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elastic/agent-skills · updated Apr 8, 2026

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

skill.md

EDOT Python Instrumentation

Read the setup guide before making changes:

Guidelines

  1. Install elastic-opentelemetry via pip (add to requirements.txt or equivalent)
  2. Run edot-bootstrap --action=install during image build to install auto-instrumentation packages for detected libraries
  3. Wrap the application entrypoint with opentelemetry-instrument — e.g. opentelemetry-instrument gunicorn app:app or opentelemetry-instrument python app.py. Without this, no telemetry is collected
  4. 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>"
  5. Do NOT set OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, or OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER — the defaults are already correct
  6. Do NOT add code-level SDK setup (no TracerProvider, no configure_azure_monitor, etc.) — opentelemetry-instrument handles everything
  7. Never run both classic elastic-apm and EDOT on the same application

Examples

See the EDOT Python setup guide for complete examples.

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Ratings

4.5★★★★★44 reviews
  • ★★★★★Sophia Liu· Dec 24, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Sofia Martinez· Dec 12, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Daniel Lopez· Dec 8, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Dec 4, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Mei Singh· Nov 27, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Piyush G· Nov 23, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Camila Li· Nov 15, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Aditi Abbas· Nov 3, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Camila Martinez· Oct 22, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Mei Jain· Oct 18, 2024

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

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