Azure finops

Skill bg-szy/TOP-SKILLS/skills/claude-code-skills/azure-finops

Azure FinOps reservation analysis, cost validation, waste discovery, and executive reporting. USE WHEN user says 'validate costs', 'check reservations', 'find waste', 'orphaned resources', 'reservation coverage', 'savings analysis', 'draft response for', 'cost analysis', 'are these reservations', 'reservation gaps', OR any Azure cost optimization request.From its SKILL.md

Install

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SKILL.md

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AzureFinOps Skill

Azure cost optimization through reservation analysis, waste discovery, and stakeholder reporting.

Important

All Azure operations are READ-ONLY — zero modifications to any resource
Primary output language: Portuguese (BR) for stakeholder responses
Python CLI fallback: uv run python -m azure_finops when MCP/CLI auth unavailable

Context Files

AzureToolReference.md — MCP tools + CLI commands quick reference
ReservationInventory.md — SKU matching and reservation interpretation SOP
PricingComparison.md — PAYG vs RI pricing methodology and savings formulas

Workflow Routing

Workflow	Trigger	File
ValidateCosts	"validate costs", "are these reservations or PAYG", "check billing"	`Workflows/ValidateCosts.md`
FindWaste	"find waste", "orphaned disks", "orphaned resources"	`Workflows/FindWaste.md`
CoverageAnalysis	"reservation coverage", "reservation gaps", "savings analysis"	`Workflows/CoverageAnalysis.md`
DraftResponse	"draft response for", "resposta para", "executive summary"	`Workflows/DraftResponse.md`

Examples

Example 1 — Cost Validation:

"Are these January costs reservations or pay-as-you-go?" Routes to: Workflows/ValidateCosts.md

Example 2 — Waste Discovery:

"Find orphaned disks and wasted resources across all subscriptions" Routes to: Workflows/FindWaste.md

Example 3 — Executive Response:

"Draft a response for Jean about the January billing anomalies" Routes to: Workflows/DraftResponse.md

Gotchas

Reservation matching: SKU naming differs between usage data and purchase data — Standard_D8s_v3 in usage vs D8sv3 in RI. A direct join misses 100%.
Savings Plan vs Reservation can stack — calculators that pick one ignore the combined savings.
PAYG vs RI pricing: Marketplace listings are excluded from RI — surprise unreserved charges show up for SQL Server BYOL, etc.
Cost data lag is 24-48 hours — same-day analyses miss recent activity entirely.
RI scope (shared vs single-subscription): wrong scope means the RI applies to unintended workloads — and you discover it months later in an audit.
Currency conversion in EA reports: exchange rate is locked at month close; mid-month estimates use a different rate than the final invoice.

What ships with it: 3 files

9.2 KB alongside SKILL.md