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elastic/agent-skills · updated Apr 8, 2026

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

skill.md

EDOT .NET Migration

Read the migration guide before making changes:

Guidelines

  1. Remove ALL classic APM references: Elastic.Apm.* NuGet packages (including Elastic.Apm.NetCoreAll), UseAllElasticApm() / AddAllElasticApm() calls, the ElasticApm section from appsettings.json, and all ELASTIC_APM_* env vars
  2. Add NuGet packages: Elastic.OpenTelemetry and OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore (for ASP.NET Core apps)
  3. Register EDOT in startup: call builder.AddElasticOpenTelemetry() on the IHostApplicationBuilder (in Program.cs or equivalent). Without this, no telemetry is collected
  4. Set exactly three required environment variables:
    • OTEL_SERVICE_NAME (replaces ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME / ElasticApm:ServiceName)
    • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT — must be the managed OTLP endpoint or EDOT Collector URL. Do NOT reuse the old ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URLS value. 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>" (replaces ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN)
  5. Do NOT set OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, or OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER — the defaults are already correct
  6. Never run both classic Elastic APM agent (Elastic.Apm.*) and EDOT on the same application

Examples

See the EDOT .NET migration guide for complete examples.

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4.5★★★★★69 reviews
  • ★★★★★Isabella Gonzalez· Dec 28, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Dec 20, 2024

    observability-edot-dotnet-migrate is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.

  • ★★★★★Xiao Verma· Dec 16, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Kaira Farah· Dec 12, 2024

    I recommend observability-edot-dotnet-migrate for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

  • ★★★★★Kofi Khanna· Dec 8, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Aditi Ghosh· Dec 4, 2024

    I recommend observability-edot-dotnet-migrate for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

  • ★★★★★Amelia Choi· Dec 4, 2024

    Keeps context tight: observability-edot-dotnet-migrate is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.

  • ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Nov 27, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Kaira Lopez· Nov 27, 2024

    I recommend observability-edot-dotnet-migrate for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

  • ★★★★★Kaira Thompson· Nov 27, 2024

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

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