---
name: newrelic-cli-skills
description: >-
  Monitor, query, and manage New Relic observability data via the newrelic CLI.
  Covers NRQL queries, APM performance triage, deployment markers, alert policy
  and condition management, notification channel setup, infrastructure
  monitoring, and agent diagnostics. Use when user asks about application
  performance, error rates, slow transactions, deployment tracking, alert
  configuration, or New Relic setup.
metadata:
  category: observability
  source:
    repository: 'https://github.com/vince-winkintel/newrelic-cli-skills'
    path: .
    license_path: LICENSE
    commit: d8c541ba8f7afb289569473999a2f03feba728c7
---

# New Relic CLI Skills

## Quick Decision Tree

**Performance issue reported?** → [`apm/SKILL.md`](apm/SKILL.md)
**Need to query data with NRQL?** → [`nrql/SKILL.md`](nrql/SKILL.md)
**Recording a deployment?** → [`deployments/SKILL.md`](deployments/SKILL.md)
**Alert management?** → [`alerts/SKILL.md`](alerts/SKILL.md)
**Infrastructure/host issues?** → [`infrastructure/SKILL.md`](infrastructure/SKILL.md)
**Agent not reporting?** → [`diagnostics/SKILL.md`](diagnostics/SKILL.md)

---

## Setup & Auth

```bash
# Install (manual or package manager)
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install newrelic-cli

# Or manually download a release archive from:
# https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/releases
# Extract it, place the `newrelic` binary on your PATH, then verify with:
newrelic --version

# Configure profile
newrelic profile add \
  --profile default \
  --apiKey $NEW_RELIC_API_KEY \
  --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --region US   # or EU

newrelic profile default --profile default

# Verify
newrelic profile list
```

---

## Common One-Liners

```bash
# Search for an entity by name
newrelic entity search --name "my-app"

# Run a NRQL query
newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName='my-app' SINCE 1 hour ago"

# Record a deployment
newrelic apm deployment create \
  --applicationId <APP_ID> \
  --revision "v1.2.3" \
  --description "Feature: user auth"

# Run diagnostics
newrelic diagnose run
```

---

## Entity Reference

Find entity GUIDs (needed for API calls and deployment markers):

```bash
# List all APM apps
newrelic entity search --name "" --type APPLICATION --domain APM

# Get specific entity details
newrelic entity get --guid <GUID>

# List all hosts
newrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST
```

---

## Environment Variables

| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| `NEW_RELIC_API_KEY` | User key (NRAK-...) |
| `NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID` | Numeric account ID |
| `NEW_RELIC_REGION` | `US` or `EU` |

---

## Sub-Skills

| Sub-skill | When to use |
|---|---|
| [`apm/`](apm/SKILL.md) | Performance triage, slow transactions, error analysis |
| [`nrql/`](nrql/SKILL.md) | Custom queries, dashboards, ad-hoc data exploration |
| [`deployments/`](deployments/SKILL.md) | Mark releases, correlate deploys with performance |
| [`alerts/`](alerts/SKILL.md) | Alert policies, conditions, notification channels |
| [`infrastructure/`](infrastructure/SKILL.md) | Host metrics, CPU/memory, process monitoring |
| [`diagnostics/`](diagnostics/SKILL.md) | Agent health, config validation, connectivity |

## Bundled Guidance

The package contains the six sub-skills listed above. It does not bundle helper scripts or a separate references directory. Use the inline CLI and NRQL examples in the relevant sub-skill, inspect `newrelic --help` for the installed CLI version, and adapt commands to the user's account and region.