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Cut Azure waste and review commitments v1.0.0

Use this resource to reduce Azure costs by finding waste and checking commitments

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  • 507 downloads
  • 100 likes
  • 102 saves

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install azure-waste-reservations-savings

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent looks for idle, orphaned or oversized resources, such as detached disks or public IPs still billed, and reviews reservation and Savings Plan utilization. You get a ranked list of savings.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Your agent's model
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: optimization workflow and reporting rules
  • references/: optimization, commitments, Resource Graph queries and storage and Redis rules

Good fit for

  • You still pay for disks or IPs from a deleted VM
  • You want to check whether your reservations are being used

Not for

    Tags

    • azure
    • optimization
    • reservations
    • savings plan
    • waste

    About

    You say

    “Find the Azure resources I pay for but do not use, and tell me what a Savings Plan would save.”

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    Skill published by microsoft under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to reduce Azure costs by finding waste and checking commitments
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/commitments.md3 KB
    • references/optimization.md3 KB
    • references/report-template.md1.8 KB
    • references/resource-graph.md3.4 KB
    • references/services/redis.md2.1 KB
    • references/services/storage-lifecycle.md1.8 KB
    • references/services/storage.md3.9 KB
    • references/tool-fallback.md1.4 KB
    • SKILL.md1.9 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    microsoft
    Source
    github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/tree/e484244aad82d80bd640d44b2bea92b03bddf559/.github/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-optimization
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « cost-optimization » (microsoft, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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