# Azure Cost

> 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.

Source: https://skillsagentes.com/skills/microsoft/azure-skills/azure-cost
Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills
Author: microsoft
License: MIT
Updated: hace 17 días
Context cost: 104 tok installed, 472 tok once triggered, 24.3k tok with every bundled file
Bundle: 23 files, 95 KB
Permissions requested: none declared

## Install

```bash
npx -y skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-cost --agent claude-code
```

## What it does

- Enruta a tres flujos según la intención: consulta de costes históricos, optimización para encontrar desperdicio, y previsión de gasto futuro.
- Documenta las dos APIs que usa — `Microsoft.CostManagement/query` y `/forecast`, ambas en api-version 2023-11-01 — y los cuatro ámbitos posibles: suscripción, grupo de recursos, grupo de gestión y cuenta de facturación.
- Exige el rol Cost Management Reader más Monitoring Reader y Reader sobre el ámbito objetivo.
- Incluye optimización específica por servicio para Redis y Storage.

## Use it when

- Se pregunta por costes o facturas de Azure, desglose de gasto o cuánto se está gastando.
- Se quiere prever gasto, optimizar costes, encontrar recursos huérfanos o redimensionar VMs.

## Don't bother when

- Para desplegar o aprovisionar recursos, diagnósticos o auditorías de seguridad: el archivo los excluye.

## What triggers it

- "¿cuánto estoy gastando en Azure?"
- "desglósame la factura"
- "encuentra recursos huérfanos"
- "prevé el gasto del próximo trimestre"

## Before you install

- Requiere los roles Cost Management Reader, Monitoring Reader y Reader sobre el ámbito consultado.

## Files

- SKILL.md — 2 KB
- cost-forecast/error-handling.md — 4 KB
- cost-forecast/examples.md — 3 KB
- cost-forecast/guardrails.md — 5 KB
- cost-forecast/request-body-schema.md — 4 KB
- cost-forecast/workflow.md — 5 KB
- cost-optimization/auth-best-practices.md — 6 KB
- cost-optimization/azure-aks-anomalies.md — 2 KB
- cost-optimization/azure-aks-cost-addon.md — 1 KB
- cost-optimization/azure-quick-review.md — 2 KB
- cost-optimization/azure-resource-graph.md — 3 KB
- cost-optimization/report-template.md — 2 KB
- cost-optimization/sdk/azure-resource-manager-redis-dotnet.md — 1 KB
- cost-optimization/services/redis/azure-cache-for-redis.md — 3 KB
- cost-optimization/services/storage/azure-storage.md — 8 KB
- cost-optimization/workflow.md — 8 KB
- cost-query/dimensions-by-scope.md — 7 KB
- cost-query/error-handling.md — 5 KB
- cost-query/examples.md — 2 KB
- cost-query/guardrails.md — 8 KB
- cost-query/request-body-schema.md — 5 KB
- cost-query/workflow.md — 5 KB
- references/tools-and-best-practices.md — 3 KB

## SKILL.md

Reproduced verbatim from microsoft/azure-skills under MIT. This section is the upstream document and is in English.

# Azure Cost Management Skill

Query historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste.

## Routing

| User Intent | Workflow |
|-------------|----------|
| Understand current costs | [Cost Query](cost-query/workflow.md) |
| Reduce costs / find waste | [Cost Optimization](cost-optimization/workflow.md) |
| Project future costs | [Cost Forecast](cost-forecast/workflow.md) |

## 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](cost-optimization/services/redis/azure-cache-for-redis.md)
- [Storage](cost-optimization/services/storage/azure-storage.md)

## References

- [MCP Tools, Best Practices, Safety](references/tools-and-best-practices.md)
- [SDK: Redis .NET](cost-optimization/sdk/azure-resource-manager-redis-dotnet.md)

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