DevOps & Infrastructure

Observability and Instrumentation

by Addy Osmani 78k GitHub stars

Add structured logging and OpenTelemetry tracing to make systems observable in production.

#observability#opentelemetry#logging#devops

Claude Code Codex

Overview

This skill guides adding structured logging and OpenTelemetry tracing so production systems can be understood and debugged. It focuses on instrumentation that yields actionable signals rather than noise.

What it is good for

Adding OpenTelemetry tracing
Designing structured logs
Instrumenting a service for prod
Improving production debuggability

Install

Install in Claude Code

# Add the marketplace, then install the skill in Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add addyosmani/agent-skills
/plugin install observability-and-instrumentation

# Or install manually into ~/.claude/skills:
git clone https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/observability-and-instrumentation ~/.claude/skills/observability-and-instrumentation

Install in Codex

# Codex reads SKILL.md skills from ~/.codex/skills (auto-detected):
git clone https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/observability-and-instrumentation ~/.codex/skills/observability-and-instrumentation

# Then reference the skill in Codex — it loads on demand.

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