newrelic-cli-skills

name	newrelic-cli-skills
version	1.0.3
description	Monitor, query, and manage New Relic observability data via the newrelic CLI. Covers NRQL queries, APM performance triage, deployment markers, alert policy and condition management, notification channel setup, infrastructure monitoring, and agent diagnostics. Use when user asks about application performance, error rates, slow transactions, deployment tracking, alert configuration, or New Relic setup.
metadata	{"openclaw":{"purpose":"New Relic observability skill for both read and targeted write workflows. Reads APM metrics, NRQL query results, alert policies/conditions, incidents, and infrastructure host data from the New Relic API. Write operations in this repo include deployment marker creation plus alert policy, condition, and notification channel creation; the alerts sub-skill also documents alert condition deletion. Helper scripts execute newrelic CLI commands only and should validate untrusted inputs before embedding them in NRQL.\n","requires":{"env":["NEW_RELIC_API_KEY","NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID"],"binaries":["newrelic"],"notes":"NEW_RELIC_API_KEY must be a User Key (starts with NRAK-).\nNEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID is the numeric account ID from the NR UI.\nSee README.md for CLI installation instructions.\nUse an API key scoped to the minimum required accounts.\n"}}}
tags	["newrelic","observability","apm","monitoring","performance","nrql"]

New Relic CLI Skills

Quick Decision Tree

Performance issue reported? → apm/SKILL.md Need to query data with NRQL? → nrql/SKILL.md Recording a deployment? → deployments/SKILL.md Alert management? → alerts/SKILL.md Infrastructure/host issues? → infrastructure/SKILL.md Agent not reporting? → diagnostics/SKILL.md

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Setup & Auth

# Install (manual or package manager)
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install newrelic-cli

# Or manually download a release archive from:
# https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/releases
# Extract it, place the `newrelic` binary on your PATH, then verify with:
newrelic --version

# Configure profile
newrelic profile add \
  --profile default \
  --apiKey $NEW_RELIC_API_KEY \
  --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --region US   # or EU

newrelic profile default --profile default

# Verify
newrelic profile list

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Common One-Liners

# Search for an entity by name
newrelic entity search --name "my-app"

# Run a NRQL query
newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName='my-app' SINCE 1 hour ago"

# Record a deployment
newrelic apm deployment create \
  --applicationId <APP_ID> \
  --revision "v1.2.3" \
  --description "Feature: user auth"

# Run diagnostics
newrelic diagnose run

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Entity Reference

Find entity GUIDs (needed for API calls and deployment markers):

# List all APM apps
newrelic entity search --name "" --type APPLICATION --domain APM

# Get specific entity details
newrelic entity get --guid <GUID>

# List all hosts
newrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST

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Environment Variables

Variable	Description
NEW_RELIC_API_KEY	User key (NRAK-...)
NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID	Numeric account ID
NEW_RELIC_REGION	US or EU

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Sub-Skills

Sub-skill	When to use
apm/	Performance triage, slow transactions, error analysis
nrql/	Custom queries, dashboards, ad-hoc data exploration
deployments/	Mark releases, correlate deploys with performance
alerts/	Alert policies, conditions, notification channels
infrastructure/	Host metrics, CPU/memory, process monitoring
diagnostics/	Agent health, config validation, connectivity

Scripts

Script	Purpose
scripts/check-performance.sh	Quick health check across all apps
scripts/deployment-marker.sh	Record a deployment event
scripts/top-slow-transactions.sh	Find the 10 slowest transactions
scripts/error-report.sh	Recent errors with stack traces

References

• references/nrql-patterns.md — Common NRQL query patterns
• references/performance-triage.md — Step-by-step triage guide