otel-instrumentation
Provides guidance on OpenTelemetry SDK setup, custom instrumentation, and sending data to Honeycomb. Trigger phrases: "instrument my app", "add tracing", "set up OpenTelemetry", "configure OTel", "add custom spans", "add attributes to spans", "send traces to Honeycomb", "set up OTLP", "configure sampling", "add span events", "add span links", "set up tracing for [any language]", "configure the OTel Collector", or any request about OpenTelemetry SDK setup, custom instrumentation, or sending data to Honeycomb.
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Security
1 medium severity finding. This skill can be installed but you should review these findings before use.
W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent)
What this means
The skill fetches instructions or code from an external URL at runtime, and the fetched content directly controls the agent’s prompts or executes code. This dynamic dependency allows the external source to modify the agent’s behavior without any changes to the skill itself.
Why it was flagged
Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The Java agent download URL (https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/latest/download/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar) is explicitly fetched via curl and then executed with -javaagent in the runtime startup example, meaning remote code is downloaded and run—constituting a runtime-executed external dependency.
- Repository
- honeycombio/agent-skill
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- Security analysis
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