azure-observability
Query metrics, logs, and traces across Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.
What it does
- azuremonitor with command monitormetricsquery - Query metrics
- azuremonitor with command monitorlogsquery - Query logs with KQL
- azureapplicationinsights with command applicationinsightscomponentlist - List App Insights resources
- azurekusto with command kustoclusterlist - List clusters
- azurekusto with command kustoquery - Execute KQL queries
- OpenTelemetry: Python | TypeScript | Python Exporter
- Monitor Query: Python | Java
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
Query metrics, logs, and traces across Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.
Source
Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills
azure-observability FAQ
What does the azure-observability skill do?
Azure Observability Services including Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Alerts, and Workbooks. Provides metrics, APM, distributed tracing, KQL queries, and interactive reports. USE FOR: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Alerts, Workbooks, metrics, APM, distributed tracing, KQL queries, interactive reports, observability, monitoring dashboards. DO NOT USE FOR: instrumenting apps with App Insights SDK (use appinsights-instrumentation), querying Kusto/ADX clusters (use azure-kusto), cost analysis (use azure-cost-optimization). azuremonitor with command monitormetricsquery - Query metrics azuremonitor with command monitorlogsquery - Query logs with KQL
How do I install azure-observability?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-observability --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/microsoft/azure-skills.
Maintain azure-observability?
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-azure-observability?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/microsoft-azure-skills-azure-observability The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.