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elastic/agent-skills · updated Apr 8, 2026

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

skill.md

EDOT Python Migration

Read the migration guide before making changes:

Guidelines

  1. Remove ALL classic APM references: elastic-apm from requirements, ElasticAPM(app) / elasticapm.contrib.* from application code, app.config['ELASTIC_APM'] blocks, and all ELASTIC_APM_* env vars
  2. Install elastic-opentelemetry via pip (add to requirements.txt or equivalent)
  3. Run edot-bootstrap --action=install during image build to install auto-instrumentation packages for detected libraries
  4. Wrap the application entrypoint with opentelemetry-instrument — e.g. opentelemetry-instrument gunicorn app:app. Without this, no telemetry is collected
  5. Set exactly three required environment variables:
    • OTEL_SERVICE_NAME (replaces ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME)
    • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT — must be the managed OTLP endpoint or EDOT Collector URL. Do NOT reuse the old ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL 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)
  6. Do NOT set OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, or OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER — the defaults are already correct
  7. Never run both classic elastic-apm and EDOT on the same application

Examples

See the EDOT Python migration guide for complete examples.

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Ratings

4.7★★★★★61 reviews
  • ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Dec 28, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Aanya Khanna· Dec 28, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Kabir Harris· Dec 20, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Tariq Desai· Dec 20, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Mia Ndlovu· Dec 8, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Zara Johnson· Nov 27, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Kabir Garcia· Nov 19, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Ava Thomas· Nov 11, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Zara Jackson· Nov 11, 2024

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

  • ★★★★★Omar Gill· Nov 7, 2024

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

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