Build observable systems: structured logging with correlation IDs, metrics with Prometheus/Grafana, distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry, and alerting that avoids fatigue.
When to use this skill
- Setting up application monitoring
- Creating Grafana dashboards
- Implementing distributed tracing
Core concepts
This skill provides guidance on monitoring & observability best practices, patterns, and common pitfalls. It is designed to be loaded on demand when a relevant task is detected.
Installation
curl -LO https://opencode-skills.example/downloads/devops/monitoring.zip
unzip monitoring.zip -d ~/.config/opencode/skills/Restart OpenCode — the skill loads automatically.
When it triggers
- setting up application monitoring
- creating Grafana dashboards
- implementing distributed tracing