cost-estimation SKILL.md skillA
cost-estimation from microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/cost-estimation@v0.0.0-placeholderPins v0.0.0-placeholder in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure
- Path
plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-estimation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v0.0.0-placeholder, committed Sep 22, 2026
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- Repository stars
- 261
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- a license file GitHub does not identify
Forecast Azure spend and price planned resources or workloads. WHEN: "forecast Azure spending", "project next month cost", "compare forecast to my planning target", "how much will Azure cost", "estimate VM cost", "compare storage tiers", "compare Azure regions", "retail price", "EA rate card", "negotiated pricesheet". DO NOT USE FOR: configured budget health or alerts, bill analysis, cost spikes, rightsizing, or commitments.
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What the file says
# Azure Cost Estimation ## Quick Reference | Intent | Workflow | Primary tools | |--------|----------|---------------| | Forecast existing spend | [Cost forecast](references/cost-forecast/workflow.md) | `forecast_costs` | | Price planned resources | [Pricing estimate](references/pricing-estimate.md) | Pricing tools | ## When to Use This Skill Use for forecasts, pricing, and planning targets. ## MCP Tools | Tool | Use | |------|-----| | `forecast_costs` | Forecast a scope. | | `get_retail_prices` | Get public prices. | | `start_pricesheet_download`, `get_pricesheet_status` | Get Enterprise Agreement (EA) or Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) prices. | Fallback: [API mappings](references/tool-fallback.md). ## Workflow 1. Distinguish forecasts from hypothetical pricing. 2. Confirm scope, assumptions, period, region, OS, and currency. 3. Load the matching workflow and label every value type. 4. Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request tool-side filtering or bounded follow-up queries. ## Error Handling | Error | Action | |-------|--------| | Ambiguous meter | Ask for OS, term, tier, or usage. | …
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How to install
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/cost-estimation@sha256:570b6c9b2251f676The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.0.0-placeholder, 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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Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
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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
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · 261 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lyhkasipnwij5yjh GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/cost-estimation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/570b6c9b2251f676665d1c60a4af868a78f42ee090564fb985117f4f43d2235a
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