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Azure Cost

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.

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Specification
Skill ID
microsoft/azure-skills/azure-cost
Publisher
microsoft
Repository
azure-skills
Installs
2,355
Files
23
License
MIT
Synced
Sep 16, 2026
How to use it

Open any RiverX project, open the Skills panel in the chat, and search for this identifier. The files are fetched from the source repository at install time.

microsoft/azure-skills/azure-costInstalls these files
  • SKILL.md
  • 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

What this skill tells the agent

Azure Cost Management Skill

Query historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste.

Routing

User IntentWorkflow
Understand current costsCost Query
Reduce costs / find wasteCost Optimization
Project future costsCost Forecast

Quick Reference

PropertyValue
Query APIPOST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api-version=2023-11-01
Forecast APIPOST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/forecast?api-version=2023-11-01
Required RoleCost 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

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