statsd

Installation
SKILL.md

StatsD

Choose the right metric type, name it with dot-delimited hierarchy, tag dimensions instead of encoding them in names. StatsD is fire-and-forget: UDP means zero latency impact on your application, but wrong metric types or bad naming corrupt your data silently.

References

Topic Reference Contents
Metric types [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/metric-types.md] Wire format details, type comparison, sampling correction
Naming [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/naming.md] Graphite namespace mapping, character rules, naming examples
DogStatsD [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/dogstatsd.md] Events format, service checks, protocol versions, distributions vs histograms
Aggregation [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/aggregation.md] Flush mechanics, Graphite downsampling, DogStatsD aggregation, timestamps
Client patterns [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/client-patterns.md] High-throughput tuning, error handling, K8s deployment, UDS configuration
Backends [${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/backends.md] statsd_exporter config, Telegraf setup, migration guides

Metric Types

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Mar 9, 2026
statsd — xobotyi/cc-foundry