microsoft/azure-skills
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.
Official selection · May 28, 2026What you’re adding
This skill may reference tools or services you need to set up separately. The package check shows the exact files; it does not install dependencies or run scripts.
23 files in the provider snapshot
cost-forecast/error-handling.md4,417 Bcost-forecast/examples.md3,066 Bcost-forecast/guardrails.md5,187 Bcost-forecast/request-body-schema.md4,347 Bcost-forecast/workflow.md4,844 Bcost-optimization/auth-best-practices.md6,207 Bcost-optimization/azure-aks-anomalies.md2,523 Bcost-optimization/azure-aks-cost-addon.md1,505 Bcost-optimization/azure-quick-review.md1,600 Bcost-optimization/azure-resource-graph.md2,794 Bcost-optimization/report-template.md1,860 Bcost-optimization/sdk/azure-resource-manager-redis-dotnet.md1,519 Bcost-optimization/services/redis/azure-cache-for-redis.md2,748 Bcost-optimization/services/storage/azure-storage.md7,856 Bcost-optimization/workflow.md7,897 Bcost-query/dimensions-by-scope.md7,639 Bcost-query/error-handling.md5,163 Bcost-query/examples.md2,554 Bcost-query/guardrails.md7,694 Bcost-query/request-body-schema.md5,514 Bcost-query/workflow.md5,246 Breferences/tools-and-best-practices.md3,020 BSKILL.md1,886 B
Snapshot inspected Sep 12, 2026. Adding uses a fresh GitHub revision and checks it separately.
Your vault, your checks
- 01Inspect the source
Review the exact revision, files and available capacity.
- 02Save a private Draft
Run your vault’s security scan and complete any required review.
- 03Use the approved version
Make it available through your existing agent connection.
Observed activity
All-time installs reported by skills.sh. Daily observations start when this catalog is first synchronized.
| Date | Installs | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2026 | 380,335 | #133 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 381,219 | #133 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 383,613 | #132 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 386,063 | #132 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 388,338 | #132 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 390,570 | #132 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 392,192 | #132 |