observability-edot-dotnet-instrument

elastic/agent-skills · updated Apr 8, 2026

$npx skills add https://github.com/elastic/agent-skills --skill observability-edot-dotnet-instrument
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Read the setup guide before making changes:

skill.md

EDOT .NET Instrumentation

Read the setup guide before making changes:

Guidelines

  1. Add NuGet packages: Elastic.OpenTelemetry and OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore (for ASP.NET Core apps)
  2. Register EDOT in startup: call builder.AddElasticOpenTelemetry() on the IHostApplicationBuilder (in Program.cs or equivalent). Without this, no telemetry is collected
  3. Set exactly three required environment variables:
    • OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
    • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT — must be the managed OTLP endpoint or EDOT Collector URL. Never use an APM Server URL (no apm-server, no :8200, no /intake/v2/events)
    • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS"Authorization=ApiKey <key>" or "Authorization=Bearer <token>"
  4. Do NOT set OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, or OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER — the defaults are already correct
  5. Do NOT manually configure TracerProvider or MeterProviderAddElasticOpenTelemetry() handles everything
  6. Never run both classic Elastic APM agent (Elastic.Apm.*) and EDOT on the same application

Examples

See the EDOT .NET setup guide for complete examples.

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  • Camila Jackson· Dec 28, 2024

    observability-edot-dotnet-instrument reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Arya Gupta· Dec 28, 2024

    We added observability-edot-dotnet-instrument from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.

  • Ishan Garcia· Dec 28, 2024

    Registry listing for observability-edot-dotnet-instrument matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Valentina Johnson· Dec 24, 2024

    observability-edot-dotnet-instrument fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Pratham Ware· Dec 8, 2024

    Registry listing for observability-edot-dotnet-instrument matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Valentina Smith· Dec 4, 2024

    Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: observability-edot-dotnet-instrument is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.

  • Sakshi Patil· Nov 27, 2024

    observability-edot-dotnet-instrument reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Valentina Torres· Nov 23, 2024

    observability-edot-dotnet-instrument has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

  • Kiara Perez· Nov 19, 2024

    Registry listing for observability-edot-dotnet-instrument matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Jin Sharma· Nov 19, 2024

    Useful defaults in observability-edot-dotnet-instrument — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

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