# Zipkin

> Zipkin

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

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# Zipkin

Zipkin is a distributed tracing system that helps gather timing data for latency analysis. It's lightweight and integrates with many frameworks and languages.

## Key Concepts

- Collectors
- Span storage
- Query API
- Trace visualization
- Dependencies UI

## Common Use Cases

- Latency monitoring
- Distributed tracing
- Service dependency analysis
- Performance debugging
- Root cause identification

## Best Practices

- Instrument at service boundaries
- Use consistent naming
- Configure appropriate storage
- Set up retention policies
- Integrate with logs

## Resources

- Zipkin.io: zipkin.io/pages/
- Related Skills: tracing, opentelemetry, observability

## Getting Started

Start by running Zipkin with Docker and instrumenting a simple service to understand distributed tracing fundamentals.