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Implement and quality-check OpenTelemetry metric instrumentation in Kibana code that uses @kbn/metrics.
Install Kibana Otel Instrumentation
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana kibana-otel-instrumentation --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation .claude/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "kibana-otel-instrumentation" agent skill from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/main/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation into .claude/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kibana-otel-instrumentation", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/main/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentationType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana kibana-otel-instrumentation --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation .agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "kibana-otel-instrumentation" agent skill from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/main/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation into .agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kibana-otel-instrumentation", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana kibana-otel-instrumentation --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation .cursor/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "kibana-otel-instrumentation" agent skill from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/main/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation into .cursor/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kibana-otel-instrumentation", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git --path .agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana kibana-otel-instrumentation --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation .gemini/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "kibana-otel-instrumentation" agent skill from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/main/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation into .gemini/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kibana-otel-instrumentation", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana kibana-otel-instrumentationInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation .github/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "kibana-otel-instrumentation" agent skill from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/main/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation into .github/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kibana-otel-instrumentation", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install elastic/kibana kibana-otel-instrumentation --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation .opencode/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "kibana-otel-instrumentation" agent skill from https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/main/.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation into .opencode/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kibana-otel-instrumentation", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
kibana-otel-instrumentation- GitHub stars
- 21k
- Token cost
- ~5.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,061 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 40
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Implement and quality-check OpenTelemetry metric instrumentation in Kibana code that uses @kbn/metrics.
- Works in 2 steps: Technical design (per metric) → Implementation
- The user wants to add
- SKILL.md covers On invocation — orient the…, Responsibilities — read this…, Canonical source of truth and The @otel: emit marker…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Kibana Otel Instrumentation is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Implement and quality-check OpenTelemetry metric instrumentation in Kibana code that uses @kbn/metrics. Use whenever the user wants to add, change, or review OTel metrics — including any call to metrics.getMeter, meter.createCounter/createUpDownCounter/createGauge/createHistogram/createObservable/addBatchObservableCallback, edits to kibana.yml telemetry.metrics config, or questions like "is this metric well-designed?", "what should I name this counter?", or "which instrument type is right here?". Trigger this…
Its SKILL.md is about 5.1k 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 DevOps & Cloud, covering Observability. It works with OpenTelemetry and Elasticsearch. The repository describes itself as: Your window into all of your data.
When your agent uses it
- The user wants to add
- Review OTel metrics — including any call to metrics.getMeter
- Meter.createCounter/createUpDownCounter/createGauge/createHistogram/createObservable/addBatchObservableCallback
- Edits to kibana.yml telemetry.metrics config
Example prompts
- “is this metric well-designed?”
- “what should I name this counter?”
- “which instrument type is right here?”
- “/kibana-otel-instrumentation”
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Technical design (per metric)
- Implementation
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 30ea56f. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are typescript).
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
Kibana Otel Instrumentation loads about 5.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 183 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,061 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,061 words (~5,080 tokens).
“You wire up OpenTelemetry metrics in Kibana code — correctly. That means meter setup, metric creation, SemConv naming, type selection, attribute orthogonality, push vs observable, and implementation. Nothing else.”
- name
- kibana-otel-instrumentation
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation of elastic/kibana.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 30ea56f
Compare with similar skills
Kibana Otel Instrumentation next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kibana Otel Instrumentation this skillelastic/kibana | 21k | — | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| UModel Root Cause Analysisalibaba/UnifiedModel | 415 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Observability Onboardingelastic/agent-skills | 592 | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Observability K8s Investigationelastic/agent-skills | 592 | — | ~8.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Observability Sre Triageelastic/agent-skills | 592 | — | ~7.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Motel Debugkitlangton/motel | 298 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Kibana Otel Instrumentation
What does Kibana Otel Instrumentation do?
Implement and quality-check OpenTelemetry metric instrumentation in Kibana code that uses @kbn/metrics. Kibana Otel Instrumentation is an agent skill from elastic/kibana, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Implement and quality-check OpenTelemetry metric instrumentation in Kibana code that uses @kbn/metrics.
When should I use Kibana Otel Instrumentation?
Kibana Otel Instrumentation fits situations like: the user wants to add; review OTel metrics — including any call to metrics.getMeter; meter.createCounter/createUpDownCounter/createGauge/createHistogram/createObservable/addBatchObservableCallback; edits to kibana.yml telemetry.metrics config.
How do I install Kibana Otel Instrumentation in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation in elastic/kibana) into .claude/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Kibana Otel Instrumentation in Codex?
Run `npx skills add elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation in elastic/kibana) into .agents/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Kibana Otel Instrumentation 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 elastic/kibana --skill kibana-otel-instrumentation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation, .gemini/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation, .github/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation and .opencode/skills/kibana-otel-instrumentation in your project.
What does Kibana Otel Instrumentation need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Kibana Otel Instrumentation is instructions for the agent only.
Does Kibana Otel Instrumentation 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 Kibana Otel Instrumentation 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 Kibana Otel Instrumentation use?
Kibana Otel Instrumentation has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Kibana Otel Instrumentation use?
About 5.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 20k 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 Kibana Otel Instrumentation?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Kibana Otel Instrumentation: UModel Root Cause Analysis (alibaba/UnifiedModel, 415 stars), Observability Onboarding (elastic/agent-skills, 592 stars), Observability K8s Investigation (elastic/agent-skills, 592 stars) and Observability Sre Triage (elastic/agent-skills, 592 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Kibana Otel Instrumentation?
elastic (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in elastic/kibana, which has 21,310 GitHub stars. The repository holds 40 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.
Source: elastic/kibana on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.