azure-pricing
Fetches real-time Azure retail pricing using the Azure Retail Prices API (prices.azure.com) and estimates Copilot Studio agent credit consumption. Use when the user asks about the cost of any Azure service, wants to compare SKU prices, needs pricing data for a cost estimate, mentions Azure pricing, Azure costs, Azure billing, or asks about Copilot Studio pricing, Copilot Credits, or agent usage estimation. Covers compute, storage, networking, databases, AI, Copilot Studio, and all other Azure service families.
Profile →npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill azure-pricing --agent copilot
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for claude-code, codex, cursor.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Azure Pricing Skill Use this skill to retrieve real-time Azure retail pricing data from the public Azure Retail Prices API. No authentication is required. ## When to Use This Skill - User asks about the cost of an Azure service (e.g., "How much does a D4s v5 VM cost?") - User wants to compare pricing across regions or SKUs - User needs a cost estimate for a workload or architecture - User mentions Azure pricing, Azure costs, or Azure billing - User asks about reserved instance vs. pay-as-you-go pricing - User wants to know about savings plans or spot pricing ## API Endpoint ``` GET https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview ``` Append `$filter` as a query parameter using OData filter syntax. Always use `api-version=2023-01-01-preview` to ensure savings plan data is included. ## Step-by-step Instructions If anything is unclear about the user's request, ask clarifying questions to identify the correct filter fields and values before calling the API. 1. **Identify filter fields** from the user's request (service name, region, SKU, price type). 2. **Resolve the region**: the API requires `armRegionName` values in lowercase with no spaces (e.g. "East US"
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- API Endpoint
- Step-by-step Instructions
- Filterable Fields
- Example Filter Strings
- Full Example Fetch URL
- Key Response Fields
- Supported serviceFamily Values
- Tips
- Troubleshooting
- When to Use This Section
- Key Facts
- Step-by-step Estimation
- Source URLs to Fetch
What does the azure-pricing skill do?
Fetches real-time Azure retail pricing using the Azure Retail Prices API (prices.azure.com) and estimates Copilot Studio agent credit consumption. Use when the user asks about the cost of any Azure service, wants to compare SKU prices, needs pricing data for a cost estimate, mentions Azure pricing, Azure costs, Azure billing, or asks about Copilot Studio pricing, Copilot Credits, or agent usage estimation. Covers compute, storage, networking, databases, AI, Copilot Studio, and all other Azure service families.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill azure-pricing --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From github/awesome-copilot, a repository with 37,432 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.