BD otel
OpenTelemetry guidance for VS Code agent experiences. Use when changing Agent Host telemetry, local Copilot Chat telemetry, provider-native spans or metrics, OTel settings and managed policy, trace persistence/export, or monitoring documentation.
A skill for OpenTelemetry guidance in VS Code agents: covers Agent Host telemetry, Copilot Chat, spans, metrics, and docs. Single file, 2631 tokens, no scripts. Grade B, quality score 75—middling. Never run on models or sandboxed. Broken references suggest links point nowhere or to deleted docs. No critical issues, but process score of 43 indicates gaps: either the instructions lack detail or structure is loose. Useful as reference material if you're actually tweaking OTel configs in VS Code; otherwise dead weight. Install only if you need it for that specific task.
OpenTelemetry guidance for VS Code agent experiences.
As a process D 43/100 · Unfinished process — References files that are not bundled: ../../../src/vs/platform/agentHost/OTEL.md, ../../../extensions/copilot/docs/monitoring/agent_monitoring.md
How to improve
- 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
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../../../src/vs/platform/agentHost/OTEL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../../../extensions/copilot/docs/monitoring/agent_monitoring.md - note
edit-residuethe text marks something as outdated (lines 17, 132, 183, 187): check that old rules are not kept next to new ones — the full check reads the text for contradictions
Process rating: all ten parameters 43/100
- 0Tools and files. 2 referenced file(s) missing: ../../../src/vs/platform/agentHost/OTEL.md, ../../../extensions/copilot/docs/monitoring/agent_monitoring.md
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 30Running it twice. 3 mutating operations with no state check
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 100Steps. 61 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2631 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
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 246: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 12 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 61 items
- +4Has examples (5 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 75.