Azure Cost Management Skill
SkillCloud & infraAzure 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.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the Azure Cost Management Skill skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure in plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-cost/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
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
References
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 251
- Forks
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- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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Advanced
- Catalog kind
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- Gateway key
azure-cost-microsoft- Source
- github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure