# configure-nightwatch

Configures Laravel Nightwatch data collection: fine-tunes sampling rates, adds filtering rules, and redacts sensitive payload data.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 384 installs · ★ 731
- Author: laravel
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/laravel/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/laravel-nightwatch/skills/configure-nightwatch/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-17
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/configure-nightwatch

## What it does

This skill guides the AI agent through configuring Laravel Nightwatch. Collection follows three stages: sampling, filtering, and redaction. It provides patterns for setting request and command sample rates via environment variables like `NIGHTWATCH_REQUEST_SAMPLE_RATE` or route-level `Sample` middleware.

The skill supplies rules to suppress noisy events. It helps write callbacks in `AppServiceProvider` to discard internal queue queries or drop cache events matching specific regular expressions.

Nightwatch samples all requests by default. Leaving this unconfigured on busy applications quickly exhausts collection quotas.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laravel/agent-skills --skill configure-nightwatch -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/configure-nightwatch/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/configure-nightwatch/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laravel/agent-skills --skill configure-nightwatch -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/configure-nightwatch/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laravel/agent-skills --skill configure-nightwatch -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/configure-nightwatch/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install laravel/agent-skills configure-nightwatch
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/configure-nightwatch/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laravel/agent-skills --skill configure-nightwatch -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/laravel/agent-skills --path laravel-nightwatch/skills/configure-nightwatch
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/configure-nightwatch/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add laravel/agent-skills --skill configure-nightwatch -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/laravel/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/laravel-nightwatch/skills/configure-nightwatch/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- tune trace sampling rates for production workloads
- configure route-level sampling using Sample middleware
- filter repetitive database queries on queue or cache tables
- exclude temporary cache keys and session IDs from collection

## Example prompts
- Set Nightwatch request sampling to 10% globally and keep admin routes at 100%
- Configure AppServiceProvider to reject queries targeting the jobs table
- Add regex patterns to ignore session IDs and temporary cache keys in Nightwatch

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: configure-nightwatch
description: Configures Laravel Nightwatch data collection, sampling rates, filtering rules, and redaction policies. Use when setting up Nightwatch, managing data volume, protecting sensitive data (PII), or optimizing event collection for production workloads.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: laravel
---

# Nightwatch Configuration Guide

This skill helps configure Laravel Nightwatch data collection to balance observability, performance, and privacy. Covers sampling strategies, filtering rules, and redaction methods across all event types.

## Documentation Reference

The [Nightwatch Documentation](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs) is the definitive and up-to-date source of information for all Nightwatch configuration options. This skill provides practical guidance and common patterns, but always consult the official documentation as the primary source of truth for specific details, environment variables, and API behavior. The documentation includes comprehensive coverage of:

- [Filtering and Configuration](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/filtering) - Core concepts for sampling, filtering, and redaction
- Individual event type pages with specific configuration options:
  - [Requests](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/requests) - Request sampling, header handling, payload capture
  - [Commands](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/commands) - Command sampling and redaction
  - [Queries](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/queries) - Query filtering and redaction
  - [Cache](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/cache) - Cache event filtering by key or pattern
  - [Jobs](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/jobs) - Job filtering and sampling decoupling
  - [Mail](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/mail) - Mail event filtering
  - [Notifications](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/notifications) - Notification filtering by channel
  - [Exceptions](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/exceptions) - Exception sampling and throttling
  - [Outgoing Requests](https://nightwatch.laravel.com/docs/outgoing-requests) - HTTP request filtering
- [reference.md](reference.md) - Quick lookup table by event type, production presets, and verification checklist

## Data Collection Flow

Nightwatch processes events through three stages:

1. **Sampling** - Controls which entry points are captured (requests, commands, scheduled tasks)
2. **Filtering** - Excludes specific events after sampling (queries, cache, mail, etc.)
3. **Redaction** - Modifies captured data to remove/obfuscate sensitive information

```
Request/Command/Scheduled Task
       |
       v
   [Sampling?] ----NO----> Drop entire trace
       | YES
       v
   Events generated
       |
       v
   [Filtering?] ----YES---> Drop specific event
       | NO
       v
   [Redaction] ----------> Store modified data
```

---

## Sampling Configuration
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