183-java-observability-tracing-opentelemetry SKILL.md skillA
183-java-observability-tracing-opentelemetry from jabrena/plinth is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jabrena/plinth/183-java-observability-tracing-opentelemetry@v0.19.0Pins v0.19.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jabrena/plinth
- Path
skills/183-java-observability-tracing-opentelemetry/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v0.19.0, committed Sep 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 29, 2026
- Size
- 3,369 bytes
- Repository stars
- 461
- License
- Apache-2.0
Use when you need to implement or improve distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry in Java — including trace/span modeling, context propagation, semantic conventions, span attributes/events/status, sampling strategy, baggage usage, privacy safeguards, and backend integration with OTLP collectors. This should trigger for requests such as Improve tracing; Apply OpenTelemetry tracing; Add distributed tracing; Refactor tracing instrumentation; Instrument Java services with OpenTelemetry spans. Part…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Java Distributed Tracing with OpenTelemetry Implement robust distributed tracing in Java with OpenTelemetry by modeling meaningful spans, preserving context propagation, and instrumenting critical business and infrastructure paths with low-overhead, privacy-safe telemetry. **What is covered in this Skill?** - OpenTelemetry tracing fundamentals for Java services - Span design: boundaries, parent/child relationships, and operation naming - Context propagation across HTTP, messaging, async tasks, and thread boundaries - Semantic conventions and stable attribute naming - Error/status/event recording best practices - Sampling strategy and performance/cost trade-offs - Privacy and security controls for trace attributes - Testing and verification of trace propagation and span correctness **Scope:** Distributed tracing quality in application and integration layers, focused on diagnosability, consistency, and operational safety. ## Constraints Tracing instrumentation must preserve context correctly and avoid leaking sensitive data. Over-instrumentation and high-cardinality attributes can harm cost and signal quality. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jabrena/plinth/183-java-observability-tracing-opentelemetry@sha256:ea02e369b82716baThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.19.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 29, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026, about one every 30 days.
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| v0.19.0 latest | 2026-09-26 | 9569c35 | 3,369 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.18.0 | 2026-08-01 | 26b0e71 | 3,369 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.17.0 | 2026-07-10 | aaee915 | 3,369 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.16.0 | 2026-06-15 | b73c9d3 | 3,277 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.15.0 | 2026-05-29 | a800339 | 3,277 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3369 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
jabrena/plinth · 461 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_24jwqedkopndrhoz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jabrena/plinth/183-java-observability-tracing-opentelemetry GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ea02e369b82716ba50044ff0bdde800c2b81d6b112cdaf108dbe728c2280da6e
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