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Comprehensive FinOps analysis combining cost optimization, waste identification, and chargeback reporting. Use when asked about reducing Azure spend, finding unused resources, cost per team, chargeback, showback, cost anomalies, rightsizing, or monthly cost review.

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FinOps Intelligence

Purpose

Unified cost intelligence skill that identifies savings opportunities, tracks cost trends, and generates chargeback/showback reports by team or project. Answers both "where can we save?" and "who spent what?"

When to use this skill

User asks "why did our bill go up?"
User asks for cost optimization or savings opportunities
User asks "how much did team X spend this month?"
User asks for chargeback, showback, or cost allocation report
Monthly proactive cost review or FinOps cadence

Pre-check

Confirm with the user:

Scope: Which subscriptions to scan (all or specific ones)
Time range: For trend analysis (default: last 3 months)
Allocation model (for chargeback): Which tag to use for cost splitting?
- cost-center tag (most common)
- owner or team tag
- application or project tag
- Resource group naming convention (e.g., rg-teamname-*)
Exclusions: Dev/test subscriptions, sandbox resource groups

Analysis procedure

Step 1: Cost trend overview

Get the big picture using Azure Cost Management.

# Current month cost by service (last 30 days)
az costmanagement query --type ActualCost --timeframe MonthToDate \
  --scope "subscriptions/<sub-id>" \
  --dataset-aggregation '{"totalCost":{"name":"Cost","function":"Sum"}}' \
  --dataset-grouping name="ServiceName" type="Dimension" \
  -o table

# Previous month for comparison
az costmanagement query --type ActualCost --timeframe TheLastMonth \
  --scope "subscriptions/<sub-id>" \
  --dataset-aggregation '{"totalCost":{"name":"Cost","function":"Sum"}}' \
  --dataset-grouping name="ServiceName" type="Dimension" \
  -o table

If az costmanagement is unavailable, use the REST API:

az rest --method post \
  --url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<sub-id>/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api-version=2023-11-01" \
  --body '{"type":"ActualCost","timeframe":"MonthToDate","dataset":{"aggregation":{"totalCost":{"name":"Cost","function":"Sum"}},"grouping":[{"type":"Dimension","name":"ServiceName"}]}}'

Summarize:

Total spend this month vs. last month (% change)
Top 5 services by spend
Top 5 resource groups by spend
Any spending anomalies (day-over-day spikes > 20%)

Step 2: Orphaned resources (waste)

Find resources consuming cost with no active use.

Check	Command	Savings signal
Unattached managed disks	`az disk list --query "[?managedBy==null]"`	Disk cost per month
Unused public IPs	`az network public-ip list --query "[?ipConfiguration==null]"`	~$3.65/month each
Stopped but allocated VMs	`az vm list -d --query "[?powerState=='VM deallocated']"`	Disk + IP cost still billed
Unused App Service plans	`az appservice plan list --query "[?numberOfSites==0]" --resource-group <rg>`	Full plan cost
Old snapshots (>90 days)	`az snapshot list --query "[?timeCreated<'$(date -u -d '90 days ago' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)']"`	Storage cost
Unused NAT Gateways	`az network nat gateway list` cross-ref with subnets	~$32/month each
Empty resource groups	`az group list` then check member count	Organizational waste

Note on date handling: Use shell variable substitution for date comparisons:

Linux/macOS: $(date -u -d '90 days ago' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
The SRE Agent sandbox runs Linux, so the above syntax is valid.

Step 3: Rightsizing opportunities

Identify over-provisioned resources.

VMs with low CPU (< 5% avg over 14 days): Query Azure Monitor metrics for Percentage CPU across all VMs
VMs with low memory (< 10% avg): Query Log Analytics for memory counters if available
Over-provisioned App Service plans: Check CPU and memory % across the plan — if consistently < 20%, suggest downgrade
Over-provisioned databases: Check DTU/vCore utilization — if < 20%, suggest lower tier

For each, calculate:

Current SKU and monthly cost
Recommended SKU and monthly cost
Estimated monthly savings

Step 4: Reservation & savings plan opportunities

List VMs running 24/7 for > 30 days — candidates for Reserved Instances (up to 72% savings)
List databases running 24/7 — candidates for reserved capacity
Check if Azure Savings Plans could apply to compute spend

Step 5: Storage optimization

Check storage accounts for access tier usage:

az storage account list --query "[].{name:name, accessTier:accessTier, kind:kind}" -o table

Identify blobs that haven't been accessed in 90+ days — candidates for Cool/Archive tier
Check for lifecycle management policies — suggest if missing
Check for redundancy over-provisioning (GRS when LRS would suffice for non-critical data)

Step 6: Cost allocation (chargeback/showback)

Group costs by the user's chosen allocation model.

By tag (preferred):

Group all resources by the chosen tag value
Aggregate costs per tag value
Track untagged resources separately as "Unallocated"

By resource group (fallback):

Parse resource group names for team/project identifiers
Group and aggregate accordingly

Shared costs (identify and handle):

Resources used by multiple teams (e.g., shared AKS cluster, shared networking)
Flag these separately — suggest allocation keys (even split, usage-based, or headcount-based)

For each team/project:

This period vs. previous period: $ change and % change
Top cost driver (which service drove the change?)
Flag anomalies (> 30% increase without known cause)

Step 7: Efficiency metrics

Calculate per-team efficiency indicators:

Cost per resource: Total spend / number of resources
Compute waste ratio: Cost of idle/underutilized resources / total compute cost
Tag compliance: % of team's resources properly tagged

Accepted exceptions (optional)

If the user provides a list of accepted exceptions, do not flag those items. Instead, note them in the report as Accepted Exception with the reason provided.

Example format the user may provide:

Check	Reason
2.1 Unattached managed disks	Kept for disaster recovery snapshots, reviewed monthly
3.2 Over-provisioned App Service plans	Pre-scaled for upcoming product launch next week
4.1 Reserved instances	Short-term project, reservations not cost-effective

When exceptions are provided:

Skip the flagged checks in scoring
List them in a separate "Accepted Exceptions" section at the end of the report
Recalculate the overall score excluding excepted checks

Expected output

Report header (mandatory — use this exact format)

FinOps Cost Optimization & Chargeback Report

Field	Value
Subscription	(name + ID)
Report Date	YYYY-MM-DD
Total Spend (MTD)	$X,XXX
Projected Full Month	$X,XXX
Month-over-month Change	+/-$X (+/-X%)
Waste Identified (recoverable)	~$X/month
Resource Groups Tracked	N (M with spend)
Tag Compliance	X%
Issues Found	X Critical, Y High, Z Medium

Savings breakdown table

Category	Finding	Current Cost/mo	Savings/mo	Priority	Action
Orphaned	3 unattached disks	$45	$45	High	Delete or snapshot+delete
Rightsizing	2 VMs at < 5% CPU	$380	$190	High	Resize D4s_v5 → B2ms
Reservations	5 VMs running 24/7	$1,200	$864	Medium	3yr RI
Storage	No lifecycle policies	$200	$80	Medium	Add cool tier policy
TOTAL RECOVERABLE	—	—	~$X,XXX/mo	—	—

Cost allocation table

Team / Project	This Period	Last Period	Change	% Change	Top Service	% of Total
Platform	$5,200	$4,800	+$400	+8.3%	Compute	32%
Product API	$3,800	$3,100	+$700	+22.6% ⚠️	Databases	24%
Unallocated	$1,300	$800	+$500	+62.5% 🔴	Mixed	8%
Total	$16,000	$14,300	+$1,700	+11.9%		100%

Quick wins (implement today)

Top 3 actions that save the most with the least effort.

Requires planning

Actions that need architecture review or stakeholder approval.

Unallocated cost remediation

List untagged resources with suggested owner and tagging command:

az resource tag --ids <resource-id> --tags team=<team> cost-center=<cc>

Remediation guidance

For each cost finding, include in the output:

The specific az CLI command to remediate (suggest only — do not execute)
Use GetAzCliHelp to validate the command syntax before suggesting
The official Microsoft Learn documentation link

References

Cost Management: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management
Azure Advisor Cost: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-cost-recommendations
Reserved Instances: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/save-compute-costs-reservations
Orphaned Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-reference-cost-recommendations

Sample output

The following is a redacted example of what the report looks like when run against a subscription.

FinOps Cost Optimization & Chargeback Report

Field	Value
Subscription	contoso-prod-001 (a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890)
Report Date	2026-07-15
Total Spend (MTD)	$12,340
Projected Full Month	$16,450
Month-over-month Change	+$1,700 (+11.5%)
Waste Identified (recoverable)	~$1,179/month
Resource Groups Tracked	14 (12 with spend)
Tag Compliance	78%
Issues Found	2 Critical, 3 High, 4 Medium

Savings breakdown table

Category	Finding	Current Cost/mo	Savings/mo	Priority	Action
Orphaned	3 unattached disks in `rg-app-prod`	$45	$45	High	Delete or snapshot+delete
Orphaned	2 unused public IPs	$7	$7	Medium	Delete
Rightsizing	`vm-batch-01` at 3% CPU avg	$380	$190	High	Resize D4s_v5 → B2ms
Rightsizing	`sql-staging` at 8% DTU	$250	$125	Medium	Downgrade S3 → S1
Reservations	5 VMs running 24/7 for 90+ days	$1,200	$864	Medium	3yr RI
TOTAL RECOVERABLE	—	—	~$1,179/mo	—	—

Cost allocation table

Team / Project	This Period	Last Period	Change	% Change	Top Service	% of Total
Platform	$5,200	$4,800	+$400	+8.3%	Compute	32%
Product API	$3,800	$3,100	+$700	+22.6% ⚠️	Databases	24%
Data Team	$2,700	$2,600	+$100	+3.8%	Storage	17%
Unallocated	$1,300	$800	+$500	+62.5% 🔴	Mixed	8%
Total	$16,450	$14,750	+$1,700	+11.5%		100%

Remediation guidance (sample)

# Delete unattached managed disks
az disk delete --name disk-old-backup-01 --resource-group rg-app-prod --yes

# Resize over-provisioned VM
az vm resize --name vm-batch-01 --resource-group rg-batch-prod --size Standard_B2ms

# Tag unallocated resources
az resource tag --ids /subscriptions/.../resourceGroups/rg-shared/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/stcontososhared --tags team=platform cost-center=CC-1234

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name: finops-intelligence
description: Comprehensive FinOps analysis combining cost optimization, waste identification, and chargeback reporting. Use when asked about reducing Azure spend, finding unused resources, cost per team, chargeback, showback, cost anomalies, rightsizing, or monthly cost review.
tools:
  - RunAzCliReadCommands
  - execute_kusto_query

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---
name: finops-intelligence
description: Comprehensive FinOps analysis combining cost optimization, waste identification, and chargeback reporting. Use when asked about reducing Azure spend, finding unused resources, cost per team, chargeback, showback, cost anomalies, rightsizing, or monthly cost review.
tools:
  - RunAzCliReadCommands
  - execute_kusto_query
---

# FinOps Intelligence

## Purpose
Unified cost intelligence skill that identifies savings opportunities, tracks cost trends, and generates chargeback/showback reports by team or project. Answers both "where can we save?" and "who spent what?"

## When to use this skill
- User asks "why did our bill go up?"
- User asks for cost optimization or savings opportunities
- User asks "how much did team X spend this month?"
- User asks for chargeback, showback, or cost allocation report
- Monthly proactive cost review or FinOps cadence

## Pre-check
Confirm with the user:
- **Scope**: Which subscriptions to scan (all or specific ones)
- **Time range**: For trend analysis (default: last 3 months)
- **Allocation model** (for chargeback): Which tag to use for cost splitting?
  - `cost-center` tag (most common)
  - `owner` or `team` tag
  - `application` or `project` tag
  - Resource group naming convention (e.g., `rg-teamname-*`)
- **Exclusions**: Dev/test subscriptions, sandbox resource groups

## Analysis procedure

### Step 1: Cost trend overview
Get the big picture using Azure Cost Management.

```bash
# Current month cost by service (last 30 days)
az costmanagement query --type ActualCost --timeframe MonthToDate \
  --scope "subscriptions/<sub-id>" \
  --dataset-aggregation '{"totalCost":{"name":"Cost","function":"Sum"}}' \
  --dataset-grouping name="ServiceName" type="Dimension" \
  -o table
```

```bash
# Previous month for comparison
az costmanagement query --type ActualCost --timeframe TheLastMonth \
  --scope "subscriptions/<sub-id>" \
  --dataset-aggregation '{"totalCost":{"name":"Cost","function":"Sum"}}' \
  --dataset-grouping name="ServiceName" type="Dimension" \
  -o table
```

If `az costmanagement` is unavailable, use the REST API:
```bash
az rest --method post \
  --url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<sub-id>/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api-version=2023-11-01" \
  --body '{"type":"ActualCost","timeframe":"MonthToDate","dataset":{"aggregation":{"totalCost":{"name":"Cost","function":"Sum"}},"grouping":[{"type":"Dimension","name":"ServiceName"}]}}'
```

Summarize:
- Total spend this month vs. last month (% change)
- Top 5 services by spend
- Top 5 resource groups by spend
- Any spending anomalies (day-over-day spikes > 20%)

### Step 2: Orphaned resources (waste)
Find resources consuming cost with no active use.

| Check | Command | Savings signal |
|-------|---------|----------------|
| Unattached managed disks | `az disk list --query "[?managedBy==null]"` | Disk cost per month |
| Unused public IPs | `az network public-ip list --query "[?ipConfiguration==null]"` | ~$3.65/month each |
| Stopped but allocated VMs | `az vm list -d --query "[?powerState=='VM deallocated']"` | Disk + IP cost still billed |
| Unused App Service plans | `az appservice plan list --query "[?numberOfSites==0]" --resource-group <rg>` | Full plan cost |
| Old snapshots (>90 days) | `az snapshot list --query "[?timeCreated<'$(date -u -d '90 days ago' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)']"` | Storage cost |
| Unused NAT Gateways | `az network nat gateway list` cross-ref with subnets | ~$32/month each |
| Empty resource groups | `az group list` then check member count | Organizational waste |

Note on date handling: Use shell variable substitution for date comparisons:
- Linux/macOS: `$(date -u -d '90 days ago' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)`
- The SRE Agent sandbox runs Linux, so the above syntax is valid.

### Step 3: Rightsizing opportunities
Identify over-provisioned resources.

1. **VMs with low CPU** (< 5% avg over 14 days):
   Query Azure Monitor metrics for `Percentage CPU` across all VMs
2. **VMs with low memory** (< 10% avg):
   Query Log Analytics for memory counters if available
3. **Over-provisioned App Service plans**:
   Check CPU and memory % across the plan — if consistently < 20%, suggest downgrade
4. **Over-provisioned databases**:
   Check DTU/vCore utilization — if < 20%, suggest lower tier

For each, calculate:
- Current SKU and monthly cost
- Recommended SKU and monthly cost
- **Estimated monthly savings**

### Step 4: Reservation & savings plan opportunities
1. List VMs running 24/7 for > 30 days — candidates for Reserved Instances (up to 72% savings)
2. List databases running 24/7 — candidates for reserved capacity
3. Check if Azure Savings Plans could apply to compute spend

### Step 5: Storage optimization
1. Check storage accounts for access tier usage:
   ```bash
   az storage account list --query "[].{name:name, accessTier:accessTier, kind:kind}" -o table
   ```
2. Identify blobs that haven't been accessed in 90+ days — candidates for Cool/Archive tier
3. Check for lifecycle management policies — suggest if missing
4. Check for redundancy over-provisioning (GRS when LRS would suffice for non-critical data)

### Step 6: Cost allocation (chargeback/showback)
Group costs by the user's chosen allocation model.

**By tag** (preferred):
- Group all resources by the chosen tag value
- Aggregate costs per tag value
- Track untagged resources separately as "Unallocated"

**By resource group** (fallback):
- Parse resource group names for team/project identifiers
- Group and aggregate accordingly

**Shared costs** (identify and handle):
- Resources used by multiple teams (e.g., shared AKS cluster, shared networking)
- Flag these separately — suggest allocation keys (even split, usage-based, or headcount-based)

For each team/project:
- This period vs. previous period: $ change and % change
- Top cost driver (which service drove the change?)
- Flag anomalies (> 30% increase without known cause)

### Step 7: Efficiency metrics
Calculate per-team efficiency indicators:
- **Cost per resource**: Total spend / number of resources
- **Compute waste ratio**: Cost of idle/underutilized resources / total compute cost
- **Tag compliance**: % of team's resources properly tagged

## Accepted exceptions (optional)

If the user provides a list of accepted exceptions, do not flag those items. Instead, note them in the report as **Accepted Exception** with the reason provided.

Example format the user may provide:

| Check | Reason |
|-------|--------|
| 2.1 Unattached managed disks | Kept for disaster recovery snapshots, reviewed monthly |
| 3.2 Over-provisioned App Service plans | Pre-scaled for upcoming product launch next week |
| 4.1 Reserved instances | Short-term project, reservations not cost-effective |

When exceptions are provided:
- Skip the flagged checks in scoring
- List them in a separate "Accepted Exceptions" section at the end of the report
- Recalculate the overall score excluding excepted checks

## Expected output

### Report header (mandatory — use this exact format)

## FinOps Cost Optimization & Chargeback Report

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Subscription | (name + ID) |
| Report Date | YYYY-MM-DD |
| Total Spend (MTD) | $X,XXX |
| Projected Full Month | $X,XXX |
| Month-over-month Change | +/-$X (+/-X%) |
| Waste Identified (recoverable) | ~$X/month |
| Resource Groups Tracked | N (M with spend) |
| Tag Compliance | X% |
| Issues Found | X Critical, Y High, Z Medium |

### Savings breakdown table

| Category | Finding | Current Cost/mo | Savings/mo | Priority | Action |
|----------|---------|----------------|------------|----------|--------|
| Orphaned | 3 unattached disks | $45 | $45 | High | Delete or snapshot+delete |
| Rightsizing | 2 VMs at < 5% CPU | $380 | $190 | High | Resize D4s_v5 → B2ms |
| Reservations | 5 VMs running 24/7 | $1,200 | $864 | Medium | 3yr RI |
| Storage | No lifecycle policies | $200 | $80 | Medium | Add cool tier policy |
| **TOTAL RECOVERABLE** | — | — | **~$X,XXX/mo** | — | — |

### Cost allocation table

| Team / Project | This Period | Last Period | Change | % Change | Top Service | % of Total |
|----------------|------------|-------------|--------|----------|-------------|------------|
| Platform | $5,200 | $4,800 | +$400 | +8.3% | Compute | 32% |
| Product API | $3,800 | $3,100 | +$700 | +22.6% ⚠️ | Databases | 24% |
| Unallocated | $1,300 | $800 | +$500 | +62.5% 🔴 | Mixed | 8% |
| **Total** | **$16,000** | **$14,300** | **+$1,700** | **+11.9%** | | **100%** |

### Quick wins (implement today)
Top 3 actions that save the most with the least effort.

### Requires planning
Actions that need architecture review or stakeholder approval.

### Unallocated cost remediation
List untagged resources with suggested owner and tagging command:
```bash
az resource tag --ids <resource-id> --tags team=<team> cost-center=<cc>
```

### Remediation guidance
For each cost finding, include in the output:
1. The specific `az` CLI command to remediate (suggest only — do not execute)
2. Use `GetAzCliHelp` to validate the command syntax before suggesting
3. The official Microsoft Learn documentation link

### References
- Cost Management: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management
- Azure Advisor Cost: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-cost-recommendations
- Reserved Instances: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/save-compute-costs-reservations
- Orphaned Resources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-reference-cost-recommendations

## Sample output

> The following is a redacted example of what the report looks like when run against a subscription.

## FinOps Cost Optimization & Chargeback Report

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Subscription | contoso-prod-001 (a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890) |
| Report Date | 2026-07-15 |
| Total Spend (MTD) | $12,340 |
| Projected Full Month | $16,450 |
| Month-over-month Change | +$1,700 (+11.5%) |
| Waste Identified (recoverable) | ~$1,179/month |
| Resource Groups Tracked | 14 (12 with spend) |
| Tag Compliance | 78% |
| Issues Found | 2 Critical, 3 High, 4 Medium |

### Savings breakdown table

| Category | Finding | Current Cost/mo | Savings/mo | Priority | Action |
|----------|---------|----------------|------------|----------|--------|
| Orphaned | 3 unattached disks in `rg-app-prod` | $45 | $45 | High | Delete or snapshot+delete |
| Orphaned | 2 unused public IPs | $7 | $7 | Medium | Delete |
| Rightsizing | `vm-batch-01` at 3% CPU avg | $380 | $190 | High | Resize D4s_v5 → B2ms |
| Rightsizing | `sql-staging` at 8% DTU | $250 | $125 | Medium | Downgrade S3 → S1 |
| Reservations | 5 VMs running 24/7 for 90+ days | $1,200 | $864 | Medium | 3yr RI |
| **TOTAL RECOVERABLE** | — | — | **~$1,179/mo** | — | — |

### Cost allocation table

| Team / Project | This Period | Last Period | Change | % Change | Top Service | % of Total |
|----------------|------------|-------------|--------|----------|-------------|------------|
| Platform | $5,200 | $4,800 | +$400 | +8.3% | Compute | 32% |
| Product API | $3,800 | $3,100 | +$700 | +22.6% ⚠️ | Databases | 24% |
| Data Team | $2,700 | $2,600 | +$100 | +3.8% | Storage | 17% |
| Unallocated | $1,300 | $800 | +$500 | +62.5% 🔴 | Mixed | 8% |
| **Total** | **$16,450** | **$14,750** | **+$1,700** | **+11.5%** | | **100%** |

### Remediation guidance (sample)

```bash
# Delete unattached managed disks
az disk delete --name disk-old-backup-01 --resource-group rg-app-prod --yes

# Resize over-provisioned VM
az vm resize --name vm-batch-01 --resource-group rg-batch-prod --size Standard_B2ms

# Tag unallocated resources
az resource tag --ids /subscriptions/.../resourceGroups/rg-shared/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/stcontososhared --tags team=platform cost-center=CC-1234
```

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Overview

FinOps Intelligence

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Analysis procedure

Step 1: Cost trend overview

Step 2: Orphaned resources (waste)

Step 3: Rightsizing opportunities

Step 4: Reservation & savings plan opportunities

Step 5: Storage optimization

Step 6: Cost allocation (chargeback/showback)

Step 7: Efficiency metrics

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FinOps Cost Optimization & Chargeback Report

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FinOps Cost Optimization & Chargeback Report

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