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azure-cost-optimization

Identify and quantify cost savings across Azure subscriptions by analyzing actual costs, utilization metrics, and generating actionable optimization recommendations. USE FOR: optimize Azure costs, reduce Azure spending, reduce Azure expenses, analyze Azure costs, find cost savings, generate cost optimization report, find orphaned resources, rightsize VMs, cost analysis, reduce waste, Azure spending analysis, find unused resources, optimize Redis costs. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources (use azure-deploy), general Azure diagnostics (use azure-diagnostics), security issues (use azure-security)

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-cost-optimization

How to Install azure-cost-optimization

Quickly install azure-cost-optimization AI skill to your development environment via command line

  1. Open Terminal: Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.)
  2. Run Installation Command: Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-cost-optimization
  3. Verify Installation: Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw

Source: microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure.

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Analyze Azure subscriptions to identify cost savings through orphaned resource cleanup, rightsizing, and optimization recommendations based on actual usage data.

If the user specifically requests Redis cost optimization, use the specialized Redis skill:

Note: For general subscription-wide cost optimization (including Redis), continue with Step 2. For Redis-only focused analysis, follow the instructions in the Redis-specific reference document.

Identify and quantify cost savings across Azure subscriptions by analyzing actual costs, utilization metrics, and generating actionable optimization recommendations. USE FOR: optimize Azure costs, reduce Azure spending, reduce Azure expenses, analyze Azure costs, find cost savings, generate cost optimization report, find orphaned resources, rightsize VMs, cost analysis, reduce waste, Azure spending analysis, find unused resources, optimize Redis costs. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources (use azure-deploy), general Azure diagnostics (use azure-diagnostics), security issues (use azure-security) Source: microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure.

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npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-cost-optimization
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2026-02-20
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2026-03-10

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What is azure-cost-optimization?

Identify and quantify cost savings across Azure subscriptions by analyzing actual costs, utilization metrics, and generating actionable optimization recommendations. USE FOR: optimize Azure costs, reduce Azure spending, reduce Azure expenses, analyze Azure costs, find cost savings, generate cost optimization report, find orphaned resources, rightsize VMs, cost analysis, reduce waste, Azure spending analysis, find unused resources, optimize Redis costs. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying resources (use azure-deploy), general Azure diagnostics (use azure-diagnostics), security issues (use azure-security) Source: microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure.

How do I install azure-cost-optimization?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-cost-optimization Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure