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Newrelic Observability by incidentfox

Name: Newrelic Observability
Author: incidentfox

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New Relic Observability

Authentication

IMPORTANT: Credentials are injected automatically by a proxy layer. Do NOT check for NEWRELIC_API_KEY in environment variables - it won't be visible to you. Just run the scripts directly; authentication is handled transparently.

Configuration environment variables you CAN check (non-secret):

NEWRELIC_ACCOUNT_ID - New Relic account ID
NEWRELIC_BASE_URL - API base URL (proxy mode)

Available Scripts

All scripts are in .claude/skills/observability-newrelic/scripts/

query_nrql.py - Run NRQL Queries (START HERE)

python .claude/skills/observability-newrelic/scripts/query_nrql.py --account-id ACCOUNT_ID --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction SINCE 1 hour ago"

get_apm_summary.py - APM Summary

python .claude/skills/observability-newrelic/scripts/get_apm_summary.py --account-id ACCOUNT_ID --app-name MyApp [--time-range 30m]

NRQL Query Reference

-- Response time
SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago

-- Throughput
SELECT count(*) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES 5 minutes

-- Error rate
SELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE error = true) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago

-- Apdex score
SELECT apdex(duration, t: 0.5) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago

-- Slowest transactions
SELECT average(duration), count(*) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago FACET name LIMIT 10

-- Database query time
SELECT average(databaseDuration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES

-- External service calls
SELECT average(externalDuration), count(*) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago FACET externalTransactionName

Investigation Workflow

Application Performance Issue

1. get_apm_summary.py --account-id <id> --app-name <app> (overview)
2. query_nrql.py --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = '<app>' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES 5 minutes"
3. query_nrql.py --query "SELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE error = true) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = '<app>' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES 5 minutes"

---name: newrelic-observabilitydescription: New Relic APM and monitoring. Use when running NRQL queries, checking application performance, error rates, or throughput via New Relic.---# New Relic Observability## Authentication**IMPORTANT**: Credentials are injected automatically by a proxy layer. Do NOT check for `NEWRELIC_API_KEY` in environment variables - it won't be visible to you. Just run the scripts directly; authentication is handled transparently.Configuration environment variables you CAN check (non-secret):- `NEWRELIC_ACCOUNT_ID` - New Relic account ID- `NEWRELIC_BASE_URL` - API base URL (proxy mode)---## Available ScriptsAll scripts are in `.claude/skills/observability-newrelic/scripts/`### query_nrql.py - Run NRQL Queries (START HERE)```bashpython .claude/skills/observability-newrelic/scripts/query_nrql.py --account-id ACCOUNT_ID --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction SINCE 1 hour ago"```### get_apm_summary.py - APM Summary```bashpython .claude/skills/observability-newrelic/scripts/get_apm_summary.py --account-id ACCOUNT_ID --app-name MyApp [--time-range 30m]```---## NRQL Query Reference```sql-- Response timeSELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago-- ThroughputSELECT count(*) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES 5 minutes-- Error rateSELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE error = true) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago-- Apdex scoreSELECT apdex(duration, t: 0.5) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago-- Slowest transactionsSELECT average(duration), count(*) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago FACET name LIMIT 10-- Database query timeSELECT average(databaseDuration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES-- External service callsSELECT average(externalDuration), count(*) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'MyApp' SINCE 1 hour ago FACET externalTransactionName```---## Investigation Workflow### Application Performance Issue```1. get_apm_summary.py --account-id <id> --app-name <app> (overview)2. query_nrql.py --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = '<app>' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES 5 minutes"3. query_nrql.py --query "SELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE error = true) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = '<app>' SINCE 1 hour ago TIMESERIES 5 minutes"```

Frequently asked questions

Newrelic Observability