opentelemetry-agent-skills

Name: opentelemetry-agent-skills Review
Item: opentelemetry-agent-skills
Rating: 3.0
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Enables AI coding agents to instrument and observe distributed systems without vendor lock-in, reducing observability blind spots and accelerating incident d…

Vendor-neutral OpenTelemetry skills for AI coding agents, grounded in upstream sources

Generate OpenTelemetry instrumentation code for distributed tracing in microservices
Ask Claude to write span configuration for tracking application performance bottlenecks
Automate creation of metrics and logs collection patterns across service dependencies

81 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Enables AI coding agents to instrument and observe distributed systems without vendor lock-in, reducing observability blind spots and accelerating incident diagnosis across microservices architectures.

Best for

Engineering teams adopting AI-assisted development for observability-critical systems needing standards-based instrumentation.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills

By ollygarden

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate OpenTelemetry instrumentation code for distributed tracing in microservices

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars81Last updated2026-08-03LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-03 · scanner v1

Community Pulse New

No community discussions found yet. This doesn't mean the tool isn't good — it may be new or serve a niche use case.

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 81 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.00 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedAug 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 81 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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