# planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation

Inspects a repo connected to PlanetScale and recommends an SQLCommenter-compatible package for tagging queries. Use it when queries in Insights and Traffic Control need to map back to code paths.

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- Author: planetscale
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/planetscale/skills/tree/HEAD/planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

The skill walks through the repository and identifies the language, framework, ORM, database adapter, migration tool, background jobs, routing, and whether the connection targets Vitess, Postgres, or both. Then it maps the detected stack to a package recommendation.

Rails gets `activerecord-sql_commenter` from PlanetScale, Laravel gets `spatie/laravel-sql-commenter`, Prisma projects get the first-party `@prisma/sqlcommenter` packages. If no maintained package fits, the skill recommends manual tagging at the database client boundary with URL-encoded, low-cardinality values.

It does not edit files or install dependencies without approval. The output lists the detected stack, current tagging state, recommended package, proposed tag schema, files likely to change, validation steps, and risks. The validation plan includes confirming comments survive the ORM, driver, and pooler, and that no secrets or PII leak into tags. For Postgres, Traffic Control must be able to match the intended tags.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install planetscale/skills planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/planetscale/skills --path planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add planetscale/skills --skill planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation -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/planetscale/skills/tree/HEAD/planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick an SQLCommenter package for the detected stack
- design a tag schema for query attribution
- spot files that need changes for instrumentation
- verify tags survive the pooler and reach Insights
- keep secrets and PII out of query comments

## Example prompts
- inspect this repo and recommend SQLCommenter instrumentation
- what tagging package fits this Rails project for PlanetScale
- check whether query comments survive the pooler on the way to Insights

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: planetscale-codebase-sqlcommenter-instrumentation
description: Inspect an application repository connected to PlanetScale and recommend SQLCommenter-compatible query tagging packages and conventions.
---

# Codebase SQLCommenter instrumentation

## Purpose

Inspect the application repository connected to PlanetScale and recommend the correct SQLCommenter-style instrumentation so PlanetScale Insights and Postgres Traffic Control can attribute queries to application code paths. Do not edit files or install dependencies without approval.

## Repository inspection

Identify:

- Language and framework.
- ORM or query builder.
- Database adapter.
- Migration tool.
- Background job system.
- Routing framework.
- Deployment metadata source, such as git SHA or release ID.
- Existing SQL comments, query tags, tracing, OpenTelemetry, or database middleware.
- PlanetScale connection configuration.
- Whether the repository connects to Vitess, Postgres, or both.

## Recommended package mapping

Use the most native maintained option for the detected stack.

### Ruby on Rails / ActiveRecord

Preferred for PlanetScale tag compatibility:

- `activerecord-sql_commenter` from PlanetScale when Rails query comments need SQLCommenter format for PlanetScale Query Insights.

Other options:

- Rails built-in query logs when sufficient and compatible with the target database/Insights behavior.
- `marginalia` for older Rails or when Basecamp-style ActiveRecord query attribution is already in use.
- `sqlcommenter_rails` where the project already uses the OpenTelemetry SQLCommenter ecosystem.

Recommend tags:

- `application`
- `controller`
- `action`
- `job`
- `route`
- `release_sha`

### Laravel / PHP

Preferred:

- `spatie/laravel-sql-commenter` for SQLCommenter-format comments compatible with PlanetScale Query Insights.

Recommend tags:

- `application`
- `route`
- `controller`
- `action`
- `job`
- `queue`
- `release_sha`

### Prisma / TypeScript / JavaScript

Preferred:

- Prisma’s first-party SQL comments packages when Prisma is detected:
  - `@prisma/sqlcommenter`
  - `@prisma/sqlcommenter-query-tags`
  - `@prisma/sqlcommenter-trace-context`
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