Cloud Cost Optimization
wshobson/agents
Cuts cloud spend across AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI with cost tagging, rightsizing, commitment and spot pricing models, and architecture changes.
Printing Press CLI for read-only Azure cost review. An agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library.
$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-azure-cost-admin --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/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin .claude/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin && 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 "pp-azure-cost-admin" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin into .claude/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-azure-cost-admin", 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/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-adminType 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 mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-azure-cost-admin --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin .agents/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "pp-azure-cost-admin" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin into .agents/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-azure-cost-admin", 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 mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-azure-cost-admin --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin .cursor/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin && 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 "pp-azure-cost-admin" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin into .cursor/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-azure-cost-admin", 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/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git --path cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin--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 mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-azure-cost-admin --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin .gemini/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin && 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 "pp-azure-cost-admin" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin into .gemini/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-azure-cost-admin", 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 mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-azure-cost-adminInstalls 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 mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin .github/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin && 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 "pp-azure-cost-admin" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin into .github/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-azure-cost-admin", 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 mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-azure-cost-admin --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin .opencode/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin && 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 "pp-azure-cost-admin" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin into .opencode/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-azure-cost-admin", 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.
pp-azure-cost-adminPrinting Press CLI for read-only Azure cost review. An agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library.
Pp Azure Cost Admin is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Printing Press CLI for read-only Azure cost review. Use Azure Cost Management, Resource Graph, simple anomaly checks, and public retail price lookup support from the terminal.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Cloud cost optimization. It works with Microsoft Azure. The repository describes itself as: Official library of CLIs generated by the CLI Printing Press. Endorsed, tested, and community-contributed. The licence is Apache-2.0.
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d9a1696. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
ReadBashFrom allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
aznpxgoFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use az and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Pp Azure Cost Admin loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 678 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.
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
allowed-tools: Read, BashAutomated 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.
The full file from mvanhorn/printing-press-library at commit d9a1696, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mvanhorn). 678 words, ~1,690 tokens.
.claude/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT.
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This skill drives the azure-cost-admin-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install azure-cost-admin --cli-onlyazure-cost-admin-pp-cli --version$GOPATH/bin (or $HOME/go/bin) is on $PATH.If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer):
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/cloud/azure-cost-admin/cmd/azure-cost-admin-pp-cli@latestIf --version reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.
Azure Cost Admin is a read-only CLI for Azure FinOps questions. Use it to inspect actual billed spend, service and resource-group cost breakdowns, tag hygiene, simple cost changes, and public Azure retail price metadata.
It reads Azure Cost Management, Azure Resource Graph, and Azure Retail Prices data. It does not create budgets, edit tags, delete resources, create resources, or change Azure configuration.
Do not use this CLI for creating, updating, deleting, tagging, purchasing, changing budgets, changing alerts, granting access, or modifying Azure resources. It is for read-only inspection and estimate support.
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
spend summary — Queries Azure Cost Management for actual billed spend over a selected timeframe.spend by-service — Groups actual Azure spend by service, with sibling commands for resource groups and tag keys.tags untagged — Uses Azure Resource Graph to find resources missing a requested owner, environment, or cost-center tag.anomalies — Compares recent service spend against a prior window and reports large changes without modifying Azure.price search — Searches public Azure Retail Prices separately from actual billed spend so estimates do not get confused with invoice data.Use Azure CLI authentication:
az login
az account set --subscription <subscription-id-or-name>Never paste Azure tokens, tenant IDs, subscription IDs, account emails, raw resource IDs, exact spend amounts, or customer names into public artifacts.
doctor — Check local Azure access and read-only API reachability.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli doctor --dry-run — Shows the checks that would run.azure-cost-admin-pp-cli doctor --json — Runs Azure account, Cost Management, Resource Graph, and Retail Prices checks.subscriptions — List reachable subscriptions.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli subscriptions --json --select name,state — Emits subscription names and states in JSON.spend summary — Show actual Azure spend totals for a timeframe.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli spend summary --timeframe MonthToDate --dry-run — Shows the Cost Management request shape.azure-cost-admin-pp-cli spend summary --timeframe MonthToDate --agent --select timeframe,currency — Runs the query while keeping output small.spend by-service — Group actual spend by Azure service.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli spend by-service --timeframe MonthToDate --dry-run — Shows the service grouping request shape.azure-cost-admin-pp-cli spend by-service --timeframe MonthToDate --agent --select timeframe,currency — Runs the service spend query with selected fields.spend by-resource-group — Group actual spend by resource group.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli spend by-resource-group --timeframe MonthToDate --dry-run — Shows the resource-group grouping request shape.spend by-tag — Group actual spend by a tag key.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli spend by-tag --tag owner --timeframe MonthToDate --dry-run — Shows the tag grouping request shape.anomalies — Compare recent service spend with the previous window.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli anomalies --days 7 --threshold-percent 25 --dry-run — Shows the comparison plan.tags untagged — Find resources missing a requested tag key.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli tags untagged --tag owner --limit 20 --dry-run — Shows the Resource Graph query shape.azure-cost-admin-pp-cli tags untagged --tag owner --limit 1 --agent --select type — Runs the query while keeping output minimal.price search — Search public Azure Retail Prices for estimate support.
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli price search --service "Virtual Machines" --region eastus --currency USD --dry-run — Shows the public price URL.azure-cost-admin-pp-cli price search --service "Virtual Machines" --region eastus --currency USD --limit 1 --agent --select serviceName,region,currencyCode — Runs a public lookup with selected fields.Add --agent to emit compact JSON for agents and scripts. Use --select to keep only comma-separated JSON fields. Use --dry-run to preview a read-only request before calling Azure.
Examples:
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli spend by-service --timeframe MonthToDate --agent --select timeframe,currency
azure-cost-admin-pp-cli tags untagged --tag owner --limit 1 --agent --select typeDefault human output masks sensitive identifiers where practical. JSON output is intended for trusted local scripts and agents.
When sharing proof, redact subscription IDs, tenant IDs, account emails, resource IDs, resource group names, customer names, exact spend amounts, and tokens.
© mvanhorn, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin of mvanhorn/printing-press-library.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit d9a1696
Pp Azure Cost Admin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pp Azure Cost Admin this skillmvanhorn/printing-press-library | 2.1k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| 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 | |
| FrugalyuanboP/frugal | 198 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| SkyPilot Multi-Cloud OrchestrationOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs | 13k | 4 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Cloud ArchitectJeffallan/claude-skills | 12k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Printing Press CLI for read-only Azure cost review. An agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Pp Azure Cost Admin is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Printing Press CLI for read-only Azure cost review.
Pp Azure Cost Admin fits situations like: tasks that involve Cloud cost optimization.
Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .claude/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-azure-cost-admin in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .agents/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-azure-cost-admin -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin, .gemini/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin, .github/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin and .opencode/skills/pp-azure-cost-admin in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pp Azure Cost Admin needs the command-line tools its instructions call (az, npx and go). Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Pp Azure Cost Admin is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pp Azure Cost Admin: Cloud Cost Optimization (wshobson/agents, 40k stars), Spotinfo (alexei-led/spotinfo, 164 stars), Frugal (yuanboP/frugal, 198 stars) and SkyPilot Multi-Cloud Orchestration (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
mvanhorn (a GitHub user) maintains it in mvanhorn/printing-press-library, which has 2,056 GitHub stars. The repository holds 506 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: mvanhorn/printing-press-library on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.