# otel-weaver

Guides OpenTelemetry Weaver registry authoring, codegen, and CI validation. It replaces manual telemetry constants with schema-driven code.

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- 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-weaver/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
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## What it does

This skill guides agents through building OpenTelemetry Weaver registries with YAML manifests (`definition/2`), MiniJinja templates, and Rego policies. Teams replace hand-written constant files with schema definitions covering attributes, spans, metrics, and events. From there, Weaver generates target language bindings.

Workflows run through `weaver registry check --v2` and `generate`. Always format the generated code. Without tools like `gofmt`, `ruff`, or `prettier`, Jinja whitespace leaves stray blank lines that break CI diff checks.

Running `brew install weaver` pulls an unrelated Scribd package. Install official binaries from GitHub releases or run the `otel/weaver` Docker image instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- write OpenTelemetry registry manifests and definition/2 YAML files
- generate typed telemetry constants via MiniJinja templates
- set up CI gates using weaver registry check and schema diffing
- reference upstream semantic conventions using ref attributes

## Example prompts
- Draft a definition/2 YAML schema for internal billing events with an acme. prefix.
- Add a CI workflow step running weaver registry check --v2 and git diff --exit-code.
- Write a MiniJinja template for Go telemetry constants targeting weaver.yaml.

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---
name: otel-weaver
description: OpenTelemetry Weaver registry authoring, codegen, and CI enforcement. Use when adopting Weaver, authoring or reviewing a registry (manifest, attributes, metrics, spans, events), writing Jinja2 templates against the resolved schema, migrating hand-maintained telemetry constants, wiring `weaver registry check`/`generate`/`diff` into CI, or choosing a Weaver version for a semantic-conventions release.
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# OpenTelemetry Weaver

Use this skill when an organization wants to define its own semantic conventions on top of upstream OTel and generate language bindings from them.

Usage:
- pair with `otel-semantic-conventions` to decide which attributes already exist upstream and should not be redeclared in the local registry
- latest Weaver version: the `otel-sdk-versions` index if it lists Weaver, else <https://github.com/open-telemetry/weaver/releases>; `references/ci-integration.md` keeps a dated Weaver/semconv compatibility record for offline answers

If a companion skill is unavailable:
- do not stop
- do not rely on memory alone when the guidance can be checked from official sources
- consult the Weaver repo, `schemas/semconv-syntax.v2.md`, and `docs/usage.md` / `docs/validate.md`
- state which fallback you used and leave any unverified item unresolved

## Mental Model

Three moving parts:

1. **Registry** — directory of YAML files. `manifest.yaml` is required; its `schema_url` (OTel schema URL format, `http[s]://host/path/<version>`) both names the registry and carries its version in the final path segment. Dependency entries also require `schema_url` plus optional `registry_path`. The rest declare `attributes`, `metrics`, `spans`, `events`, `entities`. The version segment of `schema_url` is yours to manage; bump it on changes. (`semconv_version` and `schema_base_url` are deprecated in favor of `schema_url`; top-level `name` is not a v0.26.1 manifest field.)
2. **Templates** — directory of MiniJinja files (Jinja2-compatible, not full Jinja2 — auto-escaping is off by default since v0.22.0 and loop `break`/`continue` are supported) plus a `weaver.yaml` per target language describing which templates to run, with what filter, in what `application_mode`, and with what output filename.
3. **Policies** — Rego rules evaluated by the Regorus (OPA-compatible) engine, in four packages: `before_resolution` (raw parsed groups; unsupported and skipped with `--v2`), `after_resolution` (resolved registry), `comparison_after_resolution` (only when `--baseline-registry` is passed), and `live_check_advice` (per-sample during `live-check`). Built-in OTel policies are the floor; custom policies layer on org rules.

These three replace a hand-rolled `const.go` (or equivalent): const blocks become the registry, the act of writing them becomes codegen, and tribal knowledge becomes policies.

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