Reader + Monitoring Reader + Reader on scope | ## MCP Tools | Tool | Description | Parameters | When to Use | |------|-------------|------------|-------------| | `azure__documentation` | Search Azure documentation | `query` (Required): search terms | Research Cost Management API parameters and options | | `azure__extension_cli_generate` |...

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Author
microsoft
Repository
microsoft/azure-skills
Created
3 months ago
Last Updated
1 months ago
Language
Bicep
License
MIT

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Azure · Cloud Redis · Database Model Context Protocol · AI

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