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observability-edot-dotnet-instrument

Instrument a .NET application with the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry (EDOT) .NET SDK for automatic tracing, metrics, and logs. Use when adding observability to a .NET service that has no existing APM agent.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/elastic/agent-skills --skill observability-edot-dotnet-instrument
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads observability-edot-dotnet-instrument automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    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.

EDOT .NET Instrumentation

Read the setup guide before making changes:

Guidelines

  1. Add NuGet packages: Elastic.OpenTelemetry and OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore (for ASP.NET Core apps)
  2. Register EDOT in startup: call builder.AddElasticOpenTelemetry() on the IHostApplicationBuilder (in Program.cs or equivalent). Without this, no telemetry is collected
  3. Set exactly three required environment variables:
    • OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
    • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT — must be the managed OTLP endpoint or EDOT Collector URL. Never use an APM Server URL (no apm-server, no :8200, no /intake/v2/events)
    • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS — "Authorization=ApiKey <key>" or "Authorization=Bearer <token>"
  4. Do NOT set OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, or OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER — the defaults are already correct
  5. Do NOT manually configure TracerProvider or MeterProvider — AddElasticOpenTelemetry() handles everything
  6. Never run both classic Elastic APM agent (Elastic.Apm.*) and EDOT on the same application

Examples

See the EDOT .NET setup guide for complete examples.

FAQ

What does the observability-edot-dotnet-instrument skill do?

Instrument a .NET application with the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry (EDOT) .NET SDK for automatic tracing, metrics, and logs. Use when adding observability to a .NET service that has no existing APM agent.

How do I install observability-edot-dotnet-instrument?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/elastic/agent-skills --skill observability-edot-dotnet-instrument 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/observability-edot-dotnet-instrument/ (personal) or .claude/skills/observability-edot-dotnet-instrument/ (project).

Which AI agents can use observability-edot-dotnet-instrument?

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 observability-edot-dotnet-instrument 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 observability-edot-dotnet-instrument?

It is published by elastic in elastic/agent-skills. It has 2,708 recorded installs.

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