aks-cost-optimization SKILL.md skillA
aks-cost-optimization from azure/aks-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add azure/aks-skills/aks-cost-optimization@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- azure/aks-skills
- Path
skills/aks-cost-optimization/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 30, 2026
- Size
- 1,682 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Reduce Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) spending: pod rightsizing, VPA-driven recommendations, cluster-autoscaler tuning, spot node pools, namespace-level cost visibility, and cost-anomaly detection. WHEN: rightsize pods, VPA recommendations, idle nodes, scale-down, autoscaler profile, spot nodes, cheaper compute, cost add-on, namespace cost breakdown, spending anomaly, 'my AKS bill is too high', 'is my app consuming what it requests', resource requests vs actual usage, over-provisioned…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# AKS Cost Optimization — Router Route by goal to the correct reference file: | Goal | File | |------|------| | Identify over-provisioned pods, reduce CPU/memory requests | [azure-aks-rightsizing.md](./azure-aks-rightsizing.md) | | Enable VPA for data-driven resource recommendations | [azure-aks-vpa.md](./azure-aks-vpa.md) | | Tune cluster autoscaler to scale down idle nodes | [azure-aks-autoscaler.md](./azure-aks-autoscaler.md) | | Add spot node pools for batch/interruptible workloads | [azure-aks-spot.md](./azure-aks-spot.md) | | Enable namespace-level cost visibility add-on | [azure-aks-cost-addon.md](./azure-aks-cost-addon.md) | | Detect cost anomalies and spending spikes | [azure-aks-anomalies.md](./azure-aks-anomalies.md) |
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add azure/aks-skills/aks-cost-optimization@sha256:5fa57d0d4681e071The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 30, 2026 and Aug 5, 2026, about one every 6 days.
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-08-05 | 9f2b93b | 1,682 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-30 | 82d7ac6 | 1,486 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
azure/aks-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bn3wga73suk4crzb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=azure/aks-skills/aks-cost-optimization GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5fa57d0d4681e071b81433d8963b6e82936f4c1d8dac7e6b4c0757eaa62896c4
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