cost-analysis SKILL.md skillA
cost-analysis 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-analysis@v0.0.0-placeholderPins v0.0.0-placeholder in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure
- Path
plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-analysis/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v0.0.0-placeholder, committed Sep 22, 2026
- Size
- 1,954 bytes
- Repository stars
- 261
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
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.
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
# Azure Cost Analysis ## Quick Reference | Intent | Workflow | Primary tools | |--------|----------|---------------| | Query historical spend | [Cost query](references/cost-query/workflow.md) | `query_costs` | | Explain a spike | [Cost investigation](references/cost-investigation.md) | `query_costs`, Resource Graph | | Analyze AKS spend | [AKS cost analysis](references/aks-cost-analysis.md) | `query_aks_costs`, Resource Graph | | Analyze AI service spend | [AI cost analysis](references/ai-cost-analysis.md) | `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](references/tools-and-safety.md). ## Workflow 1. Confirm scope, period, currency, and breakdown. 2. Load only the matching workflow above. 3. Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request tool-side totals, grouping, sorting, or bounded follow-up queries. 4. Respect row limits and label incomplete data. 5. Separate measured cost from inferred causes and recommendations. ## Error Handling | Error | Action | |-------|--------| …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/cost-analysis@sha256:056661d68006b621The 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 22, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1954 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- 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
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- 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_qamx6bstc6l77ujn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/cost-analysis GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/056661d68006b621287ec5a17ab09e57804d49486833f5a0dd27fdd420ad39c7
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