# azure-cost-health-check

Displays Azure spend, forecasts, budget alerts, and AI billing directly in a GitHub Copilot canvas. Useful for tracking cloud expenses without leaving the editor.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · GitHub Copilot · ★ 2
- Author: Shayne Boyer
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-dev-tools/tree/HEAD/canvases/azure-cost-health-check
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/azure-cost-health-check

## What it does

The plugin opens an interactive canvas in GitHub Copilot to monitor Azure infrastructure spend. It displays current usage, period forecasts, budget thresholds, anomalies, and Azure Advisor recommendations in one place. AI billing analysis appears alongside standard cost drivers.

Operation is read-only. Suggested remediations never execute automated infrastructure writes. Changing subscriptions in the picker loads information asynchronously, and any sections waiting on permissions are not treated as zero cost.

Azure CLI 2.61 or newer is required with an active `az login` session. If your account lacks read access to subscription billing data, the canvas cannot display your figures.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### GitHub Copilot (native platform)

**Command from the source**
```bash
copilot plugin install azure-cost-health-check@awesome-copilot
```

## When to use it
- compare Azure spending against forecasts and budget thresholds
- inspect AI service billing drivers alongside regular infrastructure
- review cost anomalies and Advisor recommendations without write risks

## Example prompts
- Open Azure Cost Health Check in real mode for my subscription
- Open Azure Cost Health Check so I can review budget alerts and forecasted spend for my subscription

## Source text · azure-cost-health-check · MIT

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````text
# Azure Cost Health Check

See Azure spend, forecasts, budgets, anomalies, Advisor recommendations, and
AI billing together in a read-only Copilot dashboard.

![Azure Cost Health Check dashboard showing spend, forecast, budgets and trends.](docs/azure-cost-health-check.png)

## Install

In GitHub Copilot, open **Customize → Plugins**, add the
`microsoft/azure-dev-tools` marketplace (ID `azure-dev-tools`) using the
marketplace gear, and install **Azure Cost Health Check** when available. The
full plugin includes its canvas and launcher skill. The CLI equivalent is:

```sh
copilot plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-dev-tools
copilot plugin install azure-cost-health-check@azure-dev-tools
```

Reopen Copilot and start a new chat. You need Azure CLI 2.61+ signed in with
read access to the subscriptions and billing data you want to see. The
[canvas-only install folder at the latest tag](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-dev-tools/tree/azure-cost-health-check-latest/canvases/azure-cost-health-check/com.github.copilot/extensions/azure-cost-health-check)
installs without the launcher skill, and its
[README](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-dev-tools/blob/azure-cost-health-check-latest/canvases/azure-cost-health-check/README.md)
follows that moving tag. Version 0.4.5 is pinned by the
[immutable canvas-only install folder](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-dev-tools/tree/azure-cost-health-check-v0-4-5-bf89cc8/canvases/azure-cost-health-check/com.github.copilot/extensions/azure-cost-health-check)
and
[immutable README](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-dev-tools/blob/azure-cost-health-check-v0-4-5-bf89cc8/canvases/azure-cost-health-check/README.md).
Both tags currently identify the released 0.4.5 package. See
[installation notes](docs/implementation.md#install) for the full-plugin
version-pinned command and canvas-only safety guidance.

## Try it

Ask **Open Azure Cost Health Check in real mode for my subscription**.

1. Use **Choose subscriptions** to select the intended scope.
2. Select **Refresh** and review **Cost drivers**, forecasts, native alerts,
   and AI billing.
3. If sign-in fails, complete `az login` in a terminal and use **Refresh
   subscriptions** before trying **Refresh** again.

When you select new subscriptions and choose **Apply**, the picker closes
immediately while the dashboard continues loading the selected scope.
A loading or permission-limited section is not zero cost; remediation
suggestions do not authorize writes.

## What you can do

- Compare current spend with forecasts and budgets in one read-only dashboard.
- Spot anomalies, alerts, and Advisor recommendations that need attention.
- Review AI billing alongside other cost drivers without treating missing data as zero.

## Prompts to try

> Open Azure Cost Health Check in real mode for my subscription.

> Open Azure Cost Health Check so I can review budget alerts and forecasted spend for my subscription.

For source builds, data coverage, and security behavior, see
[implementation notes](docs/implementation.md).
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© Shayne Boyer · MIT · https://github.com/microsoft/azure-dev-tools/tree/HEAD/canvases/azure-cost-health-check

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