SKILL.md
OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for Honeycomb
SDK setup, custom spans, attributes, span events, sampling, and layered telemetry. For conceptual foundations (why wide events matter, how attributes connect to investigation), see the observability-fundamentals skill.
OTLP Configuration and SDK Setup
Every OTel SDK needs these environment variables to send data to Honeycomb:
Required Environment Variables
Base configuration:
OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=your-service-name
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://api.honeycomb.io
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="x-honeycomb-team=YOUR_API_KEY"