Overview
agent-observability is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by sickn33. Its author describes it as: “Instrument AI agents with tracing, token metrics, latency, and cost visibility. Use for reliability and debugging.”. The project has 47k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills`.
What agent-observability does
Monitor AI agent behavior with logs, traces, metrics, and cost telemetry. This skill covers the full observability stack for LLM-powered applications: from raw Prometheus counters to Grafana dashboards, OpenTelemetry tracing, structured logging, cost tracking, SLO definition, and PII redaction.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for agent-observability is organised into these sections:
- Core Metrics
- Latency
- Token Usage
- Cost
- Tool Calls
- Errors and Retries
- OpenTelemetry Integration
- Setup
- Tracing LLM Calls
- Tracing Tool Execution
- Propagating Trace Context Across Services
- Contents
Installation
Add agent-observability to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
- Cursor — declared in the repository topics
- Gemini CLI — declared in the repository topics
- Antigravity — declared in the repository topics
License
agent-observability is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, an established project with 46,693 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Antigravity
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 30 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does agent-observability do?
- Instrument AI agents with tracing, token metrics, latency, and cost visibility. Use for reliability and debugging.
- How do I install agent-observability?
- Run /plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills before installing.
- Is agent-observability free to use?
- Yes. agent-observability is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does agent-observability work with?
- agent-observability lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Antigravity — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does agent-observability come from?
- agent-observability ships inside sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository that contains 70 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 46,693 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.