cost-analysis
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…
Install / Use
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill cost-analysisInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
AutomationSupported Platforms
Our assessment of cost-analysis
cost-analysis scores 75/100 on our quality scale, 1842nd of 2,176 Automation skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 1.9 KB long, split into 6 sections and no code examples: moderately detailed.
With 3,051 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 5 days ago, so cost-analysis is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| cost-analysis (this skill)by microsoft | 75 | 3.1k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install cost-analysis?
- Run
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill cost-analysis. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does cost-analysis work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is cost-analysis safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is cost-analysis still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 5 days ago, so cost-analysis is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: cost-analysis description: "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 cost analysis", "idle AKS capacity". DO NOT USE FOR: forecasts, pricing estimates, rightsizing, commitments, or budgets." license: MIT metadata: author: Microsoft version: "1.1.1"
Azure Cost Analysis
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. |
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.