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Newrelic CLI Skills by vince-winkintel

Name: Newrelic CLI Skills
Author: vince-winkintel

Newrelic CLI Skills

Monitor, query, and manage New Relic observability data via the newrelic CLI. Covers NRQL queries, APM performance triage, deployment markers, alert policy and condition management, notification channel setup, infrastructure monitoring, and agent diagnostics. Use when user asks about application performance, error rates, slow transactions, deployment tracking, alert configuration, or New Relic setup.

File contents

New Relic CLI Skills

Quick Decision Tree

Performance issue reported? → apm/SKILL.md Need to query data with NRQL? → nrql/SKILL.md Recording a deployment? → deployments/SKILL.md Alert management? → alerts/SKILL.md Infrastructure/host issues? → infrastructure/SKILL.md Agent not reporting? → diagnostics/SKILL.md

Setup & Auth

# Install (manual or package manager)
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install newrelic-cli

# Windows (Scoop)
scoop bucket add newrelic-cli https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli.git
scoop install newrelic-cli

# Or manually download a release archive from:
# https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/releases
# Extract it, place the `newrelic` binary on your PATH, then verify with:
newrelic --version

# Configure profile
newrelic profile add \
  --profile default \
  --apiKey $NEW_RELIC_API_KEY \
  --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --region US   # US, EU, JP, GOV, or FEDRAMP (alias for GOV)

newrelic profile default --profile default

# Verify
newrelic profile list

Common One-Liners

# Search for an entity by name
newrelic entity search --name "my-app"

# Run a NRQL query
newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName='my-app' SINCE 1 hour ago"

# Record a deployment
newrelic apm deployment create \
  --applicationId <APP_ID> \
  --revision "v1.2.3" \
  --description "Feature: user auth"

# Run diagnostics
newrelic diagnose run

Entity Reference

Find entity GUIDs (needed for API calls and deployment markers):

# List all APM apps
newrelic entity search --name "" --type APPLICATION --domain APM

# Get specific entity details
newrelic entity get --guid <GUID>

# List all hosts
newrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
`NEW_RELIC_API_KEY`	User key (NRAK-...)
`NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID`	Numeric account ID
`NEW_RELIC_REGION`	`US`, `EU`, `JP`, `GOV`, or `FEDRAMP` (`FEDRAMP` is an alias for `GOV`)

Sub-Skills

Sub-skill	When to use
`apm/`	Performance triage, slow transactions, error analysis
`nrql/`	Custom queries, dashboards, ad-hoc data exploration
`deployments/`	Mark releases, correlate deploys with performance
`alerts/`	Alert policies, conditions, notification channels
`infrastructure/`	Host metrics, CPU/memory, process monitoring
`diagnostics/`	Agent health, config validation, connectivity

Scripts

Script	Purpose
`scripts/check-performance.sh`	Quick health check across all apps
`scripts/deployment-marker.sh`	Record a deployment event
`scripts/top-slow-transactions.sh`	Find the 10 slowest transactions
`scripts/error-report.sh`	Recent errors with stack traces

References

references/nrql-patterns.md — Common NRQL query patterns
references/performance-triage.md — Step-by-step triage guide

---name: newrelic-cli-skillsdescription: Monitor, query, and manage New Relic observability data via the newrelic CLI. Covers NRQL queries, APM performance triage, deployment markers, alert policy and condition management, notification channel setup, infrastructure monitoring, and agent diagnostics. Use when user asks about application performance, error rates, slow transactions, deployment tracking, alert configuration, or New Relic setup.---# New Relic CLI Skills## Quick Decision Tree**Performance issue reported?** → [`apm/SKILL.md`](apm/SKILL.md)**Need to query data with NRQL?** → [`nrql/SKILL.md`](nrql/SKILL.md)**Recording a deployment?** → [`deployments/SKILL.md`](deployments/SKILL.md)**Alert management?** → [`alerts/SKILL.md`](alerts/SKILL.md)**Infrastructure/host issues?** → [`infrastructure/SKILL.md`](infrastructure/SKILL.md)**Agent not reporting?** → [`diagnostics/SKILL.md`](diagnostics/SKILL.md)---## Setup & Auth```bash# Install (manual or package manager)# macOS (Homebrew)brew install newrelic-cli# Windows (Scoop)scoop bucket add newrelic-cli https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli.gitscoop install newrelic-cli# Or manually download a release archive from:# https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/releases# Extract it, place the `newrelic` binary on your PATH, then verify with:newrelic --version# Configure profilenewrelic profile add \ --profile default \ --apiKey $NEW_RELIC_API_KEY \ --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \ --region US # US, EU, JP, GOV, or FEDRAMP (alias for GOV)newrelic profile default --profile default# Verifynewrelic profile list```---## Common One-Liners```bash# Search for an entity by namenewrelic entity search --name "my-app"# Run a NRQL querynewrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \ --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName='my-app' SINCE 1 hour ago"# Record a deploymentnewrelic apm deployment create \ --applicationId <APP_ID> \ --revision "v1.2.3" \ --description "Feature: user auth"# Run diagnosticsnewrelic diagnose run```---## Entity ReferenceFind entity GUIDs (needed for API calls and deployment markers):```bash# List all APM appsnewrelic entity search --name "" --type APPLICATION --domain APM# Get specific entity detailsnewrelic entity get --guid <GUID># List all hostsnewrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST```---## Environment Variables| Variable | Description ||---|---|| `NEW_RELIC_API_KEY` | User key (NRAK-...) || `NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID` | Numeric account ID || `NEW_RELIC_REGION` | `US`, `EU`, `JP`, `GOV`, or `FEDRAMP` (`FEDRAMP` is an alias for `GOV`) |---## Sub-Skills| Sub-skill | When to use ||---|---|| [`apm/`](apm/SKILL.md) | Performance triage, slow transactions, error analysis || [`nrql/`](nrql/SKILL.md) | Custom queries, dashboards, ad-hoc data exploration || [`deployments/`](deployments/SKILL.md) | Mark releases, correlate deploys with performance || [`alerts/`](alerts/SKILL.md) | Alert policies, conditions, notification channels || [`infrastructure/`](infrastructure/SKILL.md) | Host metrics, CPU/memory, process monitoring || [`diagnostics/`](diagnostics/SKILL.md) | Agent health, config validation, connectivity |## Scripts| Script | Purpose ||---|---|| [`scripts/check-performance.sh`](scripts/check-performance.sh) | Quick health check across all apps || [`scripts/deployment-marker.sh`](scripts/deployment-marker.sh) | Record a deployment event || [`scripts/top-slow-transactions.sh`](scripts/top-slow-transactions.sh) | Find the 10 slowest transactions || [`scripts/error-report.sh`](scripts/error-report.sh) | Recent errors with stack traces |## References- [`references/nrql-patterns.md`](references/nrql-patterns.md) — Common NRQL query patterns- [`references/performance-triage.md`](references/performance-triage.md) — Step-by-step triage guide

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