# eas-observe

Walks you through adding expo-observe to an Expo app, pulling startup and navigation metrics with the EAS CLI, and reading slow-startup data.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 19100 installs · ★ 3022
- Author: expo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/expo/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/expo/skills/eas-observe/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/eas-observe

## What it does

The skill ships four references: project setup, terminal queries, reading the output, and shipping an Observe integration inside a third-party package. Setup covers wrapping the root layout (`AppMetricsRoot` on SDK 55, `ObserveRoot` on SDK 56+), marking the app interactive with `markInteractive()` or the `useObserve()` hook, user-defined events through `Observe.logEvent`, error reporting, and native crash reporting.

For queries you get `eas observe:metrics-summary`, `observe:metrics`, `observe:routes`, `observe:events`, `observe:session`, `observe:versions`, `observe:errors` and `observe:event`, with flags, metric aliases and JSON shapes. A separate reference explains target thresholds and the TTI params (`frameRate.*`, `device.*`, `network.*`) so you can tell a slow-but-smooth startup from main-thread contention.

EAS Observe is a paid Expo service. The free EAS plan allows up to 10,000 monthly active users with a limited feature set; higher usage needs a subscription. The native library is not in Expo Go, so a development or production build is required. The skill installs into Claude, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and OpenCode.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add expo/skills --skill eas-observe -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add expo/skills --skill eas-observe -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add expo/skills --skill eas-observe -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install expo/skills eas-observe
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add expo/skills --skill eas-observe -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/expo/skills --path plugins/expo/skills/eas-observe
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add expo/skills --skill eas-observe -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/expo/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/expo/skills/eas-observe/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add expo-observe to an Expo project and wrap the root layout
- mark the moment the app becomes interactive
- pull startup and navigation metrics from the terminal
- triage a slow startup by frame rate, device or network
- log custom events and report errors

## Example prompts
- Add expo-observe to my project and wrap the root layout
- Show me startup metrics for the last session with `eas observe:metrics-summary`
- Why is TTI slow on some devices? Break down the frameRate and network params

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: eas-observe
description: Use for anything related to EAS Observe - adding `expo-observe` to an Expo project (AppMetricsRoot/ObserveRoot HOC, markInteractive and ObserveInteractiveMarker, the useObserve hook, the Expo Router / React Navigation integrations for per-route metrics, user-defined events via `Observe.logEvent`, error reporting via ObserveErrorBoundary and `Observe.reportError`, native crash reporting, source map upload for symbolicated stack traces, and runtime config such as sampleRate and dispatchInDebug), querying via the EAS CLI (`eas observe:metrics-summary`, `observe:metrics`, `observe:routes`, `observe:events`, `observe:session`, `observe:versions`, `observe:errors`, `observe:event`), interpreting the resulting metrics (cold/warm launch, TTR, TTI, navigation cold/warm TTR, update download, and the TTI frameRate/device/network params for triaging slow startups), or shipping an Observe integration inside a third-party package.
version: 1.2.1
license: MIT
---

# EAS Observe

> **EAS service - costs apply.** EAS Observe is an Expo Application Services product. The free EAS plan allows up to 10,000 monthly active users, with a limited set of features; higher usage requires a paid subscription. For details, see https://expo.dev/pricing#plan-features.

EAS Observe tracks startup, navigation, and custom-event performance from production Expo apps, and records JavaScript errors and native crashes. It needs a development or production build — the native library is not in Expo Go.

> **Source of truth:** https://docs.expo.dev/eas/observe/ — always consult the canonical docs when API details matter, especially get-started, configuration, integrations, and the metrics reference. EAS Observe is evolving; this skill's references are written to stay accurate but may lag the docs.

## Which reference to read

The four reference files in `./references/` cover what people typically need this skill for:

- **Adding EAS Observe to a project** → [`./references/setup.md`](./references/setup.md). Install, wrap the root layout (`AppMetricsRoot` on SDK 55, `ObserveRoot` on SDK 56+), mark the app interactive (global `markInteractive()` on SDK 55, the `useObserve()` hook or `<ObserveInteractiveMarker />` on SDK 56+), optional per-route navigation metrics through the Expo Router / React Navigation integrations, user-defined events via `Observe.logEvent` (SDK 56+), error reporting, and runtime configuration (sampling, dispatch, environments, custom endpoint).
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