Agent skill

Instrumentation Planning

by nexus-labs-automation in nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability

Plan what to measure in mobile apps. An agent skill from nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Instrumentation Planning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability --skill instrumentation-planning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability instrumentation-planning --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/nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/instrumentation-planning .claude/skills/instrumentation-planning && 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
instrumentation-planning
GitHub stars
116
Token cost
~517 tokens
SKILL.md length
168 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Plan what to measure in mobile apps. An agent skill from nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability.

  • Starting observability
  • SKILL.md covers Core Question, Priority Tiers, Implementation Order and Future-Proofing, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Prioritizing instrumentation

What it does

Instrumentation Planning is an agent skill from nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability. Plan what to measure in mobile apps. Use when starting observability, prioritizing instrumentation, or asking "what should I track?"

Its SKILL.md is about 520 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. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code plugin for mobile app observability: crash reporting, performance monitoring, and instrumentation for iOS, Android, and React Native. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Starting observability
  • Prioritizing instrumentation
  • Asking what should I track?

Example prompts

  • “what should I track?”
  • “/instrumentation-planning”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 488c97f. 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.

    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

Instrumentation Planning loads about 517 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 168 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~517

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 nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability at commit 488c97f, republished under its MIT licence (© nexus-labs-automation). 168 words, ~517 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/instrumentation-planning/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
instrumentation-planning
description
Plan what to measure in mobile apps. Use when starting observability, prioritizing instrumentation, or asking "what should I track?"
triggers
planning telemetry, prioritize instrumentation, start observability, what should I track, what to measure, where to begin
priority
1

Instrumentation Planning

Strategic guidance for what to measure using Jobs-to-be-Done framework.

Core Question

For each user job, ask:

  • Did it complete? → completion rate
  • How long? → duration (p50, p95, p99)
  • What failed? → error type, context
  • Did they give up? → drop-off rate

Priority Tiers

TierFocusExamples
1Crashes & errorsCrash reporting, error boundaries
2User contextUser ID, session ID, device info
3PerformanceApp start, screen load, network
4BreadcrumbsNavigation, user actions
5Business metricsFunnels, feature usage

Implementation Order

Day 1:  Crash reporting + User context
Week 1: Breadcrumbs + Release tracking
Week 2: Performance spans
Month 1: Business metrics

Future-Proofing

Use OTel-compatible span/attribute names now (zero cost, easier migration later):

  • http.request.method not method
  • ui.screen.load not screenLoad
  • app.start.cold not coldStart

See references/otel-mobile.md for full naming conventions.

Anti-Patterns

  • Measure everything (noise, battery drain)
  • Skip symbolication (unreadable crashes)
  • Block main thread for telemetry
  • Log PII in breadcrumbs

Implementation

See references/instrumentation-patterns.md for:

  • Detailed 5-tier checklist
  • Span naming conventions
  • Sampling strategies
  • Testing checklist

See references/jtbd.md for full Jobs-to-be-Done framework.

  • See skills/user-journey-tracking for implementing JTBD instrumentation
  • See skills/crash-instrumentation for Tier 1 (crashes)
  • See skills/symbolication-setup for Tier 1 (readable stack traces)

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/instrumentation-planning of nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 488c97f

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Categories

Questions about Instrumentation Planning

What does Instrumentation Planning do?

Plan what to measure in mobile apps. An agent skill from nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability. Instrumentation Planning is an agent skill from nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability. Plan what to measure in mobile apps.

When should I use Instrumentation Planning?

Instrumentation Planning fits situations like: starting observability; prioritizing instrumentation; asking what should I track?.

How do I install Instrumentation Planning in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability --skill instrumentation-planning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/instrumentation-planning in nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability) into .claude/skills/instrumentation-planning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Instrumentation Planning in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability --skill instrumentation-planning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/instrumentation-planning in nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability) into .agents/skills/instrumentation-planning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Instrumentation Planning 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 nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability --skill instrumentation-planning -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/instrumentation-planning, .gemini/skills/instrumentation-planning, .github/skills/instrumentation-planning and .opencode/skills/instrumentation-planning in your project.

What does Instrumentation Planning need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Instrumentation Planning is instructions for the agent only.

Does Instrumentation Planning 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 Instrumentation Planning 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 Instrumentation Planning use?

Instrumentation Planning is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Instrumentation Planning use?

About 517 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Instrumentation Planning?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Instrumentation Planning: Vercel Optimize Audit (vercel-labs/agent-skills, 32k stars), Kubeshark Installer (kubeshark/kubeshark, 12k stars), Kubeshark KFL2 Filter Reference (kubeshark/kubeshark, 12k stars) and KubeSphere ServiceMesh Manager (kubesphere/kubesphere, 17k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Instrumentation Planning?

nexus-labs-automation (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability, which has 116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 23, 2026.

Source: nexus-labs-automation/mobile-observability on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.