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Azure Cost Estimation

Forecast Azure spend and price planned resources or workloads. WHEN: "forecast Azure spending", "project next month cost", "compare forecast to my planning target", "how much will Azure cost", "estimate VM cost", "compare storage tiers", "compare Azure regions", "retail price", "EA rate card", "negotiated pricesheet". DO NOT USE FOR: configured budget health or alerts, bill analysis, cost spikes, rightsizing, or commitments.

microsoftmicrosoft/cost-estimation★ 3.1kUpdated Oct 6, 2026

Description

Quick Reference

Intent Workflow Primary tools
Forecast existing spend Cost forecast forecast_costs
Price planned resources Pricing estimate Pricing tools

When to Use This Skill

Use for forecasts, pricing, and planning targets.

MCP Tools

Tool Use
forecast_costs Forecast a scope.
get_retail_prices Get public prices.
start_pricesheet_download, get_pricesheet_status Get Enterprise Agreement (EA) or Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) prices.

Fallback: API mappings.

Workflow

  1. Distinguish forecasts from hypothetical pricing.
  2. Confirm scope, assumptions, period, region, OS, and currency.
  3. Load the matching workflow and label every value type.
  4. Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request tool-side filtering or bounded follow-up queries.

Error Handling

Error Action
Ambiguous meter Ask for OS, term, tier, or usage.
Forecast unavailable Explain the history requirement.
Pricesheet pending Honor the returned polling interval.
Multiple currencies Never combine currencies.
Server error Retry once; then report the trace ID.

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—None
Installs—None
Runs install scripts—None
Network—None
Needs credentials—None
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

Checks

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Files8 files · 10.8 KB

  • SKILL.md1.9 KB
references/2
  • pricing-estimate.md2.0 KB
  • tool-fallback.md1.1 KB
references/cost-forecast/5
  • error-handling.md1.3 KB
  • examples.md772 B
  • guardrails.md884 B
  • request-body-schema.md1018 B
  • workflow.md1.9 KB

Versions

  1. #11.1.1latestOct 7, 2026