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.
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tessl review fix ./.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-cost/SKILL.mdQuery historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste.
| User Intent | Workflow |
|---|---|
| Understand current costs | Cost Query |
| Reduce costs / find waste | Cost Optimization |
| Project future costs | Cost Forecast |
| 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) |
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