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Agent skill

Observal Advanced

by Observal in Observal/Observal

Recovers Observal session ingestion, manages CLI upgrades, downgrades and rollback, and performs explicit local Agent fallback when the server is unavailable.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Observal Advanced

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Observal/Observal --skill observal-advanced -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Observal/Observal observal-advanced --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/Observal/Observal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/observal_cli/skills/observal-advanced .claude/skills/observal-advanced && 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
observal-advanced
GitHub stars
4.3k
Token cost
~604 tokens
SKILL.md length
247 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Recovers Observal session ingestion, manages CLI upgrades, downgrades and rollback, and performs explicit local Agent fallback when the server is unavailable.

  • Works in 8 steps: Execute commands with a 60 second… → Use machine output by default: add… → Run --help before acting when a path or… → …
  • The user asks to reconcile missed sessions
  • SKILL.md covers Execution contract, Decision rules and Completion
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Observal Advanced is an agent skill from Observal/Observal. Recovers Observal session ingestion, manages CLI upgrades, downgrades and rollback, and performs explicit local Agent fallback when the server is unavailable. Use when the user asks to reconcile missed sessions, repair CLI version state, or continue locally after a confirmed connection or configuration failure.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/recovery-workflows.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. The repository describes itself as: Observal is self-hosted registry for your coding agent extensions with a built in insight engine. Setup Observal, define the scope and share your Skills, MCPs and Agents with… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to reconcile missed sessions
  • Repair CLI version state
  • Continue locally after a confirmed connection
  • Configuration failure

Example prompts

  • “Use the observal-advanced skill to recover Observal session ingestion, manages CLI upgrades, downgrades and rollback, and performs explicit local…”
  • “/observal-advanced”

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Execute commands with a 60 second timeout unless the operation documents a longer wait.
  2. Use machine output by default: add --output json whenever supported. Parse list results from items and pagination fields.
  3. Run --help before acting when a path or flag is uncertain.
  4. Use dry run before reconciliation when scope or session volume is uncertain.
  5. Supply documented force flags so version operations never prompt.
  6. Verify cursor, outbox, installed version, checksum, and rollback state after recovery operations.
  7. Fail openly. Never hide an unavailable server behind automatic local writes.
  8. Never retry reconciliation, version changes, or fallback writes without checking resulting state.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3bc173c. 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

Observal Advanced loads about 604 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 247 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~604
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.4k

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 Observal/Observal at commit 3bc173c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© Observal). 247 words, ~604 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/observal-advanced/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
observal-advanced
description
Recovers Observal session ingestion, manages CLI upgrades, downgrades and rollback, and performs explicit local Agent fallback when the server is unavailable. Use when the user asks to reconcile missed sessions, repair CLI version state, or continue locally after a confirmed connection or configuration failure.
command
observal
version
2.2.0
owner
observal

Recovering Observal

Execution contract

  1. Execute commands with a 60 second timeout unless the operation documents a longer wait.
  2. Use machine output by default: add --output json whenever supported. Parse list results from items and pagination fields.
  3. Run --help before acting when a path or flag is uncertain.
  4. Use dry run before reconciliation when scope or session volume is uncertain.
  5. Supply documented force flags so version operations never prompt.
  6. Verify cursor, outbox, installed version, checksum, and rollback state after recovery operations.
  7. Fail openly. Never hide an unavailable server behind automatic local writes.
  8. Never retry reconciliation, version changes, or fallback writes without checking resulting state.

Read Recovery workflows completely before executing.

Decision rules

  • Healthy telemetry does not need routine reconciliation.
  • Reconcile repairs missed local session delivery. It does not replace hook or extension installation.
  • Upgrade, downgrade, and rollback are distinct requests. Do not substitute one for another.
  • Local fallback is allowed only after JSON reports error.category: unavailable with exit code 9, or error.category: authentication with operation Load authenticated CLI configuration and exit code 3. The user must still request local files.
  • Local fallback creates harness-native Agent files. It does not publish Registry state and must be reported as local-only.
  • Never invent telemetry environment variables or wrappers.

Completion

Report sessions discovered, queued, skipped, or failed for reconciliation; old and new versions for CLI changes; or exact local paths for fallback. Include unresolved warnings and the command needed once the server is reachable.

© Observal, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in observal_cli/skills/observal-advanced of Observal/Observal.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/recovery-workflows.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3bc173c

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Categories

Questions about Observal Advanced

What does Observal Advanced do?

Recovers Observal session ingestion, manages CLI upgrades, downgrades and rollback, and performs explicit local Agent fallback when the server is unavailable. Observal Advanced is an agent skill from Observal/Observal. Recovers Observal session ingestion, manages CLI upgrades, downgrades and rollback, and performs explicit local Agent fallback when the server is unavailable.

When should I use Observal Advanced?

Observal Advanced fits situations like: the user asks to reconcile missed sessions; repair CLI version state; continue locally after a confirmed connection; configuration failure.

How do I install Observal Advanced in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Observal Advanced in Codex?

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

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

What does Observal Advanced need to run?

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

Does Observal Advanced 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 Observal Advanced 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 Observal Advanced use?

Observal Advanced 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 Observal Advanced use?

About 604 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 782 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Observal Advanced?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Observal Advanced: Trade Performance Coach (tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, 3k stars), Ax Agent Observability (dosco/aithy, 107 stars), Money Ops (iamzifei/show-me-the-money, 1k stars) and Debugging Cockroachdb Operator Migrations (cockroachdb/helm-charts, 105 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Observal Advanced?

Observal (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Observal/Observal, which has 4,261 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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