BF aws-observability
Builds, configures, debugs, and optimizes AWS observability with CloudWatch (Log Insights, Metrics, Alarms, Dashboards, EMF), X-Ray, CloudTrail, and ADOT (AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry), AND enables/onboards services to Application Signals using ADOT auto-instrumentation SDKs. Covers Log Insights queries, alarms (metric, composite, anomaly), dashboards, custom metrics/EMF, X-Ray tracing and sampling, ADOT collector config, CloudTrail auditing, and end-to-end Application Signals enablement via ADOT SDKs (CloudWatch Observability EKS add-on, CloudWatch Agent IAM, OTLP endpoints, ServiceEvents, Dynamic Instrumentation), breakpoint and snapshot in Dynamic Instrumentation, live data capture in running service, debug without redeploying. Applies to CloudWatch, alarms, dashboards, EMF, X-Ray, traces, CloudTrail, ADOT, monitoring, synthetics/canaries, OR enabling/onboarding/instrumenting a service for Application Signals. Not for app logging or security threat detection.
Builds, configures, debugs, and optimizes AWS observability with CloudWatch (Log Insights, Metrics, Alarms, Dashboards, EMF), X-Ray, CloudTrail, and ADOT (AWS…
As a process F 23/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: references/application-signals-onboarding.md, references/application-signals-cicd-metadata.md, references/appsignals-guides/eks-python.md
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when") - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/application-signals-onboarding.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/application-signals-cicd-metadata.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/appsignals-guides/eks-python.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/log-insights.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/alarms.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/metrics.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/tracing.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/dashboards.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/troubleshooting.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/synthetics.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/cloudtrail.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: assets/alarm-template.ts - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: assets/otel-config.yaml - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/dynamic-instrumentation.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/appsignals-guides/<platform>-<language>.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/appsignals-guides/ - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: scripts/di_instrumentation.py - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: scripts/di_snapshots.py
Process rating: all ten parameters 23/100
- 0Tools and files. 18 referenced file(s) missing: references/application-signals-onboarding.md, references/application-signals-cicd-metadata.md, references/appsignals-guides/eks-python.md
- 0Steps. Prose only: no discrete steps
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 30Running it twice. 8 mutating operations with no state check
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1362 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +3Description length 976: 120–800 characters recommended
- +3No numbered steps or checklist
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +4No input/output examples
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Description says when NOT to use the skill
- +4Structure: 4 headings
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 54.