distributed-tracing

Implement distributed tracing with Jaeger and Tempo to track requests across microservices and identify performance bottlenecks. Use when debugging microservices, analyzing request flows, or implementing observability for distributed systems.

1.16x

Quality

68%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

99%

1.16x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Advisory

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Evaluation results

98%

10%

Instrument a Flask E-Commerce API with Distributed Tracing

Python Flask OpenTelemetry instrumentation

Criteria

Without context

With context

Jaeger thrift exporter import

100%

BatchSpanProcessor used

100%

TracerProvider with Resource

100%

FlaskInstrumentor applied

100%

JaegerExporter agent config

100%

Span attributes set

100%

Context propagation inject

100%

Child span for downstream call

100%

tracer_provider registered globally

100%

requirements.txt present

83%

100%

32%

Add Distributed Tracing to a Node.js Notification Service

Node.js Express OpenTelemetry instrumentation

Criteria

Without context

With context

NodeTracerProvider used

25%

100%

JaegerExporter from correct package

100%

JaegerExporter endpoint config

100%

BatchSpanProcessor used

50%

100%

registerInstrumentations called

30%

100%

HttpInstrumentation included

70%

100%

ExpressInstrumentation included

70%

100%

Context propagation inject

100%

service.name set in resource

100%

package.json present

40%

100%

Configure Production-Ready Tracing for a High-Traffic Payment Service

Sampling strategies and log correlation

Criteria

Without context

With context

ParentBased sampler used

100%

Sampling rate 1-10%

100%

Trace ID in logs

100%

trace_id 032x format

100%

Meaningful identifiers as attributes

100%

Span event added

100%

Exception recorded on span

100%

get_span_context used

100%

Sampler passed to TracerProvider

100%

README sampling rationale

100%

Repository: wshobson/agents
Commit: 91fe43e

Evaluated: 27 days ago
Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Table of Contents

Instrument a Flask E-Commerce API with Distributed Tracing Add Distributed Tracing to a Node.js Notification Service Configure Production-Ready Tracing for a High-Traffic Payment Service

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