# Prometheus

> Prometheus

- Skill: `neuralblitz/prometheus-2` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add neuralblitz/prometheus-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/neuralblitz/prometheus-2/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: NeuralBlitz (https://skillmd.com/u/neuralblitz)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/neuralblitz/prometheus-2

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# Prometheus

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system with a dimensional data model, flexible query language, efficient time series database, and modern alerting approach.

## Key Concepts

- Pull-based metrics collection
- PromQL query language
- Service discovery
- Alertmanager for alerting
- Exporters for integration

## Common Use Cases

- Infrastructure monitoring
- Application metrics (Red metrics)
- Service discovery integration
- Alerting and on-call
- SLO/SLI monitoring

## Best Practices

- Use consistent labeling
- Implement proper retention policies
- Avoid high-cardinality labels
- Set up alert routing
- Use recording rules

## Resources

- Prometheus.io: prometheus.io/docs
- Related Skills: monitoring, grafana, alerting