CloudScope MCP

Ask your AI about your cloud bill.

What you get

Ask once: "Give me this month's cost review" — and CloudScope runs the full workflow (spend, deltas, anomalies, idle resources, budgets, forecast) and hands back a decision-ready report, not raw numbers to interpret yourself:

TL;DR

Month-to-date Azure spend is $4,312 (May 1–29), tracking +11% vs April. The mover is App Service (+$280) — a new staging slot left running. 2 idle resources cost $94/month; prod-budget is at 78% with 2 days left. Top action: delete the orphaned managed disk → save $63/month.

Spend This Month

Service	Cost	%
Virtual Machines	$2,140	49.6%
App Service	$890	20.6%
Storage	$612	14.2%
Redis Cache	$410	9.5%
Networking	$260	6.0%

vs Last Month

+$427 (+11%) overall. App Service +$280 drove most of it; everything else flat. → new staging-slot-2, created May 12, never torn down.

Idle & Wasted Resources

Resource	Type	$/month
orphaned-osdisk-01	Managed Disk	$63
old-lb-ip	Public IP	$31

Budget Status

prod-budget — 78% used, $4,312 / $5,500, on track (2 days left).

Recommended Actions

1. Delete orphaned-osdisk-01 (unattached 40 days) → $63/month
2. Tear down staging-slot-2 if staging is idle → ~$280/month
3. Release old-lb-ip (no binding) → $31/month

Illustrative example showing the report format. Run /cloudscope:monthly-cost-review against your own subscription for live numbers.

Install

Claude Code	Cursor	VS Code
claude mcp add cloudscope -- npx -y cloudscope-mcp	Install	Install

Azure is auto-detected from your az login session. GCP requires BigQuery billing export setup (see below).

Supported Providers

Provider	Status
Azure	✅ Supported
GCP	✅ Supported
AWS	Use AWS's official server

Prerequisites

Azure

• Azure CLI installed and logged in (az login)
• Cost Management Reader role on the subscription

GCP

• gcloud CLI installed and logged in (gcloud auth application-default login)
• Billing export to BigQuery enabled — this is a one-time manual setup step, not enabled by default (the detailed export is recommended for resource-level cost queries)
• BigQuery Data Viewer + BigQuery Job User roles on the dataset project
• Note: BigQuery on-demand queries cost $6.25 per TiB scanned (pricing). The first 1 TiB/month is free. Billing export tables are small — typical CloudScope queries cost <$0.01 each.

Configuration

Azure (zero-config)

CloudScope auto-detects your subscription from az login. Just add the server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudscope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cloudscope-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

To target a specific subscription, add an env block:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudscope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cloudscope-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID": "your-subscription-id"
      }
    }
  }
}

Advanced: Service Principal (CI/CD & automated environments)

Variable	Description
AZURE_TENANT_ID	Azure AD tenant ID
AZURE_CLIENT_ID	App registration client ID
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET	App registration client secret

Set these alongside AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID in the env block above.

GCP

GCP requires a BigQuery billing export table. Find your table name in GCP Console > Billing > Billing export > BigQuery export.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudscope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cloudscope-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "my-project",
        "GCP_BILLING_TABLE": "my-project.my_dataset.gcp_billing_export_resource_v1_XXXXXX"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT to your GCP project ID. Override with GCP_PROJECT_ID if your billing dataset lives in a different project.

These variables apply only when using GCP; Azure-only users can skip them.

Variable	Description	Required
GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT	GCP project ID	Yes
GCP_BILLING_TABLE	Fully-qualified BigQuery table (project.dataset.table)	Yes
GCP_PROJECT_ID	Override project ID if different from GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT	No
GCP_BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID	Billing account ID for budget monitoring	No
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS	Path to service account JSON key file	No

Both Providers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudscope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cloudscope-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID": "your-subscription-id",
        "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "my-project",
        "GCP_BILLING_TABLE": "my-project.my_dataset.gcp_billing_export_resource_v1_XXXXXX"
      }
    }
  }
}

Azure is auto-detected from az login. Add AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID to target a specific subscription.

Example Questions

• "How much did Azure cost last month?"
• "Show GCP spending by service for the last 7 days"
• "Any cost anomalies this week on GCP?"
• "What will Azure cost next month?"
• "Show me cost optimization recommendations for GCP"
• "Compare Azure and GCP costs across all projects and subscriptions"

Security

CloudScope is read-only. It cannot create, modify, or delete any cloud resources. Azure uses Cost Management Reader permissions. GCP uses BigQuery Data Viewer + Job User with no write access.

FAQ

Does this modify my cloud resources? No. Read-only access only.

Do I need a service principal? No. az login (Azure) or gcloud auth application-default login (GCP) works for local use.

Does the Azure Cost Management API cost money? No. It's free.

Do GCP BigQuery cost queries cost money? Yes, but typically <$0.01 per query ($6.25/TiB scanned, first 1 TiB/month free). See BigQuery pricing.

Can I use both Azure and GCP at the same time? Yes. Configure both sets of env vars and CloudScope queries whichever provider you specify in each tool call.

Development

git clone https://github.com/alexpota/cloudscope-mcp.git
cd cloudscope-mcp
npm install
npm run build
npm test
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

Reference

Tools

Most tools accept a provider parameter (azure or gcp); the provider-specific tools (list_subscriptions, list_projects, and the cross-account tools get_cross_subscription_costs / get_cross_project_costs) are fixed to their own cloud. The default provider is auto-detected based on which providers are configured.

Cost Analysis

Tool	Description	Key Parameters
get_cost_summary	Spending breakdown by service, group, or region	start_date, end_date, group_by
get_cost_by_tag	Costs grouped by a tag/label key	tag_key, start_date, end_date
compare_periods	Side-by-side cost comparison of two date ranges	period_a_start/end, period_b_start/end
top_spending_resources	Most expensive individual resources	days, limit
get_cross_subscription_costs	Combined costs across Azure subscriptions	subscription_ids, start_date, end_date
get_cross_project_costs	Combined costs across GCP projects	project_ids, start_date, end_date

Monitoring

Tool	Description	Key Parameters
detect_anomalies	Find spending spikes vs previous period	days, threshold
check_budgets	Budget status, current spend, projected overage	(none)
get_cost_forecast	Predict spending based on current trends	days

Optimization

Tool	Description	Key Parameters
list_recommendations	Cost optimization suggestions (Azure Advisor / GCP Recommender)	category
find_idle_resources	Provisioned but unused resources with cost estimates	(none)
find_untagged_resources	Resources with no tags/labels (cost attribution gaps)	(none)

Utility

Tool	Description	Key Parameters
get_current_date	Today's date and current/previous month bounds	(none)
list_subscriptions	Azure subscriptions with active indicator	(none)
list_projects	GCP projects with active indicator	(none)

Prompts

Guided workflows that produce structured reports. All prompts accept an optional provider argument (azure or gcp). In Claude Code, type /cloudscope: to see all prompts. In Claude Desktop, click the + button → Connectors → cloudscope.

Prompt	Description	Arguments
monthly-cost-review	Complete monthly review: spending, last-month comparison, anomalies, top resources, budgets, forecast, savings opportunities	provider (optional)
waste-audit	Find wasted spend: top resources, optimization recommendations, at-risk budgets, total potential savings	provider (optional)
cost-spike-investigation	Root-cause analysis for a cost increase: which services, which resources, trend vs one-time, recommended actions	days (optional), provider (optional)
executive-summary	Brief non-technical cost summary for leadership: spend, trend, budget status, top drivers, forecast, key recommendation	provider (optional)
chargeback-report	Cost allocation by tag/label key for chargeback: spending per value, untagged resources, tagged vs untagged split, month-over-month	tag_key (required), provider (optional)

License

MIT