appinsights-instrumentation
Guidance and reference material for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights.
What it does
- User asks how to instrument (guidance, patterns, examples)
- User needs SDK setup instructions
- azure-prepare invokes this skill during research phase
- User wants to understand App Insights concepts
- User says "add telemetry to my app"
- User says "add App Insights"
- User wants to modify their project
Requirements & configuration
- User needs SDK setup instructions
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
Guidance and reference material for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights.
Source
Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills
appinsights-instrumentation FAQ
What does the appinsights-instrumentation skill do?
Guidance for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights. Provides telemetry patterns, SDK setup, and configuration references. WHEN: how to instrument app, App Insights SDK, telemetry patterns, what is App Insights, Application Insights guidance, instrumentation examples, APM best practices. User asks how to instrument (guidance, patterns, examples) User needs SDK setup instructions
How do I install appinsights-instrumentation?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill appinsights-instrumentation --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/microsoft/azure-skills.
Maintain appinsights-instrumentation?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/microsoft-azure-skills-appinsights-instrumentation?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/microsoft-azure-skills-appinsights-instrumentation The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.
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