Observability Design

Purpose

Design a comprehensive observability strategy covering metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, and SLI/SLO definitions. Produces a monitoring architecture that enables rapid incident detection, diagnosis, and resolution.

Scope Constraints

Reads system architecture documentation, existing monitoring configurations, and service definitions for observability analysis. Does not modify files, deploy monitoring agents, or access production telemetry data directly.

Inputs

• System architecture (services, databases, APIs, third-party dependencies)
• Current monitoring setup (existing tools, dashboards, alerts)
• Reliability requirements (SLA commitments, uptime targets)
• Team structure (on-call rotation, escalation paths)

Input Sanitization