# Prometheus Rule Evaluator

> Validates and tests Prometheus alerting rules against historical metrics data using the Prometheus HTTP API /api/v1/query_range endpoint. Runs rule simulations with configurable time windows and threshold testing.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/prometheus-rule-evaluator` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/prometheus-rule-evaluator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/prometheus-rule-evaluator/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/prometheus-rule-evaluator

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# Prometheus Rule Evaluator

Validates and tests Prometheus alerting rules against historical metrics data using the Prometheus HTTP API /api/v1/query_range endpoint. Runs rule simulations with configurable time windows and threshold testing.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Docker images are available on [Quay.io](https://quay.io/repository/prometheus/prometheus) or [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/prom/prometheus/).
- docker run --name prometheus -d -p 127.0.0.1:9090:9090 prom/prometheus
- git clone https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus.git
- go install github.com/prometheus/prometheus/cmd/...

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![Docker Repository on Quay](https://quay.io/repository/prometheus/prometheus/status)][quay]
- [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/prom/prometheus.svg?maxAge=604800)][hub]
- ### Docker images

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- There are various ways to install Prometheus.
- ### Precompiled binaries
- Precompiled binaries for released versions are available in the

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

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/prometheus-rule-evaluator/)