Agent skill · data analytics · aiskillstore
azure-observability
Azure Observability Services including Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Alerts, and Workbooks. Provides metrics, APM, distributed tracing, KQL queries, and interactive reports.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific KQL query patterns and CLI commands for Azure Observability that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires azure account access. About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Azure Observability Services Services Service Use When MCP Tools CLI --------- ---------- ----------- ----- Azure Monitor Metrics, alerts, dashboards azuremonitor az monitor Application Insights APM, distributed tracing azureapplicationinsights az monitor app-insights Log Analytics Log queries, KQL azurekusto az monitor log-analytics Alerts Notifications, actions - az monitor alert Workbooks Interactive reports azureworkbooks - MCP Server (Preferred) When Azure MCP is enabled: Monitor azuremonitor with command monitormetricsquery - Query metrics azuremonitor with command monitorlogsquery - Query logs with KQL Application Insights azureapplicationinsights with command applicationinsightscomponentlist - List App Insights resources Log Analytics azurekusto with command kustoclusterlist - List clusters azurekusto with command kustoquery - Execute KQL queries If Azure MCP is not enabled: Run /azure:setup or enable via /mcp. CLI Reference Common KQL Queries Monitoring Strategy What to Monitor Service Metric/Log ----------------- --------- ------------ Application errors App Insights Exceptions, failed requests Performance App Insights Response time, dependencies Infrastructure Azure Monitor CPU, memory, disk Security Log Analytics Sign-ins, audit logs Costs Cost Management Budget alerts SDK Quick References For programmatic access to monitoring services, see the condensed SDK guides: OpenTelemetry: Python TypeScript Python Exporter Monitor Query: Python Java Log Ingestion: Python Java App Insights Mgmt: .NET Service Details For deep documentation on specific services: Application Insights setup -> appinsights-instrumentation skill KQL query patterns -> Log Analytics KQL documentation Alert configuration -> Azure Monitor alerts documentation
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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