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The cost-optimization skill identifies waste, rightsizing opportunities, and potential commitment savings for existing Azure resources. It provides recommendations but doesn't delete, resize, purchase, or deploy resources.
Skill cost-optimization | Source code
When to use this skill
Use this skill when you need to:
- Find idle or underused Azure resources.
- Identify orphaned disks, public IP addresses, or other continuing charges.
- Review rightsizing opportunities.
- Analyze reservation utilization.
- Review Savings Plan coverage or commitment recommendations.
Use Cost Analysis for cost spikes and bill investigations. Use Cost Estimation for forecasts or planned-resource pricing.
Example prompts
- "Find idle Azure resources that I can optimize."
- "Why am I still paying for resources from a deleted VM?"
- "Review my reservation utilization."
- "Recommend Savings Plan coverage for this subscription."
The skill separates measured cost, reported savings, and qualitative opportunities so you can evaluate recommendations before making changes.