Azure Cost Analysis

SkillCloud & infra

Lets your agent answer questions like Azure cost breakdown, why your bill increased, or which resources cost the most.

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Details

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About this skill

Analyze actual Azure spend, bill changes, and AKS or AI costs. WHEN: \"Azure cost breakdown\", \"most expensive resources\", \"why did my bill increase\", \"cost spike\", \"unexpected charge\", \"Cosmos DB charges\", \"Foundry model costs\", \"AKS cluster cost\", \"namespace cost\", \"enable AKS cos

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure in plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-analysis/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Quick Reference

Intent	Workflow	Primary tools
Query historical spend	Cost query	`query_costs`
Explain a spike	Cost investigation	`query_costs`, Resource Graph
Analyze AKS spend	AKS cost analysis	`query_aks_costs`, Resource Graph
Analyze AI service spend	AI cost analysis	`query_costs`

When to Use This Skill

Use for spend, anomalies, and AKS or AI allocation.

MCP Tools

Use cost tools and Resource Graph first. If an operation is unavailable, follow fallback and safety.

Workflow

Confirm scope, period, currency, and breakdown.
Load only the matching workflow above.
Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request tool-side totals, grouping, sorting, or bounded follow-up queries.
Respect row limits and label incomplete data.
Separate measured cost from inferred causes and recommendations.

Error Handling

Error	Action
Access denied	Name the required scope and role.
Empty result	Distinguish no data from unavailable data.
Multiple currencies	Report each currency separately.
Server error	Retry once; then stop with the trace ID.

Signals

GitHub stars: 253
Forks: 205
Last commit: Sep 2026

Advanced

Item type: skill
Key: cost-analysis-microsoft
Source: github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure

github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure