| name | otel-python |
| description | OpenTelemetry in Python — SDK setup, declarative config, zero-code instrumentation (opentelemetry-instrument, opentelemetry-distro), contrib auto-instrumentation, manual API, performance tuning, breaking changes. Use when configuring or troubleshooting OpenTelemetry in a Python service. Triggers on "setup otel in python", "python telemetry", "python tracing", "opentelemetry-instrument", "opentelemetry-distro", "TracerProvider python", "MeterProvider python", "FastAPI/Flask/Django otel", "python logging bridge". |
OpenTelemetry in Python
Entry point for OpenTelemetry mechanics in Python services. Load a reference below based on
the task; each reference is self-contained.
References
| File | Use when |
|---|
references/declarative-setup.md | Configuring the SDK via declarative YAML (opentelemetry.sdk._configuration.file): load_config_file, configure_sdk, file_format, env substitution, OTEL_CONFIG_FILE and programmatic activation. |
references/api.md | Import paths, global API access, tracer/meter/logger usage, attributes, propagation, the Python logging bridge (LoggingHandler). |
references/instrumentation-libraries.md | Zero-code (opentelemetry-distro, opentelemetry-bootstrap, opentelemetry-instrument), the contrib catalog, and manual instrumentation following semconv. |
references/performance.md | Tuning sampling, batch span processor, periodic metric reader, views, asyncio context, exporters, graceful shutdown. |
references/breaking-changes.md | Auditing existing code for deprecated/renamed APIs and semconv changes across recent SDK/contrib releases. |
Sources of Truth
For YAML schema details, fetch the upstream sources listed in the otel-declarative-config skill.
For Python-specific facts:
| Fact | Fetch |
|---|
Latest opentelemetry-sdk / opentelemetry-api | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-sdk/json (.info.version) |
Latest opentelemetry-distro | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-distro/json |
Latest opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg> (contrib) | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg>/json |
| Latest OTLP exporter | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp/json |
| Declarative config support (released 1.43.0 overview) | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.43.0/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/README.md |
Declarative config vendored schema (released 1.43.0 parser-accepted file_format) | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.43.0/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/schema.json |
| SDK CHANGELOG | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/main/CHANGELOG.md |
| Contrib CHANGELOG | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/main/CHANGELOG.md |
| Python getting-started docs | WebFetch https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/python/getting-started/ |
Cross-References
- Schema-level facts:
otel-declarative-config skill (language-agnostic YAML schema sources).
- SDK version selection across languages:
otel-sdk-versions skill.
- Semantic conventions lookup:
otel-semantic-conventions skill.
