# otel-collector

Get help writing, reviewing, and debugging OpenTelemetry Collector component YAML. Useful when you need details about a particular receiver, processor, or exporter.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 116
- Author: ollygarden
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/otel-collector/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/otel-collector

## What it does

The skill helps look up component settings, defaults, validation rules, supported signals, stability, and implementation quirks. Its scope includes Collector receivers, processors, exporters, connectors, and extensions, along with component renames and pipeline wiring.

It directs the agent to component reference files for configuration details and verification recipes. Those recipes use `telemetrygen` with a `debug` or `file` exporter. Coverage is selective; for an unindexed component, the skill points to its upstream README. Alpha and Development components often change between releases, so check advice against the Collector version used in your project.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-collector -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-collector -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-collector -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-collector
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-collector -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --path skills/otel-collector
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills --skill otel-collector -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/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/otel-collector/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find valid YAML keys for a Collector component
- check component defaults and validation rules
- identify which signals a component supports
- understand a component rename
- review receiver settings and pipeline wiring

## Example prompts
- Review my `otlp` YAML settings and explain which options are valid.
- Check whether this processor supports the signals I need and identify its constraints.
- Review this Collector component config and suggest a verification recipe using `telemetrygen`.

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

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---
name: otel-collector
description: OpenTelemetry Collector component configuration. Use when authoring, reviewing, or debugging Collector YAML for a specific receiver, processor, exporter, connector, or extension — config keys, defaults, validation rules, signal support, stability levels, and component-level gotchas. Triggers on Collector component questions including receivers, processors, exporters, connectors, extensions, component renames, signal support, and pipeline wiring.
---

# OpenTelemetry Collector

This skill covers the configuration surface of individual OpenTelemetry Collector components. It targets [opentelemetry-collector](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector) and [opentelemetry-collector-contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib).

It does **not** cover OTTL expressions (see `otel-ottl`), declarative SDK configuration (`otel-declarative-config`), deploying the eBPF profiler or other profiles producers (`otel-profiles`), or end-to-end pipeline design choices. Reach for those skills when the question is about transformation language, SDK setup, or pipeline composition.

## Workflow

1. **Identify the component.** Find the `type` in the user's config or question (`log_dedup`, `interval`, `otlp`, …). Note that many components have been renamed to snake_case since v0.146.0 with deprecated aliases preserved — see [Recent renames](#recent-renames).
2. **Load the component page before answering.** If the component is in the [Component index](#component-index), always read `components/<type>/README.md` first — the top-level index is only a routing aid, not enough evidence for an answer. Follow its **Details** index to the smallest relevant file: read `configuration.md` for versioned keys, defaults, or validation; `quirks.md` for stability, availability, failure behavior, or migration traps; and the other detail files only as the question requires. Do not infer exact configuration or status from the summary row or memory.
3. **If the component is not indexed**, say so explicitly and fall back to the upstream README under `processor/<name>/`, `receiver/<name>/`, `exporter/<name>/`, `connector/<name>/`, or `extension/<name>/` in [opentelemetry-collector-contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib). Don't invent config keys from memory — Collector components evolve quickly.
4. **Apply Collector-wide conventions.** Named instances (`type/name`), stability levels, and pipeline placement rules in [Collector-wide conventions](#collector-wide-conventions) apply to every component.
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