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opentelemetry-manual-instrumentation

OpenTelemetry best practices for manual instrumentation. Use when adding, changing, or reviewing OpenTelemetry instrumentation in code. Guidance to choose runtime boundaries, choose signals, apply semantic conventions, handle propagation, control cardinality, and verify the result.

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Updated 4/10/2026
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Installation and usage

OpenTelemetry best practices for manual instrumentation. Use when adding, changing, or reviewing OpenTelemetry instrumentation in code. Guidance to choose runtime boundaries, choose signals, apply semantic conventions, handle propagation, control cardinality, and verify the result.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use opentelemetry-manual-instrumentation