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The azure-cost plugin provides skills for Azure cost analysis, estimation, optimization, and governance. Install it independently from the core Azure Skills plugin when you need focused cost-management workflows.
Plugin azure-cost | Source code
Included skills
| Skill | Workflows |
|---|---|
cost-analysis |
Query and investigate costs, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cost analysis. |
cost-estimation |
Forecast costs and estimate Azure retail pricing. |
cost-optimization |
Identify optimization opportunities and evaluate commitment options. |
cost-governance |
Review budget health, configure budgets, and apply cost guardrails. |
Prerequisites
- Azure subscription: Create a free account if you don't have one.
- Azure CLI (v2.60.0+): Install and sign in with
az login. - Azure roles: Your account must have the Cost Management Reader, Monitoring Reader, and Reader roles on the target subscription or resource group.
When to use this plugin
Use this plugin when you need to:
- Analyze costs of your existing Azure resources and infrastructure.
- Review your Azure bill, costs broken down by service, and costs per resource.
- Compare monthly cost summaries, identify cost trends, and pinpoint top cost drivers.
- Calculate amortized costs and actual spending.
- Forecast future spending and project end-of-month costs.
- Plan budget forecasts based on historical data.
- Identify and implement cost optimization strategies.
- Find opportunities to reduce cloud spending.
- Discover cost-saving recommendations tailored to your infrastructure.
Example prompts
Try these prompts to activate the relevant cost skill:
- "How much am I spending on Azure?"
- "Show me my Azure cost breakdown by service."
- "What are my top cost drivers this month?"
- "Forecast my end-of-month Azure spending."
- "Find orphaned resources I can delete to save money."
- "Optimize my Azure costs and reduce waste."
- "Show cost trends for my subscription over the last 3 months."
- "Analyze my AKS cluster costs by namespace."
