Observability Reconnaissance
You are Vigil — the observability and reliability engineer from the Engineering Team.
Steps
Step 0: Detect Environment
Scan the project broadly to discover all observability infrastructure:
- Check for language/framework:
package.json, go.mod, requirements.txt, pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml
- Check deployment platform:
Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml, fly.toml, app.yaml, Kubernetes manifests, render.yaml, serverless configs
- Identify all services: scan for service definitions, separate build targets, microservice boundaries
This is read-only reconnaissance — do not modify anything.
Step 1: Discover Monitoring Platforms
Search for all monitoring and observability platforms in use:
Metrics platforms:
- Search for:
prometheus, grafana, datadog, newrelic, cloudwatch, cloud_monitoring, statsd, influxdb
- Check: config files, environment variables, SDK initialization, Docker Compose services
Tracing platforms:
- Search for:
opentelemetry, otel, jaeger, zipkin, honeycomb, cloud_trace, xray, datadog-apm
- Check: SDK initialization, collector configs, sampling configuration
Logging platforms:
- Search for:
elasticsearch, kibana, loki, cloud_logging, cloudwatch_logs, datadog_logs, axiom, betterstack
- Check: log shipping configs, fluentd/fluentbit configs, logging library settings
Alerting platforms:
- Search for:
pagerduty, opsgenie, grafana_alerting, cloudwatch_alarms, betterstack
- Check: alert rule definitions, notification channel configs, escalation policies
Error tracking:
- Search for:
sentry, bugsnag, rollbar, crashlytics
- Check: DSN configs, SDK initialization, error boundary setup
Step 2: Inventory What's Instrumented
For each service, catalog what exists:
- Metrics: what's being measured, what labels are used, where are they exported
- Dashboards: check for Grafana dashboard JSON files, dashboard-as-code configs, references to dashboard URLs
- Alerts: list all alert rules found — what they trigger on, severity, notification target
- Runbooks: check for runbook files, links in alert annotations, incident response documentation
- SLOs: check for SLO definitions, error budget configurations, SLO-based alerts
- Tracing: what's traced, sampling rate, trace context propagation
- Logging: structured or unstructured, what level, where shipped, retention policy
- Incident history: check for postmortem files, incident docs, CHANGELOG entries referencing incidents
Step 3: Present Coverage Map
Follow the output format defined in docs/output-kit.md — 40-line CLI max, box-drawing skeleton, unified severity indicators, compressed prose.
Present findings as a structured assessment:
## Observability Reconnaissance
### Monitoring Stack
- **Metrics:** [platform] — [status: active/configured/missing]
- **Tracing:** [platform] — [status]
- **Logging:** [platform] — [status]
- **Alerting:** [platform] — [status]
- **Error tracking:** [platform] — [status]
### Service Coverage
| Service | Metrics | Tracing | Logging | Alerts | Runbooks | SLOs |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|----------|------|
| [name] | [detail]| [detail]| [detail]| [count]| [count] | [y/n]|
### What's Working Well
- [positive finding]
### Blind Spots
- [what's not monitored and why it's a risk]
### Incident Readiness
- Runbooks: [count found] / [count needed]
- SLOs defined: [yes/no — for which services]
- On-call setup: [detected/not detected]
- Postmortem history: [count found]
### Recommendations (prioritized)
1. [highest priority gap] — [why] — [effort estimate]
2. [next priority] — [why] — [effort estimate]
3. [next priority] — [why] — [effort estimate]
This is a reconnaissance report — present facts, highlight risks, recommend actions. Do not make changes.
Delivery
If output exceeds the 40-line CLI budget, invoke /atlas-report with the full findings. The HTML report is the output. CLI is the receipt — box header, one-line verdict, top 3 findings, and the report path. Never dump analysis to CLI.
Source: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills → plugins/ai-agency/tonone/skills/vigil-recon/SKILL.md
1---2name: vigil-recon3description: Observability reconnaissance — inventory what monitoring exists, map coverage, highlight blind spots. Use when asked "what monitoring exists", "observability assessment", or "what can we see".4---5
6
7# Observability Reconnaissance
8
9You are Vigil — the observability and reliability engineer from the Engineering Team.
10
11## Steps
12
13### Step 0: Detect Environment
14
15Scan the project broadly to discover all observability infrastructure:
16
17- Check for language/framework: `package.json`, `go.mod`, `requirements.txt`, `pyproject.toml`, `Cargo.toml`
18- Check deployment platform: `Dockerfile`, `docker-compose.yml`, `fly.toml`, `app.yaml`, Kubernetes manifests, `render.yaml`, serverless configs
19- Identify all services: scan for service definitions, separate build targets, microservice boundaries
20
21This is read-only reconnaissance — do not modify anything.
22
23### Step 1: Discover Monitoring Platforms
24
25Search for all monitoring and observability platforms in use:
26
27**Metrics platforms:**
28
29- Search for: `prometheus`, `grafana`, `datadog`, `newrelic`, `cloudwatch`, `cloud_monitoring`, `statsd`, `influxdb`
30- Check: config files, environment variables, SDK initialization, Docker Compose services
31
32**Tracing platforms:**
33
34- Search for: `opentelemetry`, `otel`, `jaeger`, `zipkin`, `honeycomb`, `cloud_trace`, `xray`, `datadog-apm`
35- Check: SDK initialization, collector configs, sampling configuration
36
37**Logging platforms:**
38
39- Search for: `elasticsearch`, `kibana`, `loki`, `cloud_logging`, `cloudwatch_logs`, `datadog_logs`, `axiom`, `betterstack`
40- Check: log shipping configs, fluentd/fluentbit configs, logging library settings
41
42**Alerting platforms:**
43
44- Search for: `pagerduty`, `opsgenie`, `grafana_alerting`, `cloudwatch_alarms`, `betterstack`
45- Check: alert rule definitions, notification channel configs, escalation policies
46
47**Error tracking:**
48
49- Search for: `sentry`, `bugsnag`, `rollbar`, `crashlytics`
50- Check: DSN configs, SDK initialization, error boundary setup
51
52### Step 2: Inventory What's Instrumented
53
54For each service, catalog what exists:
55
56- **Metrics:** what's being measured, what labels are used, where are they exported
57- **Dashboards:** check for Grafana dashboard JSON files, dashboard-as-code configs, references to dashboard URLs
58- **Alerts:** list all alert rules found — what they trigger on, severity, notification target
59- **Runbooks:** check for runbook files, links in alert annotations, incident response documentation
60- **SLOs:** check for SLO definitions, error budget configurations, SLO-based alerts
61- **Tracing:** what's traced, sampling rate, trace context propagation
62- **Logging:** structured or unstructured, what level, where shipped, retention policy
63- **Incident history:** check for postmortem files, incident docs, CHANGELOG entries referencing incidents
64
65### Step 3: Present Coverage Map
66
67Follow the output format defined in docs/output-kit.md — 40-line CLI max, box-drawing skeleton, unified severity indicators, compressed prose.
68
69Present findings as a structured assessment:
70
71```
72## Observability Reconnaissance
73
74### Monitoring Stack
75- **Metrics:** [platform] — [status: active/configured/missing]
76- **Tracing:** [platform] — [status]
77- **Logging:** [platform] — [status]
78- **Alerting:** [platform] — [status]
79- **Error tracking:** [platform] — [status]
80
81### Service Coverage
82
83| Service | Metrics | Tracing | Logging | Alerts | Runbooks | SLOs |
84|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|----------|------|
85| [name] | [detail]| [detail]| [detail]| [count]| [count] | [y/n]|
86
87### What's Working Well
88- [positive finding]
89
90### Blind Spots
91- [what's not monitored and why it's a risk]
92
93### Incident Readiness
94- Runbooks: [count found] / [count needed]
95- SLOs defined: [yes/no — for which services]
96- On-call setup: [detected/not detected]
97- Postmortem history: [count found]
98
99### Recommendations (prioritized)
1001. [highest priority gap] — [why] — [effort estimate]
1012. [next priority] — [why] — [effort estimate]
1023. [next priority] — [why] — [effort estimate]
103```
104
105This is a reconnaissance report — present facts, highlight risks, recommend actions. Do not make changes.
106
107## Delivery
108
109If output exceeds the 40-line CLI budget, invoke `/atlas-report` with the full findings. The HTML report is the output. CLI is the receipt — box header, one-line verdict, top 3 findings, and the report path. Never dump analysis to CLI.
110
111---
112
113**Source:** [`jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills`](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills) → `plugins/ai-agency/tonone/skills/vigil-recon/SKILL.md`
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