# Elastic APM Transaction Anomaly Spotter

> Queries Elastic APM transaction data through the Elasticsearch REST API to surface latency anomalies and throughput drops. Uses the _search aggregation API with percentile and moving_avg pipelines.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/elastic-apm-transaction-anomaly-spotter` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/elastic-apm-transaction-anomaly-spotter`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/elastic-apm-transaction-anomaly-spotter/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/elastic-apm-transaction-anomaly-spotter

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# Elastic APM Transaction Anomaly Spotter

Queries Elastic APM transaction data through the Elasticsearch REST API to surface latency anomalies and throughput drops. Uses the _search aggregation API with percentile and moving_avg pipelines.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone git@github.com:[USER]/apm-server.git
- make
- make update
- make clean

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- ### Building docker packages
- To customize image configuration, see [the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/guide/current/running-on-docker.html).

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- To get started with APM, see our [Quick start guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/guide/current/apm-quick-start.html).
- ## APM Server Development
- [Go][golang-download]

- Source: https://github.com/elastic/apm-server
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/apm-server/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/elastic-apm-transaction-anomaly-spotter/)