{"slug":"service-mesh-observability","title":"service-mesh-observability","summary":"Implement comprehensive observability for service meshes including distributed tracing, metrics, and visualization. Use when setting up mesh monitoring, debugging latency issues, or implementing SLOs for service communication.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-01T18:59:35.835426Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/wshobson/agents","stars":40003,"forks":4267,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-26T19:54:17Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: service-mesh-observability\ndescription: Implement comprehensive observability for service meshes including distributed tracing, metrics, and visualization. Use when setting up mesh monitoring, debugging latency issues, or implementing SLOs for service communication.</h2>\n<h1>Service Mesh Observability</h1>\n<p>Complete guide to observability patterns for Istio, Linkerd, and service mesh deployments.</p>\n<h2>When to Use This Skill</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Setting up distributed tracing across services</li>\n<li>Implementing service mesh metrics and dashboards</li>\n<li>Debugging latency and error issues</li>\n<li>Defining SLOs for service communication</li>\n<li>Visualizing service dependencies</li>\n<li>Troubleshooting mesh connectivity</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Core Concepts</h2>\n<h3>1. Three Pillars of Observability</h3>\n<pre><code>┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐\n│                  Observability                       │\n├─────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────┤\n│     Metrics     │     Traces      │      Logs       │\n│                 │                 │                 │\n│ • Request rate  │ • Span context  │ • Access logs   │\n│ • Error rate    │ • Latency       │ • Error details │\n│ • Latency P50   │ • Dependencies  │ • Debug info    │\n│ • Saturation    │ • Bottlenecks   │ • Audit trail   │\n└─────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────┘\n</code></pre>\n<h3>2. Golden Signals for Mesh</h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Signal</th>\n<th>Description</th>\n<th>Alert Threshold</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Latency</strong></td>\n<td>Request duration P50, P99</td>\n<td>P99 &gt; 500ms</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Traffic</strong></td>\n<td>Requests per second</td>\n<td>Anomaly detection</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Errors</strong></td>\n<td>5xx error rate</td>\n<td>&gt; 1%</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Saturation</strong></td>\n<td>Resource utilization</td>\n<td>&gt; 80%</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Templates and detailed worked examples</h2>\n<p>Full template library and detailed worked examples live in <code>references/details.md</code>. Read that file when you need the concrete templates.</p>\n<h2>Best Practices</h2>\n<h3>Do's</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sample appropriately</strong> - 100% in dev, 1-10% in prod</li>\n<li><strong>Use trace context</strong> - Propagate headers consistently</li>\n<li><strong>Set up alerts</strong> - For golden signals</li>\n<li><strong>Correlate metrics/traces</strong> - Use exemplars</li>\n<li><strong>Retain strategically</strong> - Hot/cold storage tiers</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Don'ts</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don't over-sample</strong> - Storage costs add up</li>\n<li><strong>Don't ignore cardinality</strong> - Limit label values</li>\n<li><strong>Don't skip dashboards</strong> - Visualize dependencies</li>\n<li><strong>Don't forget costs</strong> - Monitor observability costs</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"references/details.md","sizeBytes":7715,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":2833,"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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