cost-optimization

cost-optimization is an agent skill published by microsoft. It lives in the microsoft/skills repository, which has 3,148 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-25.

Optimizes existing Azure resources by analyzing Reservations or Savings Plans to reduce cloud spending, rightsize resources, and identify idle or orphaned resources, deleted VMs still charged, public IPs still charging, reservation utilization, Savings Plan coverage, and commitment recommendations.

skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads microsoft/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.

npx skills add microsoft/skills

What does cost-optimization do?

Optimizes existing Azure resources by analyzing Reservations or Savings Plans to reduce cloud spending, rightsize resources, and identify idle or orphaned resources, deleted VMs still charged, public IPs still charging, reservation utilization, Savings Plan coverage, and commitment recommendations.

How do I install cost-optimization?

Run npx skills add microsoft/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.

Who publishes cost-optimization?

microsoft.

Is cost-optimization maintained, and what licence does it use?

Its repository has 3,148 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the MIT licence.

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