
prometheus-grafana
Set up metrics collection and visualization with Prometheus and Grafana. Configure scrape targets, create PromQL queries, build dashboards, and implement alerting. Use when implementing monitoring, metrics collection, or visualization for applications and infrastructure.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills --skill prometheus-grafana- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads prometheus-grafana automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Prometheus & Grafana
Collect metrics and visualize system performance with the Prometheus-Grafana stack.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Setting up metrics collection infrastructure
- Creating monitoring dashboards
- Writing PromQL queries for analysis
- Configuring alerting rules
- Monitoring Kubernetes clusters
Prerequisites
- Docker or Kubernetes for deployment
- Network access to monitored targets
- Basic understanding of metrics concepts
Prometheus Setup
Docker Deployment
# docker-compose.yml
version: '3.8'
services:
prometheus:
image: prom/prometheus:v2.48.0
ports:
- "9090:9090"
volumes:
- ./prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
- ./rules:/etc/prometheus/rules
- prometheus-data:/prometheus
command:
- '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
- '--storage.tsdb.path=/prometheus'
- '--storage.tsdb.retention.time=15d'
grafana:
image: grafana/grafana:10.2.0
ports:
- "3000:3000"
volumes:
- grafana-data:/var/lib/grafana
environment:
- GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
volumes:
prometheus-data:
grafana-data:
Configuration
# prometheus.yml
global:
scrape_interval: 15s
evaluation_interval: 15s
alerting:
alertmanagers:
- static_configs:
- targets:
- alertmanager:9093
rule_files:
- /etc/prometheus/rules/*.yml
scrape_configs:
- job_name: 'prometheus'
static_configs:
- targets: ['localhost:9090']
- job_name: 'node'
static_configs:
- targets:
- 'node-exporter:9100'
- job_name: 'applications'
static_configs:
- targets:
- 'app1:8080'
- 'app2:8080'
metrics_path: /metrics
Kubernetes Deployment
Using Helm
# Add Prometheus community Helm repo
helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
# Install kube-prometheus-stack
helm install prometheus prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack \
--namespace monitoring \
--create-namespace \
--set grafana.adminPassword=admin
ServiceMonitor
apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
kind: ServiceMonitor
metadata:
name: myapp
namespace: monitoring
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: myapp
endpoints:
- port: metrics
interval: 30s
path: /metrics
namespaceSelector:
matchNames:
- default
PromQL Queries
Basic Queries
# Current CPU usage
node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}
# Rate of HTTP requests per second
rate(http_requests_total[5m])
# Average response time
avg(http_request_duration_seconds_sum / http_request_duration_seconds_count)
# Memory usage percentage
(1 - (node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes / node_memory_MemTotal_bytes)) * 100
Aggregations
# Sum requests by status code
sum by (status_code) (rate(http_requests_total[5m]))
# Average CPU by instance
avg by (instance) (rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode!="idle"}[5m]))
# Top 5 endpoints by request count
topk(5, sum by (endpoint) (rate(http_requests_total[5m])))
# 95th percentile latency
histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m]))
Time-Based Queries
# Compare to 1 hour ago
http_requests_total - http_requests_total offset 1h
# Predict disk space in 4 hours
predict_linear(node_filesystem_avail_bytes[1h], 4 * 3600)
# Changes in last 5 minutes
changes(up[5m])
# Average over 24 hours
avg_over_time(http_requests_total[24h])
Alerting Rules
# rules/alerts.yml
groups:
- name: application
rules:
- alert: HighErrorRate
expr: |
sum(rate(http_requests_total{status=~"5.."}[5m]))
/ sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m])) > 0.05
for: 5m
labels:
severity: critical
annotations:
summary: "High error rate detected"
description: "Error rate is {{ $value | humanizePercentage }}"
- alert: ServiceDown
expr: up == 0
for: 1m
labels:
severity: critical
annotations:
summary: "Service {{ $labels.instance }} is down"
- alert: HighMemoryUsage
expr: |
(1 - (node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes / node_memory_MemTotal_bytes)) > 0.9
for: 5m
labels:
severity: warning
annotations:
summary: "High memory usage on {{ $labels.instance }}"
description: "Memory usage is {{ $value | humanizePercentage }}"
- alert: DiskSpaceLow
expr: |
(node_filesystem_avail_bytes{mountpoint="/"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes{mountpoint="/"}) < 0.1
for: 5m
labels:
severity: warning
annotations:
summary: "Disk space low on {{ $labels.instance }}"
Alertmanager
# alertmanager.yml
global:
resolve_timeout: 5m
slack_api_url: 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxx'
route:
receiver: 'slack-notifications'
group_by: ['alertname', 'severity']
group_wait: 30s
group_interval: 5m
repeat_interval: 4h
routes:
- match:
severity: critical
receiver: 'pagerduty'
receivers:
- name: 'slack-notifications'
slack_configs:
- channel: '#alerts'
send_resolved: true
title: '{{ .Status | toUpper }}: {{ .CommonAnnotations.summary }}'
text: '{{ .CommonAnnotations.description }}'
- name: 'pagerduty'
pagerduty_configs:
- service_key: 'xxx'
severity: critical
Grafana Dashboards
Dashboard JSON Structure
{
"dashboard": {
"title": "Application Metrics",
"panels": [
{
"title": "Request Rate",
"type": "graph",
"targets": [
{
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m])) by (status_code)",
"legendFormat": "{{ status_code }}"
}
],
"gridPos": {"x": 0, "y": 0, "w": 12, "h": 8}
},
{
"title": "Latency P95",
"type": "gauge",
"targets": [
{
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m]))"
}
],
"gridPos": {"x": 12, "y": 0, "w": 6, "h": 8}
}
]
}
}
Provisioning Dashboards
# grafana/provisioning/dashboards/dashboards.yml
apiVersion: 1
providers:
- name: 'default'
orgId: 1
folder: ''
type: file
disableDeletion: false
updateIntervalSeconds: 30
options:
path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
Data Source Provisioning
# grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml
apiVersion: 1
datasources:
- name: Prometheus
type: prometheus
access: proxy
url: http://prometheus:9090
isDefault: true
editable: false
Recording Rules
# rules/recording.yml
groups:
- name: aggregations
interval: 30s
rules:
- record: job:http_requests:rate5m
expr: sum by (job) (rate(http_requests_total[5m]))
- record: instance:node_cpu:avg_rate5m
expr: |
avg by (instance) (
rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode!="idle"}[5m])
)
- record: job:http_latency:p95
expr: |
histogram_quantile(0.95,
sum by (job, le) (rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m]))
)
Application Instrumentation
Go Application
import (
"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
)
var httpRequests = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
prometheus.CounterOpts{
Name: "http_requests_total",
Help: "Total HTTP requests",
},
[]string{"method", "endpoint", "status"},
)
func init() {
prometheus.MustRegister(httpRequests)
}
// Expose metrics endpoint
http.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.Handler())
Node.js Application
const client = require('prom-client');
const httpRequests = new client.Counter({
name: 'http_requests_total',
help: 'Total HTTP requests',
labelNames: ['method', 'endpoint', 'status']
});
// Middleware
app.use((req, res, next) => {
res.on('finish', () => {
httpRequests.inc({
method: req.method,
endpoint: req.path,
status: res.statusCode
});
});
next();
});
// Expose metrics
app.get('/metrics', async (req, res) => {
res.set('Content-Type', client.register.contentType);
res.end(await client.register.metrics());
});
Common Issues
Issue: Targets Not Discovered
Problem: Prometheus not scraping targets Solution: Check network connectivity, verify target labels
Issue: High Memory Usage
Problem: Prometheus using excessive memory Solution: Reduce retention, use recording rules, limit cardinality
Issue: Slow Queries
Problem: PromQL queries timing out Solution: Use recording rules, limit time ranges, optimize queries
Issue: Missing Data Points
Problem: Gaps in metrics data Solution: Check scrape interval, verify target availability
Best Practices
- Use recording rules for frequently-used queries
- Limit label cardinality to prevent memory issues
- Set appropriate retention based on storage capacity
- Use histogram metrics for latency measurement
- Implement proper alerting thresholds
- Version control dashboards as code
- Use federation for large-scale deployments
- Regularly review and prune unused metrics
Related Skills
- alerting-oncall - Alert management
- loki-logging - Log aggregation
- kubernetes-ops - K8s monitoring
FAQ
What does the prometheus-grafana skill do?
Set up metrics collection and visualization with Prometheus and Grafana. Configure scrape targets, create PromQL queries, build dashboards, and implement alerting. Use when implementing monitoring, metrics collection, or visualization for applications and infrastructure.
How do I install prometheus-grafana?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills --skill prometheus-grafana in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/prometheus-grafana/ (personal) or .claude/skills/prometheus-grafana/ (project).
Which AI agents can use prometheus-grafana?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is prometheus-grafana safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains prometheus-grafana?
It is published by bagelhole in bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills. It has 453 recorded installs.
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