# dt-obs-genai

Generates Dynatrace DQL queries to monitor GenAI apps and agents. It helps track token consumption, p95 latencies, tool call errors, and blocked responses.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 167
- Author: Dynatrace
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai/tree/HEAD/skills/dt-obs-genai/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dt-obs-genai

## What it does

The skill queries Dynatrace Grail using DQL over OpenTelemetry `gen_ai.*` spans. It inspects request throughput, p95 latency, error rates via `span.status_code == "error"`, and token saturation. This reveals provider throttling, rate limits, and slow model responses across your deployments.

It also handles agent execution paths and conversation analytics. The skill looks for failing tool calls, agent loops, and finish reasons like token limits or safety filter blocks. Full session rollups depend strictly on your app emitting `gen_ai.conversation.id`. If your traces omit this attribute, session-level grouping fails.

Dynatrace does not store monetary costs directly. It records input and output token counts, meaning cost estimates require multiplying token sums by your specific model pricing. Note that this skill ignores standard system logs and non-GenAI service traces, which belong to separate Dynatrace skills.

## Requirements
- Works with: Dynatrace

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-obs-genai -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-obs-genai -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-obs-genai -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai dt-obs-genai
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dt-obs-genai/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-obs-genai -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --path skills/dt-obs-genai
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai --skill dt-obs-genai -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/Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai/tree/HEAD/skills/dt-obs-genai/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- inspect p95 latency and error rates across LLM models
- calculate token throughput and consumption by provider
- locate failing agent tool calls and runaway loops
- aggregate token usage by individual conversation sessions
- check finish reasons for safety-filtered or truncated outputs

## Example prompts
- What is my LLM error rate and p95 latency by model in the last 24 hours?
- Break down token usage and cost by model and provider in the last 24 hours.
- Show me failing agent tool calls in the last 24 hours.

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---
name: dt-obs-genai
description: >-
  Analyze & debug GenAI/LLM apps: token cost & caching by prompt, model &
  provider; latency/errors; agent & tool loops/failures; conversations;
  guardrails; evaluations; OpenTelemetry/dt-evals setup.
license: Apache-2.0
---

# AI Observability (GenAI) Skill

Analyze AI Observability signals from customer GenAI applications using DQL — golden
signals, LLM signals, token and cost analytics (with usage attribution and prompt-caching
economics), agent signals (including loop/runaway detection and Smartscape topology),
conversation/session-level analytics, guardrails, and evaluation quality.

## When to Use

Use this skill for observability questions about customer GenAI applications — anything
reading OpenTelemetry GenAI spans (`gen_ai.*`) or LLM evaluation bizevents. Example triggers:

- "LLM latency", "error rate by model"
- "token usage by model", "token throughput / TPM", "am I hitting rate limits", "provider throttling or 429s"
- "cost by model and provider", "who is driving token spend", "do I have prompt caching"
- "cost per conversation", "most expensive sessions"
- "failing agent tool calls", "find runaway agents"
- "responses truncated or blocked", "finish reasons"
- "failed evaluations", "quality scores"

## When NOT to Use

Davis CoPilot/MCP telemetry (dt-platform), generic service metrics (dt-obs-services),
logs (dt-obs-logs), or non-GenAI distributed tracing (dt-obs-tracing).

## Example Questions

When suggesting follow-up questions (e.g., "give me one example question per topic"),
use these canonical, ready-to-ask phrasings — one per capability. Keep suggestions
single-clause and avoid the literal phrase "content filter" (use "blocked or
safety-filtered" instead); overly long, multi-clause questions can be rejected.

- **Traffic, errors & latency:** What is my LLM error rate and p95 latency by model in the last 24 hours?
- **Token usage & cost:** Break down token usage and cost by model and provider in the last 24 hours.
- **Agent & tool activity:** Show me failing agent tool calls in the last 24 hours.
- **Conversation analytics:** What are my top 10 most expensive conversations by total token usage in the last 24 hours?
- **Guardrails:** How many responses were blocked or truncated in the last 7 days, and which model was affected most?
- **Evaluation quality:** Show me failed evaluations from the last 24 hours with the judge's explanation and the question-answer pair.

---

## Core Capabilities

### Golden Signals

The four classic observability signals — traffic, errors, latency, and saturation — apply
directly to GenAI applications. Traffic is request throughput over time; errors are spans
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