# Opentelemetry Integrator

> Integrate OpenTelemetry tracing and metrics into SDKs

- Skill: `a5c-ai/opentelemetry-integrator` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add a5c-ai/opentelemetry-integrator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/a5c-ai/opentelemetry-integrator/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: a5c-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/a5c-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/a5c-ai/opentelemetry-integrator

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# OpenTelemetry Integrator Skill

## Overview

This skill integrates OpenTelemetry observability into SDKs, providing distributed tracing, metrics collection, and context propagation for comprehensive API monitoring.

## Capabilities

- Add tracing spans to SDK operations
- Export metrics (latency, errors, throughput)
- Configure context propagation (W3C Trace Context)
- Support multiple exporters (OTLP, Jaeger, Zipkin)
- Implement custom span attributes
- Configure sampling strategies
- Add semantic conventions for SDK operations
- Support baggage propagation

## Target Processes

- Observability Integration
- Telemetry and Analytics Integration
- Logging and Diagnostics

## Integration Points

- OpenTelemetry SDKs (all languages)
- Jaeger for distributed tracing
- Prometheus for metrics
- Grafana for visualization
- Cloud observability platforms

## Input Requirements

- Tracing requirements
- Metrics to collect
- Exporter configurations
- Sampling strategy
- Semantic convention mappings

## Output Artifacts

- OpenTelemetry instrumentation
- Custom span definitions
- Metrics collectors
- Exporter configurations
- Propagator setup
- Sampling configuration

## Usage Example

```yaml
skill:
  name: opentelemetry-integrator
  context:
    tracing:
      enabled: true
      propagator: w3c-trace-context
      sampling: parentBased
      sampleRate: 0.1
    metrics:
      enabled: true
      exportInterval: 30s
      metrics:
        - sdk.request.duration
        - sdk.request.count
        - sdk.error.count
    exporters:
      traces: otlp
      metrics: prometheus
    serviceName: "my-sdk"
```

## Best Practices

1. Follow OpenTelemetry semantic conventions
2. Use appropriate sampling rates
3. Propagate context across boundaries
4. Include useful span attributes
5. Avoid high-cardinality attributes
6. Configure exporters for production