Skills azure-cost-optimization
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azure-cost-optimization
Content revision r1 Safe ⚙️ External commands📁 Filesystem access🌐 Network access
Optimize Azure Costs with Usage Evidence
Azure cost reviews often miss orphaned resources and real utilization data. This skill guides Claude, Codex, or Claude Code through cost queries, metrics, pricing checks, and reports.
Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)
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Review the Skillstore skill "azure-cost-optimization" from https://skillstore.io/skills/microsoft-azure-cost-optimization.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/microsoft-azure-cost-optimization/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.Your Agent should still show its plan and request any confirmation required by the security policy.
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Test it
Using "azure-cost-optimization". Review one production subscription for savings.
Expected outcome:
- A prioritized savings report with actual monthly cost, top cost drivers, and evidence sources.
- Orphaned resource findings from Azure Quick Review, marked by expected impact and approval needs.
- Rightsizing recommendations backed by recent Azure Monitor metrics and pricing validation.
Using "azure-cost-optimization". Analyze Redis caches for a platform team.
Expected outcome:
- A subscription-level Redis summary showing failed caches, oversized tiers, missing tags, and review priorities.
- Detailed cache recommendations with estimated monthly savings and required approval steps.
Using "azure-cost-optimization". Create an executive report for FinOps review.
Expected outcome:
- An executive summary with monthly and annual savings estimates.
- A validation appendix listing cost query results, pricing sources, and metric evidence.
Security Audit
Safev4 • 7/5/2026 Open versioned report
No evidence of prompt injection, credential exfiltration, or malicious command construction was found. The static alerts are false positives from markdown code fences, PowerShell examples, official Azure URLs, and relative template links used for documented Azure cost analysis.
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Lines analyzed
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Review items
0
False positives ignored
Risk Factors
⚙️ External commands (58)
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📁 Filesystem access (2)
🌐 Network access (7)
No confirmed security findings were detected by the latest completed static and semantic audit. This does not prove the skill has no side effects.
Audited by: codex View Audit History →
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microsoft. (2026). azure-cost-optimization security audit report (audit version 4) [Author version unspecified]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/microsoft-azure-cost-optimization/audits/4BibTeX citation
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Skillstore Score
Why this score Evidence Confidence: High 50
Architecture
85
Maintainability
87
Content
71
Community
83
Spec Compliance
What You Can Build
Prepare a Subscription Cost Review
Collect actual spend, top resources, utilization metrics, and validated pricing for one Azure subscription.
Find Redis Savings Opportunities
Review Redis caches for failed deployments, oversized tiers, missing tags, and environment-specific downgrade options.
Create an Executive Savings Report
Summarize monthly and annual savings with evidence, priorities, implementation notes, and audit trail references.
Try These Prompts
Start a Basic Cost Review
Use the Azure cost optimization skill to review subscription <subscription id>. Check prerequisites, collect actual costs, and summarize top savings opportunities.
Analyze a Resource Group
Review Azure costs for subscription <subscription id> and resource group <resource group>. Include orphaned resources, utilization data, pricing validation, and next actions.
Optimize Redis Costs
Use the Redis-specific guidance to analyze Redis caches across <scope>. Identify failed caches, oversized tiers, dev or test waste, and tag gaps.
Build an Audit-Ready Savings Plan
Create an audit-ready Azure savings report for <scope>. Use actual Cost Management data, 14-day metrics, official pricing, risk priorities, and implementation safeguards.
Best Practices
- Query actual Azure costs before estimating savings or ranking recommendations.
- Validate pricing with official Azure pages and account for free tier allowances.
- Save audit trail files and require approval before any cleanup or rightsizing action.
Avoid
- Do not recommend deletions from scanner output without cost data and owner review.
- Do not treat old or untagged resources as unused without operational validation.
- Do not use stale pricing, unsupported date ranges, or broken Azure Portal links.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Azure access does this skill need?
It needs Azure CLI authentication plus reader access for costs, monitoring metrics, and resources in the chosen scope.
Does this skill change Azure resources?
No. It focuses on analysis and reporting. Any cleanup or rightsizing action requires explicit human approval.
Can it analyze Azure Redis costs?
Yes. It includes Redis-specific rules for failed caches, oversized tiers, test environments, and missing lifecycle tags.
Why does it save cost query results?
The saved results provide an audit trail that supports the recommendations and helps compare future savings.
Can it estimate costs without billing access?
It can discuss patterns, but reliable recommendations require actual Cost Management data from Azure.
Which AI tools can use this skill?
The report lists support for Claude, Codex, and Claude Code.
Developer Details
Author
microsoftLicense
MIT
Skillstore revision
r1
Version notice
The author did not declare a version.
Ref
62e2a730c5cd74eab4c7164309d810de660fcea3
Maintenance freshness
7/18/2026
Usage
7 downloads · 282 views