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azure-microsoft-opentelemetry

Expert knowledge for Azure Microsoft Opentelemetry development including configuration. Use when setting sampling, exporters, resource attributes, env vars, or tuning tracing/metrics behavior, and other Azure Microsoft Opentelemetry related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor).

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New~491Updated Aug 10, 2026

Azure Microsoft Opentelemetry Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Microsoft Opentelemetry. Covers configuration. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category Lines Description
Configuration L29-L32 How to configure Microsoft OpenTelemetry Distro options (sampling, exporters, resource attributes, environment variables) and tune tracing/metrics behavior for your applications.

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure Microsoft OpenTelemetry Distro settings and options https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-opentelemetry/configuration
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Overall Score

52/100

Grade

C

Adequate

Safety

70

Quality

42

Clarity

58

Completeness

32

Summary

This skill provides expert guidance for configuring Azure Microsoft OpenTelemetry, including sampling, exporters, resource attributes, and environment variables. It directs agents to fetch remote documentation from Microsoft Learn via network-based tools and combines local quick-reference content with remote fetching capabilities.

Detected Capabilities

network accessremote documentation fetchingmcp tool invocationfallback webpage fetching

Trigger Keywords

Phrases that MCP clients use to match this skill to user intent.

configure opentelemetry samplingazure tracing exportersopentelemetry environment setupconfigure resource attributestune observability metrics

Risk Signals

INFO

Network access via mcp_microsoftdocs and fetch_webpage

Compatibility and documentation fetching sections
INFO

Dependency on external tools (mcp_microsoftdocs) with fallback mechanism

How to Use This Skill section
INFO

References to learn.microsoft.com documentation

Category Index URLs

Referenced Domains

External domains referenced in skill content, detected by static analysis.

github.comlearn.microsoft.com

Use Cases

  • Configure OpenTelemetry sampling strategies
  • Set up tracing exporters for Azure
  • Configure resource attributes for observability
  • Tune metrics behavior in distributed applications
  • Manage OpenTelemetry environment variables
  • Debug and optimize tracing configuration

Quality Notes

  • Positive: Includes fallback fetch_webpage mechanism when mcp_microsoftdocs is unavailable
  • Positive: Clear instructions for agents on how to locate content via Category Index
  • Positive: Metadata staleness check guides users to pull latest version
  • Negative: Category Index references 'L29-L32' but no actual content provided at those lines (file only contains frontmatter and index)
  • Negative: Significant completeness gap - the Configuration section title exists but no actual guidance content is present
  • Negative: Very thin skill content - relies almost entirely on remote documentation fetch rather than providing local reference material
  • Negative: Limited scope documentation - does not clearly explain limitations of OpenTelemetry configuration (e.g., what NOT to do)
  • Negative: No error handling guidance for network failures or documentation fetch timeouts
  • Negative: No examples of actual configuration code or patterns
  • Negative: No edge case coverage (e.g., invalid sampling rates, unsupported exporters)
Model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001Analyzed: Aug 10, 2026

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