azure-costmanagement-skills

Break down Azure Kubernetes Service spend by cluster, namespace, and utilization bucket. Identifies the most expensive clusters and namespaces, and how much spend sits in idle vs active workloads. WHEN: "AKS cost", "Kubernetes cost", "cluster cost", "namespace cost", "container cost", "break down AKS", "AKS utilization", "idle pods", "chargeback AKS". INVOKES: query_aks_costs, generate_query, validate_query, execute_query

Current spend vs limits, end-of-month forecast, and active alerts. WHEN: "budget status", "am I over budget", "budget health", "will I exceed budget", "budget forecast". INVOKES: list_budgets, forecast_costs, query_costs, list_alerts

Create a budget with sensible default thresholds, contact emails, and an optional action group. WHEN: "create budget", "setup budget", "need a budget", "no budgets", "budget recommendations". INVOKES: list_budgets, query_costs, forecast_costs, create_budget

RI/Savings Plan utilization, coverage of compute spend, new purchase recommendations, and an optional investigation when utilization drops. WHEN: "commitment benefits", "RI utilization", "savings plan utilization", "reservation coverage", "utilization dropped", "how much am I saving", "new RI recommendation". INVOKES: list_benefit_utilization, get_benefit_recommendations, query_costs, list_reservation_transactions, generate_query, validate_query, execute_query

Check Azure Policy SKU/region restrictions, tag compliance, and budget coverage via Azure Resource Graph. WHEN: "what SKUs are allowed", "can I deploy this", "check policy", "allowed VMs", "will this be denied", "tag compliance", "budget coverage", "governance health". INVOKES: generate_query, validate_query, execute_query, list_budgets

Explain a cost spike or unexpected charge: when it happened, which service drove it, what changed, and who owns the resources. WHEN: "why did cost go up", "cost spike", "unexpected charge", "explain increase", "bill higher than expected", "surprise cost". INVOKES: query_costs, generate_query, validate_query, execute_query

Surface right-sizing recommendations (Azure Advisor) filtered by SKU policy and flagged against existing commitments, plus quick-win cleanup candidates. WHEN: "optimize costs", "reduce spending", "right-size", "savings opportunities", "save money", "oversized", "wasted resources". INVOKES: query_costs, generate_query, validate_query, execute_query, get_benefit_recommendations, list_benefit_utilization

Look up Azure retail pricing for a service / SKU / region, compare options across regions or commitment types, estimate workload cost, and optionally retrieve negotiated prices via pricesheet download. WHEN: "how much will it cost", "estimate cost", "compare pricing", "cheapest option", "free tier", "price of", "compare regions", "DTU vs vCore", "negotiated prices", "pricesheet". INVOKES: get_retail_prices, list_dimensions, query_costs, start_pricesheet_download, get_pricesheet_status