Agent skill · data analytics · mvanhorn
pp-azure-cost-admin
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.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands for querying Azure Cost Management and Resource Graph that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires azure-cost-admin-pp-cli installed locally. Requires azure account access. About 3k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Azure Cost Admin — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI 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: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer: 2. Verify: azure-cost-admin-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure $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): If --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. What This CLI Does 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. When Not to Use This CLI 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. Unique Capabilities 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. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/azure-cost-admin