otel-tracing
Installation
SKILL.md
OTel Tracing
Create spans for logical operations, propagate context across every boundary, use semantic conventions for attribute names. Every tracing decision — span granularity, attribute selection, sampling strategy — trades off cost against visibility.
References
| Topic | Reference | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Spans | [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/spans.md] |
Span anatomy, root spans, lifetime code patterns |
| Span data | [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/span-data.md] |
Events format, links format, SDK limits table |
| Context propagation | [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/context-propagation.md] |
W3C header format, propagator selection, baggage details, security |
| Instrumentation | [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/instrumentation.md] |
Server/client/async code patterns, library rules, testing guidance |
| Sampling | [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/sampling.md] |
Head/tail/combined strategies, decision guide, sampler types |
| Semantic conventions | [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/semantic-conventions.md] |
HTTP/DB/messaging attribute lists, status mapping, general conventions |
| SDK components | [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/sdk-components.md] |
Resource config, env vars, Collector deployment, exporter types |