Agent skill

Opentelemetry

by mizchi in mizchi/skills

Platform-agnostic OpenTelemetry reference — signal selection (traces/metrics/logs), span design, context propagation (W3C TraceContext), sampling strategies, and OTLP exporter config.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Opentelemetry

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mizchi/skills --skill opentelemetry -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mizchi/skills opentelemetry --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/mizchi/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/opentelemetry .claude/skills/opentelemetry && 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
opentelemetry
GitHub stars
356
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
368 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
69
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Platform-agnostic OpenTelemetry reference — signal selection (traces/metrics/logs), span design, context propagation (W3C TraceContext), sampling strategies, and OTLP exporter config.

  • Tasks that involve Observability
  • SKILL.md covers Signal Selection, Span Design, Context Propagation and Sampling, plus 2 more sections
  • Needs OTEL_API_KEY
  • Tasks that involve Architecture decision records

What it does

Opentelemetry is an agent skill from mizchi/skills. Platform-agnostic OpenTelemetry reference — signal selection (traces/metrics/logs), span design, context propagation (W3C TraceContext), sampling strategies, and OTLP exporter config. Use before writing any OTel instrumentation to get design decisions right. Platform-specific skills (otel-node, cloudflare-workers-otel-utels) layer on top of this.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `README.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Observability and Architecture decision records. It works with OpenTelemetry and Cloudflare Workers. The repository describes itself as: Agent skills by mizchi, distributed via APM.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Observability
  • Tasks that involve Architecture decision records

Example prompts

  • “/opentelemetry”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in OTEL_API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 62f5808. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • opentelemetry.io

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • OTEL_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Opentelemetry loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 368 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~91
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 368 words (~1,291 tokens).

“Pick the right signal before writing code:”

— opening of SKILL.md by mizchi
name
opentelemetry

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in opentelemetry of mizchi/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 62f5808

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Tempsgotempsh/temps826—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
UModel Root Cause Analysisalibaba/UnifiedModel412—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Observability Triageevery-app/open-seo23k—~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Opentelemetry

What does Opentelemetry do?

Platform-agnostic OpenTelemetry reference — signal selection (traces/metrics/logs), span design, context propagation (W3C TraceContext), sampling strategies, and OTLP exporter config. Opentelemetry is an agent skill from mizchi/skills. Platform-agnostic OpenTelemetry reference — signal selection (traces/metrics/logs), span design, context propagation (W3C TraceContext), sampling strategies, and OTLP exporter config.

When should I use Opentelemetry?

Opentelemetry fits situations like: tasks that involve Observability; tasks that involve Architecture decision records.

How do I install Opentelemetry in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Opentelemetry in Codex?

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

Can I use Opentelemetry 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 mizchi/skills --skill opentelemetry -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/opentelemetry, .gemini/skills/opentelemetry, .github/skills/opentelemetry and .opencode/skills/opentelemetry in your project.

What does Opentelemetry need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Opentelemetry needs credentials named OTEL_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in OTEL_API_KEY.

Does Opentelemetry access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: opentelemetry.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Opentelemetry 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 Opentelemetry use?

No licence was found for Opentelemetry or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Opentelemetry use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k 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 Opentelemetry?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Opentelemetry: Effect Httpapi Workers Patterns (Consensys/c0, 105 stars), Motel Debug (kitlangton/motel, 298 stars), Temps (gotempsh/temps, 826 stars) and UModel Root Cause Analysis (alibaba/UnifiedModel, 412 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Opentelemetry?

mizchi (a GitHub user) maintains it in mizchi/skills, which has 356 GitHub stars. The repository holds 69 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.

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