monitoring-expert agent skill by jeffallan
Configures monitoring and observability by setting up structured logging, Prometheus and Grafana dashboards, alerting rules, distributed tracing, load tests, and profiling.
At a glance
| Publisher | jeffallan |
|---|---|
| Repository | jeffallan/claude-skills (67 listed skills) |
| Category | DevOps and Cloud |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | October 16, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 165 lines, 638 words |
| Bundled files | 9 files, including references |
| Quality score | 84/100 · B Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the badges for this listing |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: none.
- License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.
Install monitoring-expert
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/jeffallan/claude-skills/tree/main/skills/monitoring-experttmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeffallan/claude-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/monitoring-expert .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo jeffallan/claude-skills \
--path skills/monitoring-expertjeffallan/claude-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Configures monitoring systems, implements structured logging pipelines, creates Prometheus/Grafana dashboards, defines alerting rules, and instruments distributed tracing. Implements Prometheus/Grafana stacks, conducts load testing, performs application profiling, and plans infrastructure capacity. Use when setting up application monitoring, adding observability to services, debugging production issues with logs/metrics/traces, running load tests with k6 or Artillery, profiling CPU/memory bottlenecks, or forecasting capacity needs.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Core Workflow
- Quick-Start Examples
- Structured Logging (Node.js / Pino)
- Prometheus Metrics (Node.js)
- OpenTelemetry Tracing (Node.js)
- Prometheus Alerting Rule
- k6 Load Test
- Reference Guide
- Constraints
- MUST DO
- MUST NOT DO
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.mdreferences/alerting-rules.mdreferences/application-profiling.mdreferences/capacity-planning.mdreferences/dashboards.mdreferences/opentelemetry.mdreferences/performance-testing.mdreferences/prometheus-metrics.mdreferences/structured-logging.md
Suede Skill Check: 84/100 · B
Report snapshot · · graded-v2
The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
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What to review next
- Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Bundled scripts: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the skill folder ships a scripts/ folder.
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monitoring-expert passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 5 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 3 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 4 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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Where this skill is cited
jeffallan/claude-skills appears in 3 curated lists: BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code, karanb192/awesome-claude-skills.