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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