OpenTelemetry in Python
SkillAI & modelsOpenTelemetry in Python — SDK setup, declarative config, zero-code instrumentation (opentelemetry-instrument, opentelemetry-distro), contrib auto-instrumentation, manual API, performance tuning, breaking changes. Use when configuring or troubleshooting OpenTelemetry in a Python service. Triggers on "setup otel in python", "python telemetry", "python tracing", "opentelemetry-instrument", "opentelemetry-distro", "TracerProvider python", "MeterProvider python", "FastAPI/Flask/Django otel", "python logging bridge".
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What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills in skills/otel-python/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Entry point for OpenTelemetry mechanics in Python services. Load a reference below based on the task; each reference is self-contained.
References
| File | Use when |
|---|---|
references/declarative-setup.md | Configuring the SDK via declarative YAML (opentelemetry-configuration / opentelemetry.configuration): load_config_file, configure_sdk, file_format, env substitution, OTEL_CONFIG_FILE and programmatic activation. |
references/api.md | Import paths, global API access, tracer/meter/logger usage, attributes, propagation, the Python logging bridge (LoggingHandler). |
references/instrumentation-libraries.md | Zero-code (opentelemetry-distro, opentelemetry-bootstrap, opentelemetry-instrument), the contrib catalog, and manual instrumentation following semconv. |
references/performance.md | Tuning sampling, batch span processor, periodic metric reader, views, asyncio context, exporters, graceful shutdown. |
references/breaking-changes.md | Auditing existing code for deprecated/renamed APIs and semconv changes across recent SDK/contrib releases. |
Sources of Truth
For YAML schema details, fetch the upstream sources listed in the otel-declarative-config skill.
For Python-specific facts:
| Fact | Fetch |
|---|---|
Latest opentelemetry-sdk / opentelemetry-api | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-sdk/json (.info.version) |
Latest opentelemetry-configuration | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-configuration/json |
Latest opentelemetry-distro | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-distro/json |
Latest opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg> (contrib) | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg>/json |
| Latest OTLP exporter | WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp/json |
| Declarative config support (released 1.44.0 overview) | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/opentelemetry-configuration/README.rst |
| Declarative config vendored schema (released 1.44.0) | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/schema.json |
| SDK CHANGELOG through 1.44.0 | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/CHANGELOG.md |
| Contrib CHANGELOG through 0.65b0 | WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/v0.65b0/CHANGELOG.md |
| Python getting-started docs | WebFetch https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/python/getting-started/ |
Cross-References
- Schema-level facts:
otel-declarative-configskill (language-agnostic YAML schema sources). - SDK version selection across languages:
otel-sdk-versionsskill. - Semantic conventions lookup:
otel-semantic-conventionsskill.
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- Forks
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- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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