Motel Debug
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Version-pinned inventory of the telemetry (spans, metrics, logs, attributes) emitted by OpenTelemetry collector components and SDK instrumentation packages.
Install Otel Telemetry Emissions
$ npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-telemetry-emissions --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/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions .claude/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions && 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 "otel-telemetry-emissions" agent skill from https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions into .claude/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "otel-telemetry-emissions", 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/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/otel-telemetry-emissionsType 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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-telemetry-emissions --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions .agents/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "otel-telemetry-emissions" agent skill from https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions into .agents/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "otel-telemetry-emissions", 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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-telemetry-emissions --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions .cursor/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions && 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 "otel-telemetry-emissions" agent skill from https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions into .cursor/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "otel-telemetry-emissions", 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/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.git --path skills/otel-telemetry-emissions--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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-telemetry-emissions --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions .gemini/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions && 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 "otel-telemetry-emissions" agent skill from https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions into .gemini/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "otel-telemetry-emissions", 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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-telemetry-emissionsInstalls 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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions .github/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions && 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 "otel-telemetry-emissions" agent skill from https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions into .github/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "otel-telemetry-emissions", 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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-telemetry-emissions --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions .opencode/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions && 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 "otel-telemetry-emissions" agent skill from https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions into .opencode/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "otel-telemetry-emissions", 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
otel-telemetry-emissions- GitHub stars
- 106
- Token cost
- ~521 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 223 words
- Files
- 516
- Skills in repo
- 19
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Version-pinned inventory of the telemetry (spans, metrics, logs, attributes) emitted by OpenTelemetry collector components and SDK instrumentation packages.
- Works in 4 steps: Find the component's directory (or its… → Pick the file matching the target… → If there is no exact match, use the file… → …
- Working with a covered component — what it emits at a given version
- SKILL.md covers Layout, Looking up a component at a… and What a data file contains
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Otel Telemetry Emissions is an agent skill from ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills. Version-pinned inventory of the telemetry (spans, metrics, logs, attributes) emitted by OpenTelemetry collector components and SDK instrumentation packages. Use when working with a covered component — what it emits at a given version, or how emission changed across versions — and when upgrading a component or SDK version, to see the telemetry after the change.
Its SKILL.md is about 520 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 520 other files (for example `evals/evals.json`, `evals/results.md` and `index.md`).
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Observability. It works with OpenTelemetry. The repository describes itself as: Vendor-neutral OpenTelemetry skills for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, grounded in upstream sources. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Working with a covered component — what it emits at a given version
- How emission changed across versions — and when upgrading a component
- See the telemetry after the change
Example prompts
- “/otel-telemetry-emissions”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Find the component's directory (or its row in index.md).
- Pick the file matching the target version exactly.
- If there is no exact match, use the file with the highest version below the
- If the component or version is not covered at all, say so — do not infer
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 12296db. 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
Otel Telemetry Emissions loads about 521 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 223 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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills at commit 12296db, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© ollygarden). 223 words, ~521 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 515 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- otel-telemetry-emissions
- description
- Version-pinned inventory of the telemetry (spans, metrics, logs, attributes) emitted by OpenTelemetry collector components and SDK instrumentation packages. Use when working with a covered component — what it emits at a given version, or how emission changed across versions — and when upgrading a component or SDK version, to see the telemetry after the change.
Telemetry Emissions
A registry of what telemetry OpenTelemetry components actually emit, pinned to upstream versions.
Note: The telemetry emissions in these files were detected by LLM analysis of the upstream source and may contain errors. Verify against the component's source or docs before relying on a row for critical decisions.
Layout
<repo basename>/<path in repo>/v<version>.mdExample: opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/kafkareceiver/v0.158.0.md
One file per scanned version. The files in a component directory are its
telemetry history; index.md lists every file — start there to see what is
covered.
Looking up a component at a version
- Find the component's directory (or its row in
index.md). - Pick the file matching the target version exactly.
- If there is no exact match, use the file with the highest version below the target and say the exact version is unverified.
- If the component or version is not covered at all, say so — do not infer telemetry from semantic conventions.
What a data file contains
Frontmatter (repo, path, version, scope_name, commit_sha,
last_verified), then per-signal tables:
- Traces — span name, kind, attributes, notes
- Metrics — metric name, instrument type, unit, attributes, notes
- Logs — log/event name, attributes, notes
scope_name is the component's instrumentation scope — the anchor for
matching runtime telemetry back to the component. Absent signals are omitted
entirely. Notes marks conditional emission (feature gates, opt-in config,
experimental semconv). Sources lists the upstream files the data came from.
© ollygarden, 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 515 other files in skills/otel-telemetry-emissions of ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- evals/evals.json
- evals/results.md
- index.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.153.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.154.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.155.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.156.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.157.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.158.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.160.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.161.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector/v0.162.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector/v0.153.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector/v0.154.0.md
- opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector/v0.155.0.md
- … and 500 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 12296db
Compare with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otel Telemetry Emissions this skillollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills | 106 | — | ~521 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Motel Debugkitlangton/motel | 298 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Tempsgotempsh/temps | 833 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Axiom Metrics Queryopenclaw/clawhub | 9.5k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| UModel Root Cause Analysisalibaba/UnifiedModel | 415 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Agent Kill Switchvivekchand/clawmetry | 426 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Otel Telemetry Emissions
What does Otel Telemetry Emissions do?
Version-pinned inventory of the telemetry (spans, metrics, logs, attributes) emitted by OpenTelemetry collector components and SDK instrumentation packages. Otel Telemetry Emissions is an agent skill from ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills. Version-pinned inventory of the telemetry (spans, metrics, logs, attributes) emitted by OpenTelemetry collector components and SDK instrumentation packages.
When should I use Otel Telemetry Emissions?
Otel Telemetry Emissions fits situations like: working with a covered component — what it emits at a given version; how emission changed across versions — and when upgrading a component; see the telemetry after the change.
How do I install Otel Telemetry Emissions in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/otel-telemetry-emissions in ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Otel Telemetry Emissions in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/otel-telemetry-emissions in ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Otel Telemetry Emissions 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 ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-telemetry-emissions -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions, .gemini/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions, .github/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions and .opencode/skills/otel-telemetry-emissions in your project.
What does Otel Telemetry Emissions need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Otel Telemetry Emissions is instructions for the agent only.
Does Otel Telemetry Emissions 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 Otel Telemetry Emissions 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 Otel Telemetry Emissions use?
Otel Telemetry Emissions 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 Otel Telemetry Emissions use?
About 521 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 Otel Telemetry Emissions?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Otel Telemetry Emissions: Motel Debug (kitlangton/motel, 298 stars), Temps (gotempsh/temps, 833 stars), Axiom Metrics Query (openclaw/clawhub, 9.5k stars) and UModel Root Cause Analysis (alibaba/UnifiedModel, 415 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Otel Telemetry Emissions?
ollygarden (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills, which has 106 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.