otel Guide
OpenTelemetry instrumentation for the Copilot Chat extension — covers the four agent execution paths, the IOTelService abstraction, span/metric/event conventions, and the relationship between code and the user/developer monitoring docs. Use when adding/changing OTel spans, metrics, or events; instrumenting a new agent surface; touching the Copilot CLI bridge or Claude span emission; or updating `extensions/copilot/docs/monitoring/agent_monitoring*.md`.
When to use otel
OpenTelemetry instrumentation for the Copilot Chat extension — covers the four agent execution paths, the IOTelService abstraction, span/metric/event conventions, and the relationship between code and the user/developer monitoring docs. Use when adding/changing OTel spans, metrics, or events; instrumenting a new agent surface; touching the Copilot CLI bridge or Claude span emission; or updating `extensions/copilot/docs/monitoring/agent_monitoring*.md`.
How to use otel
otel is a Claude skill in the SKILL.md format. Add it to your Claude environment from the source repository below, then it activates as a user-invocable skill when your task matches its description.