# Grafana Alloy OpenTelemetry Collector Distribution

> Grafana Alloy is an open-source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. This skill enables agents to configure and manage observability data collection using Alloy.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-distribution` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-distribution`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-distribution/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-distribution

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# Grafana Alloy OpenTelemetry Collector Distribution

Grafana Alloy is an open-source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. This skill enables agents to configure and manage observability data collection using Alloy.

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ## Example
- otelcol.receiver.otlp "example" {
- metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.example.input]

- Source: https://github.com/grafana/alloy
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/alloy/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector/)