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cost-optimization

An AI agent skill from microsoft/skills, scored 77 out of 100 by code.

77/ 100B

Code score by group

  • Spec20/20
  • Description19/20
  • Procedure10/15
  • Done criteria4/15
  • Resources7/10
  • Scripts5/8
  • Safety7/7
  • Upkeep5/5

It loses the most points in Done criteria (11), the group that checks whether there is a checklist and a step that verifies the work.

What the author says it does

Optimize existing Azure resources and analyze Reservations or Savings Plans. WHEN: "optimize Azure costs", "reduce cloud spending", "rightsize resources", "find idle resources", "orphaned disk", "deleted VM still charged", "public IP still charging", "reservation utilization", "Savings Plan coverage", "commitment recommendation", "why is pay-as-you-go still charged". DO NOT USE FOR: cost spikes, forecasts, pricing estimates, budgets, or governance.

This is the description in the skill's own SKILL.md, written by its author, not by SkillCheatSheet.

Repository
microsoft/skills
Folder
.github/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-optimization
License
MIT
GitHub stars
3,198
SKILL.md lines
45
Other files
8

Add cost-optimization to your agent

npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill cost-optimization

The command uses the open skills CLI. A skill is instructions and scripts your agent will follow, so read it first: open the folder on GitHub at the commit that was scored.

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