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 |