▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Bicep Cost Estimator ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Estimate Azure costs directly from Bicep and ARM templates. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ title : Getting Started ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ page : https://bicepcostestimator.net/getting-started ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ repo : https://github.com/polatengin/washington ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ This guide walks you through installing the Washington CLI, published as  bce , and running your first cost estimate. Prerequisites ────────────────── • An Azure subscription (for pricing API access) • .NET 10 SDK https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download (for building from source) or use the pre-built binary • GNU Make (for building from source) Installation ────────────────── > Quick Install (Linux/macOS) ┌─ bash example ──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │curl -sL https://bicepcostestimator.net/install.sh | bash│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The installer uses  ~/.local/bin  on Linux,  /usr/local/bin  on Intel macOS, and  /opt/homebrew/bin  on Apple Silicon by default. Set  INSTALL_DIR  to override that choice. If the install directory is not on  PATH , the installer prints the  export PATH=...  command to run. > From Source ┌─ bash example ───────────────────────────────────────┐ │git clone https://github.com/polatengin/washington.git│ │cd washington │ │make setup-cli │ │make build-cli │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The built binary will be at  src/cli/bin/Release/net10.0/bce . First Estimate ────────────────── ┌─ bash example ─────────────────────────────────────┐ │# Point bce at a Bicep file │ │bce estimate --file path/to/main.bicep │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The output shows a table of resources with their estimated monthly costs. Next Steps ────────────────── • CLI Commands https://bicepcostestimator.net/cli/commands - full command reference • CLI Configuration https://bicepcostestimator.net/cli/configuration - configure defaults and output formats • VS Code Extension https://bicepcostestimator.net/vscode-extension - get estimates in your editor • VS Code Extension Settings https://bicepcostestimator.net/vscode-extension/settings - detailed editor configuration reference • GitHub Action https://bicepcostestimator.net/github-action - automate cost estimates in CI • How Estimates Work https://bicepcostestimator.net/guides/how-estimates-work - understand the estimation pipeline and current behavior • Troubleshooting https://bicepcostestimator.net/guides/troubleshooting - resolve setup, cache, and unsupported-resource issues