opentelemetry

name	opentelemetry
description	OpenTelemetry observability patterns: traces, metrics, logs, context propagation, OTLP export, Collector pipelines, and troubleshooting
version	1.0.0
category	universal
author	Claude MPM Team
license	MIT
progressive_disclosure	{"entry_point":{"summary":"Instrument services with OpenTelemetry and export OTLP traces/metrics/logs through a Collector for correlation and troubleshooting","when_to_use":"When building production observability, adding tracing to distributed systems, or standardizing telemetry across languages","quick_start":"1. Set service.name 2. Add auto-instrumentation 3. Export OTLP 4. Deploy Collector 5. Correlate logs with trace IDs"},"token_estimate":{"entry":150,"full":9000}}
context_limit	900
tags	["observability","opentelemetry","tracing","metrics","logs","otlp"]
requires_tools	[]

OpenTelemetry

Quick Start (signal design)

• Export OTLP via an OpenTelemetry Collector (vendor-neutral endpoint).
• Standardize resource attributes: service.name, service.version, deployment.environment.
• Start with auto-instrumentation, then add manual spans and log correlation.

Load Next (References)

• references/concepts.md — traces/metrics/logs, context propagation, sampling, semantic conventions
• references/collector-and-otlp.md — Collector pipelines, processors, deployment patterns, tail sampling
• references/instrumentation-and-troubleshooting.md — manual spans, propagation pitfalls, cardinality, debugging