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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