# cx-telemetry-querying

A skill that routes telemetry questions to the right signal — metrics, logs, traces or RUM — and loads the reference files the agent needs before querying.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4700 installs · ★ 124
- Author: coralogix
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/coralogix/cx-cli/tree/HEAD/skills/cx-telemetry-querying/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cx-telemetry-querying

## What it does

The skill kicks in on questions about logs, metrics, traces, RUM or APM: why a service got slow, which errors fired overnight, what Core Web Vitals look like. It picks the pillar first, then loads the matching references. Logs and spans need `references/dataprime-reference.md` plus `references/logs-querying.md` or `references/spans-querying.md`; metrics need `references/promql-guidelines.md` and `references/metrics-querying.md`; RUM pulls three files, including `references/rum-fields.md`.

When the question is ambiguous, the skill walks through discovery: `cx metrics search --name '*transaction*'` for metrics, `cx search-fields "transaction amount" --dataset logs` for log and span fields, and value search with `-s value` when you know the value but not the field that holds it. It also suggests reading the codebase to see where a metric is registered or which span attribute gets set, which settles what a field actually means.

\`cx search-fields` needs a Coralogix API key or OAuth on the active profile; without credentials the skill tells you to run `cx profiles add <name>`. Every query command is read-only and runs in `--read-only` mode, so `--yes` is not required. One empty result proves nothing — the skill says to try at least two pillars before deciding the data is not there.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-telemetry-querying -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-telemetry-querying -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-telemetry-querying -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install coralogix/cx-cli cx-telemetry-querying
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cx-telemetry-querying/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-telemetry-querying -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/coralogix/cx-cli --path skills/cx-telemetry-querying
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coralogix/cx-cli --skill cx-telemetry-querying -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/coralogix/cx-cli/tree/HEAD/skills/cx-telemetry-querying/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- trace a latency spike back to a specific endpoint
- pull stack traces for an error message
- break a request into spans across services
- check frontend errors and Core Web Vitals
- find which metric tracks a business event

## Example prompts
- why did checkout latency jump — start with spans
- find errors in the logs from the last hour and show stack traces
- how do I write a DataPrime query that filters logs by severity

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: cx-telemetry-querying
description: |
  Use this skill for any question involving telemetry data: "investigate an issue",
  "debug a problem", "find out why something is slow", "check error rates",
  "analyze user behavior", "understand a production incident",
  "query telemetry data", "look at logs", "search logs", "find errors",
  "find stack traces", "filter by severity",
  "check traces", "examine spans", "investigate request latency",
  "debug service-to-service calls", "look up a trace ID",
  "analyze RUM data", "query rum.events", "check frontend performance", "frontend errors",
  "Core Web Vitals", "JavaScript exceptions",
  "query metrics", "check CPU usage", "run a PromQL query",
  "check error rate", "look up a metric", "check memory usage",
  "how do I write a DataPrime query", "DataPrime syntax",
  or wants to answer questions using observability data from logs, metrics, traces, RUM, or APM.
metadata:
  version: "0.2.1"
---

# Telemetry Querying Skill

Use this skill as the entry point for any investigation, debugging, or data question that may be answered from telemetry data. It helps you decide **where** the relevant signal lives (metrics, logs, traces, RUM) and tells you **which reference files to load** before querying.

## Loading References

Before querying, load the reference files for the chosen pillar:

| Pillar | Load these files |
|---|---|
| Logs | `references/dataprime-reference.md` + `references/logs-querying.md` |
| Spans / Traces | `references/dataprime-reference.md` + `references/spans-querying.md` |
| Metrics | `references/promql-guidelines.md` + `references/metrics-querying.md` |
| RUM (frontend) | `references/dataprime-reference.md` + `references/rum-querying.md` + `references/rum-fields.md` |
| DataPrime syntax only | `references/dataprime-reference.md` |

---

## Safety

All query commands (`cx logs`, `cx spans`, `cx metrics`, `cx dataprime`, `cx search-fields`) are read-only and work in `--read-only` mode. They never modify data and can be run freely without `--yes`.

---

## Quick Routing Guide

Use this table for obvious cases where one pillar is the clear first choice:

| Question Type | First Choice | Fallback |
|---|---|---|
| UI behavior, page load, frontend errors | RUM | Traces (if backend-related) |
| Endpoint latency, throughput, error rates | Metrics | Traces (for per-request detail) |
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