Motel Debug
kitlangton/motel
Debug applications with motel, a local OpenTelemetry ingest and query server.
Instrument AI agents with tracing, token metrics, latency, and cost visibility.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills agent-observability --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-observability .claude/skills/agent-observability && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
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Install the "agent-observability" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-observability into .claude/skills/agent-observability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agent-observability", 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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-observabilityType 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills agent-observability --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-observability .agents/skills/agent-observability && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "agent-observability" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-observability into .agents/skills/agent-observability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agent-observability", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills agent-observability --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-observability .cursor/skills/agent-observability && 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 "agent-observability" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-observability into .cursor/skills/agent-observability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agent-observability", 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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git --path skills/agent-observability--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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills agent-observability --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-observability .gemini/skills/agent-observability && 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 "agent-observability" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-observability into .gemini/skills/agent-observability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agent-observability", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills agent-observabilityInstalls 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-observability .github/skills/agent-observability && 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 "agent-observability" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-observability into .github/skills/agent-observability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agent-observability", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills agent-observability --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-observability .opencode/skills/agent-observability && 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 "agent-observability" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-observability into .opencode/skills/agent-observability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agent-observability", 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.
agent-observabilityInstrument AI agents with tracing, token metrics, latency, and cost visibility.
Agent Observability is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Instrument AI agents with tracing, token metrics, latency, and cost visibility. Use for reliability and debugging.
Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/details.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires the relevant platform CLIs (kubectl, helm, terraform, git, CI runners) and authorized access to the target environment. Docs-only; helper scripts and…
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Observability. It works with OpenTelemetry. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
gitkubectlFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
github.comFrom URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Requires the relevant platform CLIs (kubectl, helm, terraform, git, CI runners) and authorized access to the target environment. Docs-only; helper scripts and templates not bundled.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Agent Observability loads about 3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~9.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 315 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.
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.
The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 315 words, ~2,978 tokens.
.claude/skills/agent-observability/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.Monitor AI agent behavior with logs, traces, metrics, and cost telemetry. This skill covers the full observability stack for LLM-powered applications: from raw Prometheus counters to Grafana dashboards, OpenTelemetry tracing, structured logging, cost tracking, SLO definition, and PII redaction.
Define these metrics at the application layer. All examples use the Prometheus client library naming conventions.
from prometheus_client import Histogram
# Total end-to-end latency for a full agent turn (user prompt -> final response)
AGENT_LATENCY = Histogram(
"agent_request_duration_seconds",
"End-to-end latency of an agent request",
labelnames=["agent_name", "model", "status"],
buckets=(0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60, 120),
)
# Latency of a single LLM API call (one completion request)
LLM_CALL_LATENCY = Histogram(
"llm_call_duration_seconds",
"Latency of an individual LLM API call",
labelnames=["model", "provider", "stream"],
buckets=(0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 30),
)
# Latency of tool/function calls executed by the agent
TOOL_CALL_LATENCY = Histogram(
"agent_tool_call_duration_seconds",
"Latency of a tool call executed by the agent",
labelnames=["tool_name", "agent_name", "status"],
buckets=(0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10),
)from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram
PROMPT_TOKENS = Counter(
"llm_prompt_tokens_total",
"Total prompt tokens sent to the model",
labelnames=["model", "agent_name"],
)
COMPLETION_TOKENS = Counter(
"llm_completion_tokens_total",
"Total completion tokens received from the model",
labelnames=["model", "agent_name"],
)
CACHED_TOKENS = Counter(
"llm_cached_tokens_total",
"Prompt tokens served from KV-cache (provider-reported)",
labelnames=["model", "agent_name"],
)
TOKENS_PER_REQUEST = Histogram(
"llm_tokens_per_request",
"Total tokens (prompt + completion) per request",
labelnames=["model", "agent_name"],
buckets=(100, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, 32000, 64000, 128000),
)from prometheus_client import Counter
LLM_COST = Counter(
"llm_cost_dollars_total",
"Estimated cost in USD for LLM usage",
labelnames=["model", "agent_name", "cost_type"], # cost_type: prompt | completion
)from prometheus_client import Counter
TOOL_CALLS_TOTAL = Counter(
"agent_tool_calls_total",
"Total tool calls made by agents",
labelnames=["tool_name", "agent_name", "status"], # status: success | error | timeout
)from prometheus_client import Counter, Gauge
LLM_ERRORS = Counter(
"llm_errors_total",
"Errors returned by the LLM provider",
labelnames=["model", "provider", "error_type"], # error_type: rate_limit | timeout | 5xx | auth
)
LLM_RETRIES = Counter(
"llm_retries_total",
"Retried LLM API calls",
labelnames=["model", "provider", "retry_reason"],
)
AGENT_ACTIVE_REQUESTS = Gauge(
"agent_active_requests",
"Number of agent requests currently in flight",
labelnames=["agent_name"],
)Use the OpenTelemetry Python SDK to create traces that capture every step of an agent turn: the top-level request, each LLM call, each tool execution, and retrieval operations.
# otel_setup.py
from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
def init_tracing(service_name: str, otlp_endpoint: str = "http://localhost:4317"):
resource = Resource.create({
"service.name": service_name,
"service.version": "1.0.0",
"deployment.environment": "production",
})
provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=otlp_endpoint, insecure=True)
provider.add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(exporter))
trace.set_tracer_provider(provider)
return trace.get_tracer(service_name)# llm_tracing.py
import time
from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.trace import StatusCode
tracer = trace.get_tracer("agent.llm")
def traced_llm_call(client, messages, model="gpt-4o", **kwargs):
"""Wrap an LLM completion call with a full OpenTelemetry span."""
with tracer.start_as_current_span("llm.chat_completion") as span:
span.set_attribute("llm.model", model)
span.set_attribute("llm.provider", "openai")
span.set_attribute("llm.message_count", len(messages))
span.set_attribute("llm.temperature", kwargs.get("temperature", 1.0))
span.set_attribute("llm.max_tokens", kwargs.get("max_tokens", 0))
start = time.perf_counter()
try:
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model=model, messages=messages, **kwargs
)
elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
usage = response.usage
span.set_attribute("llm.prompt_tokens", usage.prompt_tokens)
span.set_attribute("llm.completion_tokens", usage.completion_tokens)
span.set_attribute("llm.total_tokens", usage.total_tokens)
span.set_attribute("llm.duration_seconds", elapsed)
span.set_attribute("llm.finish_reason", response.choices[0].finish_reason)
span.set_status(StatusCode.OK)
# Update Prometheus counters
PROMPT_TOKENS.labels(model=model, agent_name="default").inc(usage.prompt_tokens)
COMPLETION_TOKENS.labels(model=model, agent_name="default").inc(usage.completion_tokens)
LLM_CALL_LATENCY.labels(model=model, provider="openai", stream="false").observe(elapsed)
return response
except Exception as exc:
elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
span.set_status(StatusCode.ERROR, str(exc))
span.record_exception(exc)
LLM_ERRORS.labels(model=model, provider="openai", error_type=type(exc).__name__).inc()
raise# tool_tracing.py
import functools
from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.trace import StatusCode
tracer = trace.get_tracer("agent.tools")
def traced_tool(tool_name: str):
"""Decorator that wraps a tool function with an OTel span and Prometheus metrics."""
def decorator(func):
@functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
with tracer.start_as_current_span(f"tool.{tool_name}") as span:
span.set_attribute("tool.name", tool_name)
span.set_attribute("tool.args_count", len(args) + len(kwargs))
import time
start = time.perf_counter()
try:
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
span.set_attribute("tool.duration_seconds", elapsed)
span.set_status(StatusCode.OK)
TOOL_CALLS_TOTAL.labels(
tool_name=tool_name, agent_name="default", status="success"
).inc()
TOOL_CALL_LATENCY.labels(
tool_name=tool_name, agent_name="default", status="success"
).observe(elapsed)
return result
except Exception as exc:
elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
span.set_status(StatusCode.ERROR, str(exc))
span.record_exception(exc)
TOOL_CALLS_TOTAL.labels(
tool_name=tool_name, agent_name="default", status="error"
).inc()
TOOL_CALL_LATENCY.labels(
tool_name=tool_name, agent_name="default", status="error"
).observe(elapsed)
raise
return wrapper
return decorator
# Usage
@traced_tool("web_search")
def web_search(query: str) -> str:
# ... tool implementation ...
pass
@traced_tool("sql_query")
def sql_query(statement: str) -> list:
# ... tool implementation ...
pass# context_propagation.py
from opentelemetry import context
from opentelemetry.propagate import inject, extract
import httpx
def call_downstream_service(url: str, payload: dict) -> dict:
"""Propagate the current trace context to a downstream HTTP service."""
headers = {}
inject(headers) # injects traceparent + tracestate headers
response = httpx.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
return response.json()
def extract_context_from_request(request_headers: dict):
"""Extract trace context from incoming request headers (for the receiving service)."""
ctx = extract(request_headers)
token = context.attach(ctx)
return token # call context.detach(token) when doneApply this skill whenever you operate:
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SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/agent-observability of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2
We found 6 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Agent Observability next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Observability this skillsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Motel Debugkitlangton/motel | 298 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Tempsgotempsh/temps | 822 | — | ~1.9k | 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 | 412 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Agent Kill Switchvivekchand/clawmetry | 424 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
kitlangton/motel
Debug applications with motel, a local OpenTelemetry ingest and query server.
gotempsh/temps
Manage, deploy, operate, and instrument applications with Temps.
openclaw/clawhub
Explores and queries OpenTelemetry metrics in Axiom MetricsDB, listing datasets, metrics and tags first and picking the right aggregation for each metric's type.
alibaba/UnifiedModel
Investigates a service incident to its root cause by querying a UModel object graph alongside metrics, logs, topology and recent deployments.
vivekchand/clawmetry
Give the human an off switch and a cost meter for the coding agents on this machine, using ClawMetry.
roy-tong/AgentMeasure
Check whether agent telemetry preserves measurement semantics.
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Implements an interface in one of two named color modes, iridescent white or colorful black, from a parameterized starter that reports measured color intensity.
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Saves a user's project decisions, rules and preferences into a project-local mdbase so later sessions and other agents can recover the intent.
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Keeps project decisions, research and verified results available across coding-agent sessions through LWC memory, a document Wiki graph and a CodeGraph code index.
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Guides an agent through assessing its own owner for cofounder fit, publishing an approved profile, and ranking complementary profiles other agents published for their owners.
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Integracao com WhatsApp Business Cloud API (Meta). An agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
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Acts as a proxy for the Cline CLI, dispatching coding tasks one at a time, monitoring runs by hard evidence, relaying decisions to you and learning per-project preferences.
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Instrument AI agents with tracing, token metrics, latency, and cost visibility. Agent Observability is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Instrument AI agents with tracing, token metrics, latency, and cost visibility.
Agent Observability fits situations like: reliability and debugging; tasks that involve Observability.
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-observability in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/agent-observability in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-observability in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/agent-observability in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-observability -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/agent-observability, .gemini/skills/agent-observability, .github/skills/agent-observability and .opencode/skills/agent-observability in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Agent Observability needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and kubectl). Our summary lists: Python 3. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires the relevant platform CLIs (kubectl, helm, terraform, git, CI runners) and authorized access to the target environment. Docs-only; helper scripts and templates not bundled..
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
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.
Agent Observability is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 6.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Agent Observability: Motel Debug (kitlangton/motel, 298 stars), Temps (gotempsh/temps, 822 stars), Axiom Metrics Query (openclaw/clawhub, 9.5k 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.
sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.