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Inspects Observal traces, sessions, rankings, feedback, telemetry health, logs, and Agent insight reports.
Install Observal Ops
$ npx skills add Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Observal/Observal observal-ops --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/Observal/Observal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops .claude/skills/observal-ops && 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 "observal-ops" agent skill from https://github.com/Observal/Observal/tree/main/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops into .claude/skills/observal-ops/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "observal-ops", 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/Observal/Observal/tree/main/observal_cli/skills/observal-opsType 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 Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Observal/Observal observal-ops --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Observal/Observal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops .agents/skills/observal-ops && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "observal-ops" agent skill from https://github.com/Observal/Observal/tree/main/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops into .agents/skills/observal-ops/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "observal-ops", 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 Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Observal/Observal observal-ops --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Observal/Observal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops .cursor/skills/observal-ops && 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 "observal-ops" agent skill from https://github.com/Observal/Observal/tree/main/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops into .cursor/skills/observal-ops/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "observal-ops", 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/Observal/Observal.git --path observal_cli/skills/observal-ops--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 Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Observal/Observal observal-ops --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Observal/Observal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops .gemini/skills/observal-ops && 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 "observal-ops" agent skill from https://github.com/Observal/Observal/tree/main/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops into .gemini/skills/observal-ops/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "observal-ops", 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 Observal/Observal observal-opsInstalls 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 Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Observal/Observal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops .github/skills/observal-ops && 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 "observal-ops" agent skill from https://github.com/Observal/Observal/tree/main/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops into .github/skills/observal-ops/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "observal-ops", 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 Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Observal/Observal observal-ops --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Observal/Observal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops .opencode/skills/observal-ops && 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 "observal-ops" agent skill from https://github.com/Observal/Observal/tree/main/observal_cli/skills/observal-ops into .opencode/skills/observal-ops/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "observal-ops", 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
observal-ops- GitHub stars
- 4.3k
- Token cost
- ~654 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 287 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 7
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Inspects Observal traces, sessions, rankings, feedback, telemetry health, logs, and Agent insight reports.
- 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 wants operational evidence
- SKILL.md covers Execution contract, Choose the workflow, Analysis rules and Completion
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Observal Ops is an agent skill from Observal/Observal. Inspects Observal traces, sessions, rankings, feedback, telemetry health, logs, and Agent insight reports. Use when the user wants operational evidence, current activity, telemetry diagnosis, ratings, report generation, regression analysis, or recommendations grounded in Agent usage.
Its SKILL.md is about 650 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/insight-reports.md` and `references/operational-workflows.md`).
It sits in Documents & Office, covering Statistics. 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 wants operational evidence
- Current activity
- Telemetry diagnosis
- Report generation
Example prompts
- “Use the observal-ops skill to inspect Observal traces, sessions, rankings, feedback, telemetry health, logs, and Agent insight reports”
- “/observal-ops”
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Execute commands with a 60 second timeout. Use a longer timeout only for report generation or an intentional stream.
- Use machine output by default: add --output json whenever supported. Parse list envelopes, finite objects, and JSON Lines separately.
- Run --help before acting when a path or flag is uncertain.
- Start with the narrowest read that answers the question. Do not generate a new report when a completed report already suffices.
- Ground every conclusion in returned fields, report period, and sample size. Distinguish missing data from healthy data.
- Verify rating mutations and report generation results.
- Never repeat secrets or sensitive trace and log content unless the user explicitly requests the specific data and is authorized.
- After an uncertain rating or report-generation failure, read current state before retrying.
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 Ops loads about 654 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 287 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
The full file from Observal/Observal at commit 3bc173c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© Observal). 287 words, ~654 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/observal-ops/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- observal-ops
- description
- Inspects Observal traces, sessions, rankings, feedback, telemetry health, logs, and Agent insight reports. Use when the user wants operational evidence, current activity, telemetry diagnosis, ratings, report generation, regression analysis, or recommendations grounded in Agent usage.
- command
- observal
- version
- 2.4.0
- owner
- observal
Observing Observal
Execution contract
- Execute commands with a 60 second timeout. Use a longer timeout only for report generation or an intentional stream.
- Use machine output by default: add
--output jsonwhenever supported. Parse list envelopes, finite objects, and JSON Lines separately. - Run
--helpbefore acting when a path or flag is uncertain. - Start with the narrowest read that answers the question. Do not generate a new report when a completed report already suffices.
- Ground every conclusion in returned fields, report period, and sample size. Distinguish missing data from healthy data.
- Verify rating mutations and report generation results.
- Never repeat secrets or sensitive trace and log content unless the user explicitly requests the specific data and is authorized.
- After an uncertain rating or report-generation failure, read current state before retrying.
Choose the workflow
| User intent | Read |
|---|---|
| Sessions, traces, rankings, ratings, telemetry, or logs | Operational workflows |
| Agent health, friction, costs, versions, regressions, or suggestions | Insight reports |
Read the selected reference completely before executing.
Analysis rules
- A zero exit status from telemetry diagnosis can still contain issues or warnings. Read the JSON health fields.
- No events is not automatically a hook problem. Check authentication, server reachability, local outbox, and hook state in that order.
- Quote report evidence accurately and say when session count is thin.
- Only
component_refproves an insight suggestion maps to a Registry component. Never reconstruct a component identity from prose. - Lead with reuse suggestions before create-new suggestions.
- For logs and traces, summarize the minimum sensitive content needed to answer the question.
Completion
Report the time range, filters, counts, health state, strongest evidence, uncertainty, and concrete next action. Do not present popularity fallback or sparse reports as personalized certainty.
© 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 2 other files (references) in observal_cli/skills/observal-ops of Observal/Observal.
- SKILL.md
- references/insight-reports.md
- references/operational-workflows.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3bc173c
Compare with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observal Ops this skillObserval/Observal | 4.3k | — | ~654 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Format Markdown Tablemaslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit | 260 | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Literature Statisticsaipoch/medical-research-skills | 1.9k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Research Integrity Auditxuzhougeng/wisp-science | 1k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Review RevisionM1n-n9/paper-lifecycle | 693 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Gslides Update Hiringlselector/seminar | 164 | — | ~956 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Observal Ops
What does Observal Ops do?
Inspects Observal traces, sessions, rankings, feedback, telemetry health, logs, and Agent insight reports. Observal Ops is an agent skill from Observal/Observal. Inspects Observal traces, sessions, rankings, feedback, telemetry health, logs, and Agent insight reports.
When should I use Observal Ops?
Observal Ops fits situations like: the user wants operational evidence; current activity; telemetry diagnosis; report generation.
How do I install Observal Ops in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (observal_cli/skills/observal-ops in Observal/Observal) into .claude/skills/observal-ops in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Observal Ops in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Observal/Observal --skill observal-ops -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (observal_cli/skills/observal-ops in Observal/Observal) into .agents/skills/observal-ops in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Observal Ops 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-ops -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-ops, .gemini/skills/observal-ops, .github/skills/observal-ops and .opencode/skills/observal-ops in your project.
What does Observal Ops need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Observal Ops is instructions for the agent only.
Does Observal Ops 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 Ops 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 Ops use?
Observal Ops 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 Ops use?
About 654 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Observal Ops?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Observal Ops: Format Markdown Table (maslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit, 260 stars), Literature Statistics (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 1.9k stars), Research Integrity Audit (xuzhougeng/wisp-science, 1k stars) and Review Revision (M1n-n9/paper-lifecycle, 693 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Observal Ops?
Observal (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Observal/Observal, which has 4,300 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 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.