cost-analysis Skill
Use when an operator or a scheduled task requests a periodic cloud-cost / spend audit of the Zava Learning resource group — identify the top cost drivers, week-over-week trend, idle or oversized resources, and concrete savings opportunities. Read-only; produces findings for a report. Published by microsoft in sre-agent.
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Security review, Deployment, Data analysis, Includes SKILL.md
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2 months ago · MIT license
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What is cost-analysis Skill?
Use when an operator or a scheduled task requests a periodic cloud-cost / spend audit of the Zava Learning resource group — identify the top cost drivers, week-over-week trend, idle or oversized resources, and concrete savings opportunities. Read-only; produces findings for a report. Published by microsoft in sre-agent. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
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Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Security review
- Deployment
- Data analysis
- Security review use cases
- Deployment use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Source file: labs/zava-learning/sre-config/agent-config/skills/cost-analysis/SKILL.md
These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.
Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use cost-analysis Skill
- Use it for security review.
- Use it for deployment.
- Use it for data analysis.
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Source
- Creator: microsoft
- Repository: microsoft/sre-agent
- Skill file: labs/zava-learning/sre-config/agent-config/skills/cost-analysis/SKILL.md
What it does
Use when an operator or a scheduled task requests a periodic cloud-cost / spend audit of the Zava Learning resource group — identify the top cost drivers, week-over-week trend, idle or oversized resources, and concrete savings opportunities. Read-only; produces findings for a report.
Skill instructions
Zava Learning — Cloud Cost Analysis Resource Group: @@RG@@. Read-only audit — never resize, deallocate, or delete a resource. This is a weekly spend posture review. Recommend optimisations for a human to apply; change nothing. 1. Pull actual spend (preferred path) Use Cost Management for real billed amounts, scoped to the RG: - This week vs. last week by resource: az costmanagement query --type ActualCost --timeframe Custom --time-period from=<start to=<end --scope "/subscriptions/<sub/resourceGroups/@@RG@@" --dataset-grouping name=ResourceId type=Dimension --dataset-aggregation totalCost.name=Cost totalCost.function=Sum (run it for the current 7-day window and the prior 7-day window, then diff per ResourceId). - Or month-to-date by service: same query grouped by ServiceName. If az costmanagement is missing or returns an auth error (the agent identity lacks Cost Management Reader), FALL BACK to az consumption usage list --start-date <d --end-date <d filtered to the RG. Record which dat
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Frequently asked questions
What is cost-analysis?
cost-analysis is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Use when an operator or a scheduled task requests a periodic cloud-cost / spend audit of the Zava Learning resource group — identify the top cost drivers, week-over-week trend, idle or oversized resources.
Who is cost-analysis best for?
cost-analysis is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, security review workflows, deployment workflows, data analysis workflows.
How do I install cost-analysis?
Install or run cost-analysis using Copy skill directory. Check cost-analysis for the latest setup command.
Is cost-analysis actively maintained?
cost-analysis may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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