aks-cost-optimization SKILL.md skillA
aks-cost-optimization 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/aks-cost-optimization@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/aks-skills/skills/aks-cost-optimization/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v0.0.0-placeholder, committed Oct 27, 2026
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- 1,891 bytes
- Repository stars
- 259
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Analyze advanced AKS cost efficiency. WHEN: "AKS NAP readiness", "AKS bin packing", "AKS node scaling bottleneck", "AKS blocked scale-down", "AKS storage cost". DO NOT USE AS DIRECT ENTRY FOR: overall AKS cost assessments or rightsizing/VPA/CAS/Spot (azure-kubernetes); spend/anomalies/commitments (cost-analysis/cost-optimization); incidents (aks-troubleshooting).
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 ## When to Use This Skill Use for advanced existing-cluster analysis requiring scheduling, placement, or verified storage mapping. Route overall AKS cost assessments to `azure-kubernetes`, spend/anomalies to `cost-analysis`, commitments to `cost-optimization`, and incidents to `aks-troubleshooting` when those skills are available. When called from an overall assessment, return findings for its ranked report. ## MCP Tools Prefer fitting Azure MCP reads. Never invent tools or use `az`/`kubectl` without approved shell access and a target-bound context. ## Workflow/Steps 1. Bind the subscription, cluster, resource group, and kube context. 2. Route to [NAP readiness](references/aks-nap.md), [bin-packing](references/aks-bin-packing.md), [node-scaling bottlenecks](references/node-scaling-bottlenecks.md), or [storage optimization](references/aks-storage-optimization.md). 3. When invoked for AKS commitment context, use the [commitment-demand handoff](references/aks-savings-plans-reservations.md) and return demand evidence without benefit analysis or a transaction. 4. Keep reads non-mutating; require approval for every change. ## Error Handling …
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How to install
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/aks-cost-optimization@sha256:6c784591e60b6409The 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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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 27, 2026.
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · 259 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_w4eyowsydungaqi3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/aks-cost-optimization GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6c784591e60b64090db97eafc39d2dd8870f3d6ca9a0650658fb547432f030d3
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