# ADF Cost Intelligence

> Use this tool when you need to optimize Azure Data Factory pipeline costs and identify areas of waste. It analyzes pipeline execution data to estimate costs, detect spending spikes, and provide optimization recommendations through a 7-rule engine. Ideal for Azure users seeking to reduce costs and improve resource allocation, it provides actionable insights through cost ranking, breakdown, and waste detection tools.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/harinarayn-adf-cost-intelligence  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/harinarayn-adf-cost-intelligence

## Description

Analyzes Azure Data Factory pipeline execution data to estimate costs, identify waste, and surface optimization opportunities. Provides five tools for cost ranking, cost breakdown by activity type, waste detection, spending spike analysis, and optimization recommendations via a 7-rule engine. Runs entirely within the user's environment using Azure APIs.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** cloud-infra
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/harinarayn-adf-cost-intelligence)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/harinarayn/adf-cost-intelligence-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "harinarayn-adf-cost-intelligence"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/harinarayn-adf-cost-intelligence` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/harinarayn-adf-cost-intelligence/pull`

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