| name | kiss-observability-plan |
| description | Drafts the observability plan — logs, metrics, traces, SLIs/SLOs, alerts, dashboards. Produces a design doc + starter dashboard/alert YAML. Does not provision monitoring. Use when setting up monitoring for a project, defining SLOs/SLIs, or planning alerting and observability strategy. |
| compatibility | Requires kiss project structure with .kiss/ directory |
| metadata | {"author":"github-kiss","source":"agent-skills/kiss-observability-plan/kiss-observability-plan.md"} |
User Input
$ARGUMENTS
Audience and tone (interactive mode)
When KISS_AGENT_MODE=interactive (the default), assume the user
has limited technical background and limited domain knowledge
— they may know basics but lack deep expertise in this skill's
area. Run this skill as a guided questionnaire:
- One question at a time. No walls of questions.
- Yes / no first. Phrase so
yes, no, not sure, or skip
is a valid answer.
- Translate jargon, don't strip it. Use the technical term but
always pair it with a plain-English gloss the first time it
appears.
- Choices, not blank fields. When yes/no isn't enough, offer
2-4 lettered options (A/B/C/D) with one-line plain-language
descriptions of the trade-off. Always include "Not sure — pick
a sensible default".
- Always recommend. State the option you would pick and why in
one sentence so the user can reply "yes" / "ok" to accept. Pull
defaults from upstream artefacts (spec, architecture, ADRs,
standards) before asking blank.
- Show, don't ask. When upstream artefacts already imply an
answer, propose it as a pre-filled finding and ask for a
yes / no confirmation rather than asking the user to fill in a
blank.
not sure / skip triggers a sensible default, marked
"(default applied — confirm later)" in the artefact, and a debt
entry in this skill's debt file.
When KISS_AGENT_MODE=auto (or --auto), skip the questionnaire
entirely: apply sensible defaults from upstream artefacts and log
decisions to the parent agent's decision log.
Inputs
.kiss/context.yml{context.paths.docs}/architecture/intake.md (SLA){context.paths.docs}/architecture/c4-container.md
Outputs
{context.paths.docs}/operations/monitoring.mdassets/alerts.sample.yml — alert rules starterassets/dashboard.sample.json — dashboard starter
Context Update
Does not mutate .kiss/context.yml.
Handoffs
kiss-deployment reads SLI/SLO to set deploy-time canary bake.kiss-cicd reads alert definitions to wire post-deploy checks.
AI authoring scope
Does: design three pillars (logs / metrics / traces), propose
SLIs (request latency, error rate, saturation, duration) + SLOs
aligned with the intake SLA, draft alert thresholds.
Does not: provision dashboards or alerts; page on-call;
modify infra.
Usage
<SKILL_DIR> = the integration's skills root (e.g. .claude/skills/
for Claude Code, .agents/skills/ for Antigravity / Codex,
.cursor/skills/ for Cursor, .windsurf/workflows/ for Windsurf).
Scripts live at <SKILL_DIR>/<skill-name>/scripts/….
MON_STACK=otel bash <SKILL_DIR>/kiss-observability-plan/scripts/bash/draft-monitoring.sh --auto
Answer keys
| Key | Default |
|---|
MON_STACK (otel/datadog/newrelic/cloudwatch/prometheus-grafana) | otel |
MON_SLO_AVAILABILITY | 99.9 |
MON_SLO_P95_MS | 300 |
