Sentry

Sentry Skill

Access Sentry data via the API for debugging and investigation. Uses auth token from ~/.sentryclirc.

Quick Reference

Common Debugging Workflows

"What went wrong at this time?"

Find events around a specific timestamp:

# Find all events in a 2-hour window
./scripts/search-events.js --org myorg --project backend \
  --start 2025-12-23T15:00:00 --end 2025-12-23T17:00:00

# Filter to just errors
./scripts/search-events.js --org myorg --start 2025-12-23T15:00:00 \
  --level error

# Find a specific transaction type
./scripts/search-events.js --org myorg --start 2025-12-23T15:00:00 \
  --transaction process-incoming-email

"What errors have occurred recently?"

# List unresolved errors from last 24 hours
./scripts/list-issues.js --org myorg --status unresolved --level error --period 24h

# Find high-frequency issues
./scripts/list-issues.js --org myorg --query "times_seen:>50" --sort freq

# Issues affecting users
./scripts/list-issues.js --org myorg --query "is:unresolved has:user" --sort user

"Get details about a specific issue/event"

# Get issue with latest stack trace
./scripts/fetch-issue.js 5765604106 --latest
./scripts/fetch-issue.js https://sentry.io/organizations/myorg/issues/123/ --latest
./scripts/fetch-issue.js MYPROJ-123 --org myorg --latest

# Get specific event with all breadcrumbs
./scripts/fetch-event.js abc123def456 --org myorg --project backend --breadcrumbs

"Find events with a specific tag"

# Find by custom tag (e.g., thread_id, user_id)
./scripts/search-events.js --org myorg --tag thread_id:th_abc123

# Find by user email
./scripts/search-events.js --org myorg --query "user.email:*@example.com"

Fetch Issue

./scripts/fetch-issue.js <issue-id-or-url> [options]

Get details about a specific issue (grouped error).

Accepts:

• Issue ID: 5765604106
• Issue URL: https://sentry.io/organizations/sentry/issues/5765604106/
• New URL format: https://myorg.sentry.io/issues/5765604106/
• Short ID: JAVASCRIPT-ABC (requires --org flag)

Options:

• --latest - Include the latest event with full stack trace
• --org <org> - Organization slug (for short IDs)
• --json - Output raw JSON

Output includes:

• Title, culprit, status, level
• First/last seen timestamps
• Event count and user impact
• Tags and environment info
• With --latest: stack trace, request details, breadcrumbs, runtime context

Fetch Event

./scripts/fetch-event.js <event-id> --org <org> --project <project> [options]

Get full details of a specific event by its ID.

Options:

• --org, -o <org> - Organization slug (required)
• --project, -p <project> - Project slug (required)
• --breadcrumbs, -b - Show all breadcrumbs (default: last 30)
• --spans - Show span tree for transactions
• --json - Output raw JSON

Output includes:

• Timestamp, project, title, message
• All tags
• Context (runtime, browser, OS, trace info)
• Request details
• Exception with stack trace
• Breadcrumbs
• Spans (with --spans)

Search Events

./scripts/search-events.js [options]

Search for events (transactions, errors) using Sentry Discover.

Time Range Options:

• --period, -t <period> - Relative time (24h, 7d, 14d)
• --start <datetime> - Start time (ISO 8601: 2025-12-23T15:00:00)
• --end <datetime> - End time (ISO 8601)

Filter Options:

• --org, -o <org> - Organization slug (required)
• --project, -p <project> - Project slug or ID
• --query, -q <query> - Discover search query
• --transaction <name> - Transaction name filter
• --tag <key:value> - Tag filter (repeatable)
• --level <level> - Level filter (error, warning, info)
• --limit, -n <n> - Max results (default: 25, max: 100)
• --fields <fields> - Comma-separated fields to include

Query Syntax:

transaction:process-*     Wildcard transaction match
level:error               Filter by level
user.email:foo@bar.com    Filter by user
environment:production    Filter by environment
has:stack.filename        Has stack trace

List Issues

./scripts/list-issues.js [options]

List and search issues (grouped errors) in a project.

Options:

• --org, -o <org> - Organization slug (required)
• --project, -p <project> - Project slug (repeatable)
• --query, -q <query> - Issue search query
• --status <status> - unresolved, resolved, ignored
• --level <level> - error, warning, info, fatal
• --period, -t <period> - Time period (default: 14d)
• --limit, -n <n> - Max results (default: 25)
• --sort <sort> - date, new, priority, freq, user
• --json - Output raw JSON

Query Syntax:

is:unresolved             Status filter
is:assigned               Has assignee
assigned:me               Assigned to current user
level:error               Level filter
firstSeen:+7d             First seen > 7 days ago
lastSeen:-24h             Last seen within 24h
times_seen:>100           Event count filter
has:user                  Has user context
error.handled:0           Unhandled errors only

Search Logs

./scripts/search-logs.js [query|url] [options]

Search for logs in Sentry's Logs Explorer.

Options:

• --org, -o <org> - Organization slug (required unless URL provided)
• --project, -p <project> - Filter by project slug or ID
• --period, -t <period> - Time period (default: 24h)
• --limit, -n <n> - Max results (default: 100, max: 1000)
• --json - Output raw JSON

Query Syntax:

level:error              Filter by level (trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal)
message:*timeout*        Search message text with wildcards
trace:abc123             Filter by trace ID
project:my-project       Filter by project slug

Accepts Sentry URLs:

./scripts/search-logs.js "https://myorg.sentry.io/explore/logs/?project=123&statsPeriod=7d"

Tips for Debugging

1. Start broad, then narrow down: Use search-events.js with a time range first, then drill into specific events

2. Use breadcrumbs: The --breadcrumbs flag on fetch-event.js shows the full history of what happened before an error

3. Look for patterns: Use list-issues.js --sort freq to find frequently occurring problems

4. Check related events: If you find one event, look for others with the same transaction name or trace ID

5. Tags are your friend: Custom tags like thread_id, user_id, request_id help correlate events

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