prometheus-configuration
🎯SkillHelps you set up Prometheus, a tool that collects numbers about how your servers and apps are doing. It covers what to collect, how to store it, and how to set up alerts.
Installation
npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill prometheus-configurationRun it in a terminal; it asks which AI coding tools to install it for (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more).
Uses skills.sh · Node.js 22.20+
After installing
Ask for related work and the agent uses it on its own, or call it yourself.
/prometheus-configurationInstall by hand
Copy the whole skill folder from GitHub to the place below. Copying only SKILL.md can leave out files the skill uses.
Open the skill folder →- This project
.claude/skills/prometheus-configuration/ - All projects
~/.claude/skills/prometheus-configuration/
These paths are for Claude Code. For other tools, the command above puts it in the right place.
What this skill does
Overview
This skill guides your AI assistant in setting up Prometheus. Prometheus is a monitoring tool. It regularly collects measurements, called metrics, from your servers and apps so you can watch their health.
Key Features
- You can set up which servers and apps Prometheus collects data from.
- You can create saved calculations, called recording rules, so slow queries run faster.
- You can design alerts that warn you when something goes wrong.
- You can follow tested tips on naming, collection timing and how long to keep data.
- You can run simple commands to check that Prometheus is working.
Who is this for?
This is for developers and operations staff who want to watch their systems. It helps if you are new to Prometheus and want a solid starting setup.
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SKILL.md
View on GitHub →Set up Prometheus for comprehensive metric collection, storage, and monitoring of infrastructure and applications. Use when implementing metrics collection, setting up monitoring infrastructure, or configuring alerting systems.
Prometheus Configuration
Complete guide to Prometheus setup, metric collection, scrape configuration, and recording rules.
Purpose
Configure Prometheus for comprehensive metric collection, alerting, and monitoring of infrastructure and applications.
When to Use
- Set up Prometheus monitoring
- Configure metric scraping
- Create recording rules
- Design alert rules
- Implement service discovery
Detailed patterns and worked examples
Detailed pattern documentation lives in references/details.md. Read that file when the navigation tier above is insufficient.
Best Practices
- Use consistent naming for metrics (prefix_name_unit)
- Set appropriate scrape intervals (15-60s typical)
- Use recording rules for expensive queries
- Implement high availability (multiple Prometheus instances)
- Configure retention based on storage capacity
- Use relabeling for metric cleanup
- Monitor Prometheus itself
- Implement federation for large deployments
- Use Thanos/Cortex for long-term storage
- Document custom metrics
Troubleshooting
Check scrape targets:
curl http://localhost:9090/api/v1/targets
Check configuration:
curl http://localhost:9090/api/v1/status/config
Test query:
curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/v1/query?query=up'
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grafana-dashboards- For visualizationslo-implementation- For SLO monitoringdistributed-tracing- For request tracing
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