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Govern Azure costs with budgets, alerts, tags, and policy restrictions.
Install Cost Governance
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure cost-governance --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance .claude/skills/cost-governance && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "cost-governance" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance into .claude/skills/cost-governance/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cost-governance", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governanceType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure cost-governance --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance .agents/skills/cost-governance && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "cost-governance" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance into .agents/skills/cost-governance/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cost-governance", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure cost-governance --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance .cursor/skills/cost-governance && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "cost-governance" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance into .cursor/skills/cost-governance/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cost-governance", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git --path plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure cost-governance --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance .gemini/skills/cost-governance && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "cost-governance" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance into .gemini/skills/cost-governance/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cost-governance", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure cost-governanceInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance .github/skills/cost-governance && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "cost-governance" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance into .github/skills/cost-governance/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cost-governance", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure cost-governance --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance .opencode/skills/cost-governance && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "cost-governance" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance into .opencode/skills/cost-governance/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cost-governance", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
cost-governance- GitHub stars
- 255
- Token cost
- ~476 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 147 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 61
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Govern Azure costs with budgets, alerts, tags, and policy restrictions.
- Works in 4 steps: Confirm scope and load the matching… → Never transform MCP results in a shell… → Distinguish access failures from empty… → …
- : planning-target forecasts
- SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, When to Use This Skill, MCP Tools and Workflow, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Cost Governance is an agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Govern Azure costs with budgets, alerts, tags, and policy restrictions. WHEN: "Azure budget health", "configured budget overrun", "list Azure budgets", "create Azure budget", "budget alerts", "budget coverage", "missing CostCenter tags", "allowed VM SKUs", "allowed Azure regions", "would this SKU be denied", "cost guardrails". DO NOT USE FOR: planning-target forecasts, bill investigations, pricing, rightsizing, or commitments.
Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `references/budget-health.md`, `references/budget-setup.md` and `references/guardrails.md`).
It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Cloud cost optimization and LLM guardrails. It works with Microsoft Azure. The repository describes itself as: GitHub Copilot for Azure. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- : planning-target forecasts
- Bill investigations
Example prompts
- “Azure budget health”
- “configured budget overrun”
- “list Azure budgets”
- “/cost-governance”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Confirm scope and load the matching workflow.
- Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request tool-side
- Distinguish access failures from empty results.
- Report gaps without implying budgets cap spend.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ce94fce. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Cost Governance loads about 476 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 112 tokens; SKILL.md has 147 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure at commit ce94fce, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 147 words, ~476 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/cost-governance/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- cost-governance
- description
- Govern Azure costs with budgets, alerts, tags, and policy restrictions. WHEN: "Azure budget health", "configured budget overrun", "list Azure budgets", "create Azure budget", "budget alerts", "budget coverage", "missing CostCenter tags", "allowed VM SKUs", "allowed Azure regions", "would this SKU be denied", "cost guardrails". DO NOT USE FOR: planning-target forecasts, bill investigations, pricing, rightsizing, or commitments.
- license
- MIT
- metadata.author
- Microsoft
- metadata.version
- 0.0.0-placeholder
Cost Governance
Quick Reference
| Intent | Workflow | Primary tools |
|---|---|---|
| Check budget status | Budget health | list_budgets, forecast_costs, query_costs, list_alerts |
| Configure a budget | Budget setup | Cost tools, create_budget |
| Review guardrails | Guardrails | Resource Graph, list_budgets |
When to Use This Skill
Use for budgets, alerts, tags, and policy.
MCP Tools
Use cost tools for budgets; Resource Graph for guardrails. Writes need confirmed scope, amount, thresholds, and recipients. Fallback: API mappings.
Workflow
- Confirm scope and load the matching workflow.
- Never transform MCP results in a shell or interpreter; request tool-side filtering or bounded follow-up queries.
- Distinguish access failures from empty results.
- Report gaps without implying budgets cap spend.
Error Handling
| Error | Action |
|---|---|
| Access denied | Name missing permission. |
| No budget or forecast | Report unavailable data, not zero. |
| Multiple currencies | Never sum or compare across currencies. |
| Write conflict | Preserve the budget. |
| Server error | Retry once; then stop with the trace ID. |
© microsoft, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance of microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.
- SKILL.md
- references/budget-health.md
- references/budget-setup.md
- references/guardrails.md
- references/tool-fallback.md
- version.json
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ce94fce
Used in 2 other repositories
We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Cost Governance next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost Governance this skillmicrosoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure | 255 | — | ~476 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| SkyPilot Multi-Cloud OrchestrationOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs | 13k | 4 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azure AI Contentsafety Pymicrosoft/skills | 3.1k | 5 repos | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Hardening Cloud Posturetrilwu/secskills | 157 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Cloud Cost Optimizationwshobson/agents | 40k | 14 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Spotinfoalexei-led/spotinfo | 164 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Cost Governance
What does Cost Governance do?
Govern Azure costs with budgets, alerts, tags, and policy restrictions. Cost Governance is an agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Govern Azure costs with budgets, alerts, tags, and policy restrictions.
When should I use Cost Governance?
Cost Governance fits situations like: : planning-target forecasts; bill investigations.
How do I install Cost Governance in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure) into .claude/skills/cost-governance in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Cost Governance in Codex?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/azure-cost/skills/cost-governance in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure) into .agents/skills/cost-governance in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Cost Governance in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill cost-governance -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cost-governance, .gemini/skills/cost-governance, .github/skills/cost-governance and .opencode/skills/cost-governance in your project.
What does Cost Governance need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Cost Governance is instructions for the agent only.
Does Cost Governance access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Cost Governance safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Cost Governance use?
Cost Governance is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Cost Governance use?
About 476 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Cost Governance?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cost Governance: SkyPilot Multi-Cloud Orchestration (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars), Azure AI Contentsafety Py (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars), Hardening Cloud Posture (trilwu/secskills, 157 stars) and Cloud Cost Optimization (wshobson/agents, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Cost Governance?
microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, which has 255 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.