Otel python

Skill ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/skills/otel-python

OpenTelemetry in Python — SDK setup, declarative config, zero-code instrumentation (opentelemetry-instrument, opentelemetry-distro), contrib auto-instrumentation, manual API, performance tuning, breaking changes. Use when configuring or troubleshooting OpenTelemetry in a Python service. Triggers on "setup otel in python", "python telemetry", "python tracing", "opentelemetry-instrument", "opentelemetry-distro", "TracerProvider python", "MeterProvider python", "FastAPI/Flask/Django otel", "python logging bridge".From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-python

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fetches URLsInstructs the agent to fetch 8 URLs, including https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-sdk/json and 7 more.

SKILL.md

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OpenTelemetry in Python

Entry point for OpenTelemetry mechanics in Python services. Load a reference below based on the task; each reference is self-contained.

References

File	Use when
`references/declarative-setup.md`	Configuring the SDK via declarative YAML (`opentelemetry-configuration` / `opentelemetry.configuration`): `load_config_file`, `configure_sdk`, `file_format`, env substitution, `OTEL_CONFIG_FILE` and programmatic activation.
`references/api.md`	Import paths, global API access, tracer/meter/logger usage, attributes, propagation, the Python logging bridge (`LoggingHandler`).
`references/instrumentation-libraries.md`	Zero-code (`opentelemetry-distro`, `opentelemetry-bootstrap`, `opentelemetry-instrument`), the contrib catalog, and manual instrumentation following semconv.
`references/performance.md`	Tuning sampling, batch span processor, periodic metric reader, views, asyncio context, exporters, graceful shutdown.
`references/breaking-changes.md`	Auditing existing code for deprecated/renamed APIs and semconv changes across recent SDK/contrib releases.

Sources of Truth

For YAML schema details, fetch the upstream sources listed in the otel-declarative-config skill. For Python-specific facts:

Fact	Fetch
Latest `opentelemetry-sdk` / `opentelemetry-api`	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-sdk/json` (`.info.version`)
Latest `opentelemetry-configuration`	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-configuration/json`
Latest `opentelemetry-distro`	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-distro/json`
Latest `opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg>` (contrib)	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg>/json`
Latest OTLP exporter	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp/json`
Declarative config support (released 1.44.0 overview)	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/opentelemetry-configuration/README.rst`
Declarative config vendored schema (released 1.44.0)	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/schema.json`
SDK CHANGELOG through 1.44.0	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/CHANGELOG.md`
Contrib CHANGELOG through 0.65b0	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/v0.65b0/CHANGELOG.md`
Python getting-started docs	`WebFetch https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/python/getting-started/`

Cross-References

Schema-level facts: otel-declarative-config skill (language-agnostic YAML schema sources).
SDK version selection across languages: otel-sdk-versions skill.
Semantic conventions lookup: otel-semantic-conventions skill.

What ships with it: 5 files

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references/

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most project setup skills give in 750 tokens

Counted across 1,553 of the 3,091 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06

Write the configuration filein 36 of 1553
Create the directory structurein 35 of 1553, across 33 files
Verify the setupin 31 of 1553, across 28 files
Run the setup scriptin 30 of 1553, across 29 files
Pre-determine the required sample sizein 29 of 1553, across 12 files
Check if the configuration already existsin 29 of 1553
Document every testin 26 of 1553, across 10 files
Start with a hypothesisin 26 of 1553, across 11 files
Ask one question at a timein 22 of 1553
Test a single variable per testin 21 of 1553, across 9 files
Read product marketing context before asking questionsin 19 of 1553, across 8 files
Do not peek and stop earlyin 18 of 1553, across 7 files

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Fetch upstream sources for schema details

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