Azure Cost Optimization
Cut Azure waste: rightsizing, idle and orphaned resources, plus reservation and Savings Plan utilization reviews
- What
- Cut Azure waste: rightsizing, idle and orphaned resources, plus reservation and Savings Plan utilization reviews
- Cost
- Free
- Needs
- an Azure subscription, `az login`, and the `resource-graph` extension (`az extension add --name resource-graph`); Reader access on the target scope.
- Install
- Copy the installer prompt below into your Muse — your agent does the rest.
Curated by Skill Harbor — an Azure FinOps skill focused on two workflows: optimization (waste, rightsizing, orphaned disks, still-charging deleted VMs or public IPs) and commitments (reservation utilization, Savings Plan coverage, commitment recommendations). It confirms scope, period, currency and intent up front, keeps measured cost, reported savings and qualitative opportunities strictly separated, and recommends changes only — it never deletes, resizes, purchases or deploys resources itself. By @microsoft, listed here with credit to its creator. Honest caveats: it needs `az login` and an Azure subscription with Resource Graph access; it deliberately refuses cost spikes, forecasts, pricing estimates, budgets and governance — those are other skills' jobs. Skill Harbor never reviews the code, review it yourself before use.
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Install
Prerequisites: an Azure subscription, `az login`, and the `resource-graph` extension (`az extension add --name resource-graph`); Reader access on the target scope. Install "Azure Cost Optimization" for me. It cuts Azure waste through rightsizing and idle/orphaned-resource detection, plus reservation and Savings Plan utilization reviews. Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/blob/main/.github/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-optimization/SKILL.md 1. Fetch the SKILL.md file (and any helper files) from the repository path into a temporary folder and summarize what it does in one or two sentences. 2. Safety check: review the SKILL.md and scripts for anything suspicious (unexpected network calls, shell commands, credential harvesting). This repo should contain zero secrets in code, credentials only via the secure vault. Verify that holds here; STOP on any red flag and tell me. 3. Install it as a skill: copy SKILL.md and its helper files into the agent's skills directory, in a folder named "microsoft-azure-cost-optimization". 4. Verify with no network calls: frontmatter valid, files in place. 5. Report what was installed, where, and what I still need to do myself (e.g. confirm my Azure login and scope). GitHub is optional: if I have a GitHub account or the gh CLI, you may use it; otherwise public access is fine. Never require it unless it's in the prerequisites above. Rules: don't touch anything outside the temp folder and the install target. If anything looks off, stop and ask me.
Questions
How do I install a build?
Every product page includes a copy-paste install prompt. Paste it into your Muse and it sets the build up for you — no manual configuration.
Where does my money go?
Straight to the seller. Skill Harbor never processes payments: checkout happens on the seller’s own page, usually Stripe.
What does the ✓ next to a creator’s name mean?
It means we confirmed the identity of the person behind the listing. It says nothing about the code itself — always check a build before installing it.