azure-cost
Installation
Summary
Query historical Azure costs, forecast future spending, and identify optimization opportunities across subscriptions and resource groups.
- Supports three primary workflows: cost queries with breakdown by service/resource/tag, spending forecasts with configurable time periods, and cost optimization analysis including orphaned resources and VM rightsizing
- Integrates with Azure Cost Management API (query and forecast endpoints) and Azure Monitor for utilization metrics; includes MCP tools for documentation lookup, CLI command generation, and Azure Quick Review compliance scanning
- Handles subscription, resource group, management group, and billing account scopes; enforces Cost Management Reader role requirement and includes rate-limit handling (4 requests/minute per scope)
- Requires actual cost data validation before recommendations; always presents total bill alongside optimization suggestions and includes Azure Portal links for all resources
SKILL.md
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) |