otel_instrumentation - OpenTelemetry Application Instrumentation
Set up and review OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and structured logs for Node.js, Go, Python, Java, .NET, and Ruby applications.
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Updated: 2026-10-04Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Detect application language
- Determine instrumentation scope
- Configure resource attributes
- Design low-cardinality spans
- Select metric instruments
- Correlate structured logs
- Prevent sensitive data exposure
- Validate instrumentation setup
Inputs
- Application source code
- Package manifests
- OpenTelemetry dependencies
- Environment variables
- Git metadata
- Kubernetes metadata
- Existing instrumentation configuration
Outputs
- Instrumentation guidance
- Application code changes
- Telemetry configuration changes
- Validation findings
Requirements
- Repository access
- Read and write permissions
- Shell access for validation
- OpenTelemetry SDK support