Agent skill

Atmos Diagnostics

by cloudposse in cloudposse/atmos

Atmos diagnostics: machine-readable JSONL event streams, diagnostics.enabled/file/includeoutput, subprocess start/end/output events, masking, and debugging Atmos execution

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Atmos Diagnostics

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cloudposse/atmos --skill atmos-diagnostics -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cloudposse/atmos atmos-diagnostics --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudposse/atmos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/agent-skills/skills/atmos-diagnostics .claude/skills/atmos-diagnostics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
atmos-diagnostics
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~564 tokens
SKILL.md length
208 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
70
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Atmos diagnostics: machine-readable JSONL event streams, diagnostics.enabled/file/includeoutput, subprocess start/end/output events, masking, and debugging Atmos execution

  • Tasks that involve Debugging
  • SKILL.md covers Configuration, Event Stream, Debugging Workflow and Guidance
  • Calls jq

What it does

Atmos Diagnostics is an agent skill from cloudposse/atmos. Atmos diagnostics: machine-readable JSONL event streams, diagnostics.enabled/file/includeoutput, subprocess start/end/output events, masking, and debugging Atmos execution

Its SKILL.md is about 560 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Debugging. The repository describes itself as: Atmos is the open-source runtime for infrastructure — it builds, authenticates, and ships Terraform, OpenTofu, Packer, Ansible, Kubernetes, Helm, and containers the same way on… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Debugging

Example prompts

  • “Use the atmos-diagnostics skill to atmo diagnostics: machine-readable JSONL event streams, diagnostics.enabled/file/includeoutput, subprocess…”
  • “/atmos-diagnostics”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bbe58a6. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • jq

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Atmos Diagnostics loads about 564 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 208 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~564

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from cloudposse/atmos at commit bbe58a6, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© cloudposse). 208 words, ~564 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/atmos-diagnostics/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
atmos-diagnostics
description
Atmos diagnostics: machine-readable JSONL event streams, diagnostics.enabled/file/include_output, subprocess start/end/output events, masking, and debugging Atmos execution
metadata.copyright
Copyright Cloud Posse, LLC 2026
metadata.version
1.0.0
metadata.category
dev-tooling

Atmos Diagnostics

Use this skill when debugging what Atmos is doing at runtime with machine-readable diagnostics. Diagnostics are configuration-driven, not a standalone command.

Configuration

Enable diagnostics in atmos.yaml:

yaml
diagnostics:
  enabled: true
  file: .atmos/diagnostics/events.jsonl
  include_output: false

Or with environment variables:

bash
export ATMOS_DIAGNOSTICS_ENABLED=true
export ATMOS_DIAGNOSTICS_FILE=/tmp/atmos-events.jsonl
export ATMOS_DIAGNOSTICS_INCLUDE_OUTPUT=false

Diagnostics are active only when enabled is true and file is non-empty.

Event Stream

Atmos appends one JSON object per line to the configured file. Events are flat JSON for easy inspection with jq, grep, and CI artifact upload.

Common event types include:

  • process.start
  • process.end
  • process.output when include_output: true

Fields can include type, time, id, command, args, cwd, TTY flags, started, success, canceled, exit_code, duration_ms, signal details, error, stream, data, bytes, and sequence.

Debugging Workflow

bash
ATMOS_DIAGNOSTICS_ENABLED=true \
ATMOS_DIAGNOSTICS_FILE=/tmp/atmos-events.jsonl \
atmos terraform plan vpc -s plat-ue2-dev

jq . /tmp/atmos-events.jsonl

Set include_output: true only when command output is needed. Output events can be noisy, though Atmos masks sensitive values before writing diagnostics.

Guidance

  • Use diagnostics when a command runs a subprocess unexpectedly, exits with an unclear code, or behaves differently in CI and locally.
  • Attach the JSONL file as a CI artifact for failed runs.
  • Keep diagnostics files out of version control.
  • Diagnostics are best-effort and should not be used as a replacement for command exit codes.
  • If a user asks for a CLI diagnostics command, verify current atmos --help; the shipped surface is config/env driven unless a newer command exists.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in agent-skills/skills/atmos-diagnostics of cloudposse/atmos.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bbe58a6

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Questions about Atmos Diagnostics

What does Atmos Diagnostics do?

Atmos diagnostics: machine-readable JSONL event streams, diagnostics.enabled/file/includeoutput, subprocess start/end/output events, masking, and debugging Atmos execution. Atmos Diagnostics is an agent skill from cloudposse/atmos.

When should I use Atmos Diagnostics?

Atmos Diagnostics fits situations like: tasks that involve Debugging.

How do I install Atmos Diagnostics in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cloudposse/atmos --skill atmos-diagnostics -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (agent-skills/skills/atmos-diagnostics in cloudposse/atmos) into .claude/skills/atmos-diagnostics in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Atmos Diagnostics in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cloudposse/atmos --skill atmos-diagnostics -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (agent-skills/skills/atmos-diagnostics in cloudposse/atmos) into .agents/skills/atmos-diagnostics in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Atmos Diagnostics in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cloudposse/atmos --skill atmos-diagnostics -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/atmos-diagnostics, .gemini/skills/atmos-diagnostics, .github/skills/atmos-diagnostics and .opencode/skills/atmos-diagnostics in your project.

What does Atmos Diagnostics need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Atmos Diagnostics needs the command-line tools its instructions call (jq).

Does Atmos Diagnostics access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Atmos Diagnostics safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Atmos Diagnostics use?

Atmos Diagnostics is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Atmos Diagnostics use?

About 564 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Atmos Diagnostics?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Atmos Diagnostics: Smt E2E Dataflow Debugging (GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates, 1.3k stars), Claude Session Router Debugger (weave-os/router, 5.6k stars), Burla Parallel Dev Clusters (Burla-Cloud/burla, 263 stars) and Code Review (aide-family/moon, 253 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Atmos Diagnostics?

cloudposse (a GitHub organization) maintains it in cloudposse/atmos, which has 1,395 GitHub stars. The repository holds 70 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: cloudposse/atmos on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.