MicrosoftKnown publishermicrosoft/azure-skills/.github/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-optimization/SKILL.mdcost-optimization
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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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3 rules. 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 14 edited versions we read keep these.
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- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 21
Use for waste, rightsizing, and commitments.
- Distinctive: line 25
Use cost and Resource Graph tools for optimization and benefit tools for commitments.
- Distinctive: line 32
Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 14 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Azure Cost Optimization
Quick Reference
| Intent | Workflow | Primary tools |
| Reduce waste or rightsize | Optimization | Cost and Resource Graph tools |
| Review commitments | Commitments | list_benefit_utilization, list_reservation_transactions, get_benefit_recommendations |
When to Use This Skill
Use for waste, rightsizing, and commitments.
MCP Tools
Use cost and Resource Graph tools for optimization and benefit tools for commitments. Validate queries. Fallback: API mappings.
Workflow
- Confirm scope, period, currency, and commitment intent.
- Load only the matching workflow above.
- Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request validated server-side projection, aggregation, or bounded follow-up queries.
- Separate measured cost, reported savings, and qualitative opportunities.
- Recommend changes only; do not delete, resize, purchase, or deploy resources.
Error Handling
| 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. |
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