azure-cost

--- 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" ---

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

• Redis
• Storage

References

• MCP Tools, Best Practices, Safety
• SDK: Redis .NET