{"slug":"otel-semantic-conventions","title":"otel-semantic-conventions","summary":"OpenTelemetry semantic convention lookup and naming guidance. Use when selecting released semantic convention groups, attributes, or span naming rules, when checking semantic convention compliance, or checking which semantic-conventions version a language SDK's semconv package ex","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T16:29:04.879063Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills","stars":111,"forks":13,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T08:07:28Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: otel-semantic-conventions\ndescription: OpenTelemetry semantic convention lookup and naming guidance. Use when selecting released semantic convention groups, attributes, or span naming rules, when checking semantic convention compliance, or checking which semantic-conventions version a language SDK's semconv package exposes.</h2>\n<h1>OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions</h1>\n<p>Use this skill when you need released semantic convention guidance for naming, attributes, or compliance checks.</p>\n<h2>Workflow</h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Start with released semantic conventions, not model memory.</li>\n</ol>\n<ul>\n<li>do not load the full semantic convention spec into context</li>\n<li>use the bundled lookup script to query only the needed released group or attribute</li>\n<li>for local verification against a checked-out upstream repo, set <code>OTEL_SEMCONV_REPO=/path/to/semantic-conventions</code></li>\n</ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Choose the closest released group before inventing custom keys.</li>\n</ol>\n<ul>\n<li>identify the boundary type such as <code>http</code>, <code>db</code>, <code>messaging</code>, <code>rpc</code>, or <code>network</code></li>\n<li>pick one primary group first, then add related groups only when they add needed context</li>\n<li>for <code>gen_ai.*</code>, OpenAI, or MCP conventions, use the dedicated OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic conventions repository; the core repository keeps only deprecated GenAI-era stubs after v1.42.0</li>\n<li>see <code>references/semconv-selection.md</code></li>\n<li>to target a version a language's semconv package actually exposes (works offline, dated), see <code>references/sdk-semconv-packages.md</code></li>\n</ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Query only the released guidance you need.</li>\n</ol>\n<ul>\n<li>list groups: <code>./scripts/query-otel-semantic-conventions.sh --groups</code></li>\n<li>inspect one group: <code>./scripts/query-otel-semantic-conventions.sh http</code></li>\n<li>inspect one kind: <code>./scripts/query-otel-semantic-conventions.sh http spans</code></li>\n<li>inspect one exact attribute or entry: <code>./scripts/query-otel-semantic-conventions.sh http http.request.method</code></li>\n<li>see <code>references/otel-semantic-conventions.md</code></li>\n<li>after changing the parser, run <code>OTEL_SEMCONV_REPO=/path/to/semantic-conventions bash ./scripts/test-query-otel-semantic-conventions.sh</code></li>\n</ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Apply the released naming and attribute rules directly.</li>\n</ol>\n<ul>\n<li>use required and recommended attributes before optional ones</li>\n<li>derive semconv-governed span names directly from the released naming rule</li>\n<li>do not prepend or append protocol labels, hostnames, product names, business hints, or other custom prose to semconv-governed span names</li>\n<li>if the released naming rule does not provide a low-cardinality target, use the simpler fallback allowed by that convention</li>\n<li>if no released key exists, use a stable custom namespace and keep values bounded</li>\n</ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Return the result with exact source context.</li>\n</ol>\n<ul>\n<li>include the group name, released version, and source URL from the script output</li>\n<li>call out any concrete compatibility limitation if the implementation cannot fully match the released guidance</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"evals/evals.json","sizeBytes":1197,"isText":true},{"path":"references/otel-semantic-conventions.md","sizeBytes":2074,"isText":true},{"path":"references/sdk-semconv-packages.md","sizeBytes":2403,"isText":true},{"path":"references/semconv-selection.md","sizeBytes":2288,"isText":true},{"path":"scripts/query-otel-semantic-conventions.sh","sizeBytes":18098,"isText":true},{"path":"scripts/test-query-otel-semantic-conventions.sh","sizeBytes":1810,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":2792,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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