# loki-logging

A skill that walks your agent through Grafana Loki, Promtail and LogQL setup without leaving the editor.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 330 installs · ★ 1177
- Author: devops-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/devops/observability/loki-logging/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/loki-logging

## What it does

This skill covers log aggregation with Grafana Loki end to end. It ships a `docker-compose.yml` with Loki, Promtail and Grafana, plus `loki-config.yaml` and `promtail-config.yaml` you can adapt. For Kubernetes there is a Helm install of the `loki-stack` chart and a Promtail DaemonSet manifest.

The LogQL section starts with label selectors and line filters, then moves to JSON parsing, metric queries like `rate` and `count_over_time`, and aggregations such as `quantile_over_time` and `topk`. Promtail pipeline stages show how to parse JSON, pull fields out with a regex and promote them to labels.

You need Docker or Kubernetes, Grafana for visualization, and Promtail or another log shipper. The sample Loki config stores chunks on the filesystem with a 168h retention period, so check that against your own volume and retention needs before copying it into production.

## Requirements
- Works with: Kubernetes, Grafana

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill loki-logging -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill loki-logging -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill loki-logging -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills loki-logging
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill loki-logging -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --path devops/observability/loki-logging
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill loki-logging -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/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/devops/observability/loki-logging/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- stand up Loki and Promtail with Docker Compose
- write a LogQL query that counts errors per service
- collect Docker container logs and tag them with labels
- deploy the logging stack to Kubernetes with Helm
- parse JSON app logs and promote the level field to a label

## Example prompts
- Set up log collection in Kubernetes with Loki and Promtail
- Write a LogQL query showing the error rate over the last 5 minutes
- Add JSON parsing and a level label to the Promtail pipeline

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: loki-logging
description: Configure Grafana Loki for log aggregation and analysis. Set up Promtail for log collection, write LogQL queries, and integrate with Grafana for visualization. Use when implementing lightweight log aggregation, especially in Kubernetes environments.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: devops-skills
  version: "1.0"
---

# Grafana Loki

Aggregate and query logs with Grafana Loki, the Prometheus-inspired logging system.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Implementing cost-effective log aggregation
- Building logging for Kubernetes environments
- Integrating logs with Grafana dashboards
- Querying logs with label-based filtering
- Preferring lighter-weight alternative to ELK

## Prerequisites

- Docker or Kubernetes
- Grafana for visualization
- Promtail or other log shipper

## Architecture Overview

```
┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────┐     ┌──────────┐
│ Application │────▶│ Promtail │────▶│   Loki   │
└─────────────┘     └──────────┘     └──────────┘
                                          │
                                          ▼
                                     ┌──────────┐
                                     │ Grafana  │
                                     └──────────┘
```

## Docker Deployment

```yaml
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3.8'

services:
  loki:
    image: grafana/loki:2.9.0
    ports:
      - "3100:3100"
    volumes:
      - ./loki-config.yaml:/etc/loki/local-config.yaml
      - loki-data:/loki
    command: -config.file=/etc/loki/local-config.yaml

  promtail:
    image: grafana/promtail:2.9.0
    volumes:
      - ./promtail-config.yaml:/etc/promtail/config.yaml
      - /var/log:/var/log:ro
      - /var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers:ro
    command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/config.yaml

  grafana:
    image: grafana/grafana:10.2.0
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - grafana-data:/var/lib/grafana
      - ./grafana/provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning
    environment:
      - GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED=true
      - GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ORG_ROLE=Admin

volumes:
  loki-data:
  grafana-data:
```

## Loki Configuration

```yaml
# loki-config.yaml
auth_enabled: false

server:
  http_listen_port: 3100

common:
  path_prefix: /loki
  storage:
    filesystem:
      chunks_directory: /loki/chunks
      rules_directory: /loki/rules
  replication_factor: 1
  ring:
    kvstore:
      store: inmemory

schema_config:
  configs:
````
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