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Monitor Gen by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Monitor Gen
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

File contents

Monitoring Config Generator

Get Prometheus rules and Grafana dashboards without reading docs for hours. Describe what you want to monitor and get production ready configs instantly.

One command. Zero config. Just works.

Quick Start

npx ai-monitoring "node.js api with postgres and redis"

What It Does

Generates Prometheus alerting rules for common failure modes
Creates Grafana dashboard JSON you can import directly
Covers CPU, memory, disk, and custom application metrics
Sets sensible thresholds based on industry standards
Includes runbook links and alert descriptions

Usage Examples

# Monitor a web service
npx ai-monitoring "express api with 99.9% uptime SLA"

# Database monitoring
npx ai-monitoring "postgres primary with 2 replicas"

# Full stack
npx ai-monitoring "kubernetes cluster with 10 nodes running microservices"

Best Practices

Tune thresholds - Start with defaults, adjust after observing real traffic
Don't alert on everything - Only alert on actionable issues
Add context - Include runbook URLs in your alert annotations
Test alerts - Intentionally trigger alerts to verify they fire correctly

When to Use This

Setting up monitoring for a new service
Adding observability to existing infrastructure
Learning Prometheus query syntax through examples
Standardizing alerting across your team

Part of the LXGIC Dev Toolkit

This is one of 110+ free developer tools built by LXGIC Studios. No paywalls, no sign-ups, no API keys on free tiers. Just tools that work.

Find more:

GitHub: https://github.com/LXGIC-Studios
Twitter: https://x.com/lxgicstudios
Substack: https://lxgicstudios.substack.com
Website: https://lxgic.dev

Requirements

No install needed. Just run with npx. Node.js 18+ recommended.

npx ai-monitoring --help

How It Works

The tool understands common infrastructure patterns and generates PromQL queries and Grafana panel definitions. It maps your description to metric names and creates appropriate aggregations and thresholds.

License

MIT. Free forever. Use it however you want.

---name: monitor-gendescription: Generate monitoring and alerting configs for Prometheus and Grafana. Use when setting up observability.--- # Monitoring Config Generator Get Prometheus rules and Grafana dashboards without reading docs for hours. Describe what you want to monitor and get production ready configs instantly. **One command. Zero config. Just works.** ## Quick Start ```bash npx ai-monitoring "node.js api with postgres and redis" ``` ## What It Does - Generates Prometheus alerting rules for common failure modes - Creates Grafana dashboard JSON you can import directly - Covers CPU, memory, disk, and custom application metrics - Sets sensible thresholds based on industry standards - Includes runbook links and alert descriptions ## Usage Examples ```bash # Monitor a web service npx ai-monitoring "express api with 99.9% uptime SLA" # Database monitoring npx ai-monitoring "postgres primary with 2 replicas" # Full stack npx ai-monitoring "kubernetes cluster with 10 nodes running microservices" ``` ## Best Practices - **Tune thresholds** - Start with defaults, adjust after observing real traffic - **Don't alert on everything** - Only alert on actionable issues - **Add context** - Include runbook URLs in your alert annotations - **Test alerts** - Intentionally trigger alerts to verify they fire correctly ## When to Use This - Setting up monitoring for a new service - Adding observability to existing infrastructure - Learning Prometheus query syntax through examples - Standardizing alerting across your team ## Part of the LXGIC Dev Toolkit This is one of 110+ free developer tools built by LXGIC Studios. No paywalls, no sign-ups, no API keys on free tiers. Just tools that work. **Find more:** - GitHub: https://github.com/LXGIC-Studios - Twitter: https://x.com/lxgicstudios - Substack: https://lxgicstudios.substack.com - Website: https://lxgic.dev ## Requirements No install needed. Just run with npx. Node.js 18+ recommended. ```bash npx ai-monitoring --help ``` ## How It Works The tool understands common infrastructure patterns and generates PromQL queries and Grafana panel definitions. It maps your description to metric names and creates appropriate aggregations and thresholds. ## License MIT. Free forever. Use it however you want.

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