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appinsights-instrumentation

Guidance for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights. Provides telemetry patterns, SDK setup, and configuration references. WHEN: how to instrument app, App Insights SDK, telemetry patterns, what is App Insights, Application Insights guidance, instrumentation examples, APM best practices.

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Quality

73%

Does it follow best practices?

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SKILL.md
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Content

57%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This skill is well-structured as a routing/overview document with strong progressive disclosure, pointing to language-specific and platform-specific guides. However, it lacks concrete executable examples in the main body and is missing validation/verification steps for what is essentially a multi-step infrastructure + code modification workflow. The content could be tightened by removing redundant routing guidance and adding at least one verification checkpoint.

Suggestions

Add a verification step after instrumentation (e.g., 'Verify telemetry is flowing: check the App Insights Live Metrics blade or run a test request and confirm it appears in Transaction Search within 5 minutes').

Include at least one minimal concrete code snippet or CLI command inline (e.g., the Azure CLI command to create an App Insights resource) rather than deferring everything to referenced files.

Consolidate the 'When to Use This Skill' and 'When to Use azure-prepare Instead' sections into a single compact routing table or merge with the callout box to reduce token usage.

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Conciseness

Generally efficient but includes some unnecessary sections like 'When to Use This Skill' vs 'When to Use azure-prepare Instead' which could be condensed. The 'Collect context information' section explains things Claude could infer. The callout box and routing guidance are useful but slightly verbose.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides structured guidance and references to specific files (bicep templates, scripts, language-specific guides), but the SKILL.md itself contains no executable code or concrete commands. All actionable content is deferred to referenced files which were not provided for verification. The 'Collect context information' section is procedural but vague ('make an educated guess').

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The workflow has a reasonable sequence (collect context → decide auto vs manual → create resource → modify code) but lacks explicit validation checkpoints. For an instrumentation task that modifies infrastructure and application code, there are no verification steps (e.g., confirm telemetry is flowing, validate Bicep deployment, test SDK integration). This caps the score at 2.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Excellent progressive disclosure structure. The SKILL.md serves as a clear overview/router that points to well-organized, one-level-deep references: auto.md, aspnetcore.md, nodejs.md, python.md, SDK references, platform guides, bicep examples, and scripts. Navigation is clearly signaled with descriptive links organized by category.

3 / 3

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Description

89%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This is a solid skill description that clearly identifies its niche (Azure Application Insights instrumentation) and provides explicit trigger guidance via a WHEN clause. The main weakness is that the 'what' portion could be more specific about concrete actions beyond general categories like 'telemetry patterns' and 'SDK setup'. Overall it performs well across all dimensions.

Suggestions

Enhance specificity by listing more concrete actions, e.g., 'configure custom metrics, set up distributed tracing, add exception tracking, configure sampling and filtering'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (Azure Application Insights) and some actions (telemetry patterns, SDK setup, configuration references), but doesn't list multiple concrete actions like 'configure custom metrics, set up distributed tracing, add exception tracking'.

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (guidance for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights, telemetry patterns, SDK setup, configuration references) and 'when' (explicit WHEN clause with trigger terms like 'how to instrument app', 'App Insights SDK', etc.).

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Good coverage of natural terms users would say: 'instrument app', 'App Insights SDK', 'telemetry patterns', 'Application Insights', 'instrumentation examples', 'APM best practices'. These are terms users would naturally use when seeking this guidance.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Highly specific niche targeting Azure Application Insights instrumentation. The trigger terms are distinct and unlikely to conflict with other skills, as they reference a specific product and domain (APM/telemetry).

3 / 3

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11

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation11 / 11 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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