cost-optimization is agent-read markdown (skill) from microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure: Optimize existing Azure resources and analyze Reservations or Savings Plans. WHEN: "optimize Azure costs", "reduce cloud spending", "rightsize resources", "find idle resources", "orphaned disk", "deleted VM still charged", "public IP still charging", "reservation utilization", "Savings Plan coverage", "commitment recommendation", "why is pay-as-you-go still charged". DO NOT USE FOR: cost spikes, forecasts, pricing estimates, budgets, or governance..
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What the file says
# Azure Cost Optimization
## Quick Reference
| Intent | Workflow | Primary tools |
|--------|----------|---------------|
| Reduce waste or rightsize | [Optimization](references/optimization.md) | Cost and Resource Graph tools |
| Review commitments | [Commitments](references/commitments.md) | `list_benefit_utilization`, `list_reservation_transactions`, `get_benefit_recommendations` |
## When to Use This Skill
Use for waste, rightsizing, and commitments.
## MCP Tools
Use cost and Resource Graph tools for optimization and benefit tools for
commitments. Validate queries. Fallback: [API mappings](references/tool-fallback.md).
## Workflow
1. Confirm scope, period, currency, and commitment intent.
2. Load only the matching workflow above.
3. Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request validated
server-side projection, aggregation, or bounded follow-up queries.
4. Separate measured cost, reported savings, and qualitative opportunities.
5. Recommend changes only; do not delete, resize, purchase, or deploy resources.
## Error Handling
| Error | Action |
|-------|--------|
| Access denied | Name the scope and permission. |
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Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sidvhkbjfkgs7j2b
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/cost-optimization
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8749fb34a82ac928b87699479fb3d2edf2b7ae7667053386f5f3620c757fe633
Your agent does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · .github/skills/file-test-bug/SKILL.md · File a GitHub issue for local integration test failures. TRIGGERS: file test bug, report test failure, create bug for…
microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · .github/skills/investigate-integration-test/SKILL.md · Investigate a failing integration test from a GitHub issue. Downloads logs/artifacts, analyzes the failure, examines…
microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · .github/skills/onboard-plugin/SKILL.md · Scaffold a new plugin and prepare it for distribution. WHEN: 'create a new plugin', 'scaffold a new plugin'
microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · .github/skills/sensei/SKILL.md · Iteratively improve skill frontmatter to achieve good routing test coverage. WHEN: run sensei, sensei help, improve…
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