cost-optimization
Optimize existing Azure resources and analyze Reservations or Savings Plans. WHEN: "optimize Azure costs", "reduce cloud spending", "rightsize resources", "find idle resources", "orphaned disk", "deleted VM still charged", "public IP still charging", "reservation utilization", "Savings Plan coverage", "commitment recommendation", "why is pay-as-you-go still charged". DO NOT USE FOR: cost spikes, forecasts, pricing estimates, budgets, or governance.
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Topics in the source
- Azure Cost Optimization
- Quick Reference
- When to Use This Skill
- MCP Tools
- Workflow
- Error Handling
| Intent | Workflow | Primary tools | |--------|----------|---------------| | Reduce waste or rightsize | Optimization | Cost and Resource Graph tools | | Review commitments | Commitments | listbenefitutilization, listreservationtransactions, getbenefitrecommendations | Use for waste, rightsizing, and commitments. Use cost and Resource Graph tools for optimization and benefit tools for commitments. Validate queries. Fallback: API mappings. 1. Confirm scope, period, currency, and commitment intent. 2. Load only the matching workflow above. 3. Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request validated server-side projection, aggregation, or bounded follow-up queries. 4. Separate measured cost, reported savings, and qualitative opportunities. 5. Recommend changes only; do not delete, resize, purchase, or deploy resources. | Error | Action | |-------|--------| | Access denied | Name the scope and permission. | | Multiple currencies | Group and report each currency separately. | | Missing evidence | State the gap; do not invent values. | | Server error | Retry once; then report the trace ID. |
- Source repository
- microsoft/skills
- Source file
- .github/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-optimization/SKILL.md
- Fixed revision
- 9287b443662d2433c85621c7325ee72a0ce499b5
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