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Validates and bootstraps Amazon Bedrock AgentCore observability so customers can trace

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AgentCore Observability Setup & Validation — AWS DevOps Agent Skill

A readiness-checklist skill for AWS DevOps Agent that validates and bootstraps observability for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore workloads, aligned with the AgentCore observability documentation.

⚠️ This skill is sample code, not intended for production use without additional review and testing. Users should validate in a non-production environment first.

What It Does

Given an AgentCore deployment, the skill instructs the agent to report what is configured vs. what should be for observability, and to generate the exact remediation for each gap. It operates on a single principle: verify where reachable; prescribe everywhere else.

  • VERIFY — confirm via read-only APIs that log groups exist and receive data, spans flow, session metrics emit, CloudWatch Transaction Search is enabled, runtime tracing is on, Memory/Gateway log & trace deliveries exist, and the X-Ray log-group resource policy is present.
  • PRESCRIBE — for code-level OTEL instrumentation (which cannot be read directly), validate the effect (are spans arriving?) and emit the exact steps. The skill does not claim to read source code.

Covers AgentCore Runtime agents (primary), Memory and Gateway resources, built-in tools, and agents hosted outside the runtime (Lambda, ECS, EKS, on-prem, multi-cloud).

It is read-only: it validates and generates config/commands. The customer decides whether to apply them. It never mutates IAM, resources, or configuration.

Output: a shareable report artifact agentcore-observability-review-<target>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md.

Agent Types

  • On-demand (Chat) — "is AgentCore observability configured correctly?", "why can't I see traces for my agent?", "set up OTEL for my agent".
  • Evaluation — proactive observability-readiness recommendations.

Select Generic to make it available to all agent types.

Prerequisites

1. An AWS DevOps Agent Space with the target AWS account configured as a cloud source.

2. IAM — three read-only tiers (customer-applied)

The skill degrades gracefully by tier and reports the exact policy to attach to unlock more checks. Tier 1 is generally covered by the standard DevOps Agent managed access policy (AWS-managed policies for DevOps Agent). Attach the Tier 2/3 permissions as a scoped inline policy on the DevOps Agent role in your account. The shared managed policy is cross-tenant and is not modified per-skill.

Tier Unlocks Key permissions
1 — Standard telemetry-arrival verification (any host) logs:DescribeLogGroups, logs:FilterLogEvents, logs:GetLogEvents, logs:StartQuery, cloudwatch:GetMetricData, cloudwatch:ListMetrics, cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms
2 — Runtime config Transaction Search state, runtime tracing/env, Memory/Gateway delivery, X-Ray resource policy bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime, xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination, logs:DescribeDeliveries, logs:DescribeResourcePolicies
3 — Non-runtime host Lambda / ECS / EKS host config lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration, ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition, eks:DescribeCluster

Full policy JSON: references/iam-tiers.md. All permissions are read-only.

3. Capability providers connected to the Agent Space

CloudWatch Logs + Metrics (Tier 1, required baseline); AWS X-Ray and AgentCore control plane (Tier 2); Lambda / ECS / EKS (Tier 3). Source-repository file read is not required — code-level checks are prescriptive.

Usage

In the DevOps Agent Chat, describe the problem in natural language (don't name the skill):

  • "Validate that AgentCore observability is correctly configured for this account."
  • "Why can't I see any traces for my Bedrock agent?"
  • "My agent runtime has no spans in CloudWatch — what's wrong?"
  • "Set up observability for my agent running on Lambda."
  • "Run an AgentCore observability readiness review."

The agent will detect the permission tier, determine the host and surfaces (prompting where it can't auto-detect), run the checks the tier allows, and produce the report artifact plus any policy JSON needed to unlock more checks.

Skill Contents

agentcore-observability-setup/
├── SKILL.md                                  # main instructions (frontmatter + decision tree)
├── README.md                                 # this file
├── CHANGELOG.md                              # version history
├── references/
│   ├── checks-catalog.md                     # full per-check catalog (API, logic, severity)
│   ├── iam-tiers.md                          # three read-only tiers + scoped inline policy JSON
│   ├── remediation-runtime.md                # Transaction Search, ADOT, tracing, X-Ray policy
│   ├── remediation-memory-gateway.md         # log delivery + tracing (console + SDK)
│   └── remediation-non-runtime.md            # Lambda / ECS / EKS / on-prem OTEL env
└── evals/                                    # evaluation data (not included in upload zip)
    ├── evals.json
    └── eval_queries.json

Severity Definitions

Severity Definition
CRITICAL Observability is broken — telemetry cannot flow (e.g. Transaction Search disabled).
HIGH Significant gap — a required piece is missing (log group, delivery, resource policy, host env).
MEDIUM Notable gap — metrics/traces partially configured or best-practice not met.
LOW Minor hardening or optimization.
INFO Observation, no action required.

Limitations

  • Code-level instrumentation (ADOT distro, opentelemetry-instrument, framework tracing) is prescriptive — validated by effect (spans arriving), not by reading source.
  • EKS pod-level env is governed by Kubernetes RBAC and is not verifiable via IAM; the skill verifies telemetry arrival and prescribes the pod/ConfigMap configuration.
  • On-prem / multi-cloud agents are outside the DevOps Agent's reach — prescriptive only.
  • Read-only — the skill validates and generates config/commands; the customer applies changes.

Skill manifest

AgentCore Observability Setup & Validation

Validate and bootstrap observability for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore workloads, aligned with the AgentCore observability documentation. Produce a readiness report that states, per check, what is configured vs. what should be, and generate the exact remediation for every gap.

Operating Principle

Verify where reachable; prescribe everywhere else. Every check is exactly one of:

  • VERIFY — confirmable through a read-only API (log group exists, data arriving, spans flowing, Transaction Search enabled, tracing toggle, delivery configured).
  • PRESCRIBE — cannot be read directly (code-level OTEL instrumentation in the agent's source). Validate the effect (are spans arriving?) and emit the exact steps. Do not claim to read source code.

This skill is read-only. It validates and generates configuration/commands. The customer decides whether to apply them. Never mutate IAM, resources, or configuration.

When to Use

Activate when the user asks to:

  • Check / validate / audit whether AgentCore observability is configured correctly
  • Diagnose missing traces, spans, metrics, or logs for a Bedrock agent
  • Set up or bootstrap observability (tracing, metrics, logging) for an agent
  • Run an AgentCore observability readiness review
  • Understand why agent telemetry isn't appearing in CloudWatch GenAI Observability

Step 1: Detect Permission Tier

This skill degrades gracefully based on which read-only permissions the DevOps Agent role holds. Detect the tier by attempting calls and noting failures; run the checks the tier allows and report what to add to unlock the rest. Never attempt to modify IAM.

Tier Permissions Unlocks
1 — Standard (default DA IAM) logs:DescribeLogGroups, logs:FilterLogEvents, logs:GetLogEvents, logs:StartQuery, logs:GetQueryResults, cloudwatch:GetMetricData, cloudwatch:ListMetrics, cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms Telemetry-arrival verification for any host
2 — Runtime config bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime, bedrock-agentcore:ListAgentRuntimes, xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination, logs:DescribeDeliveries, logs:DescribeDeliverySources, logs:DescribeDeliveryDestinations, logs:DescribeResourcePolicies Runtime tracing/env, Transaction Search state, Memory/Gateway delivery, X-Ray resource policy
3 — Non-runtime host lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration; ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition, ecs:DescribeServices, ecs:ListTasks; eks:DescribeCluster Host-side config verification for Lambda / ECS / EKS

If Tier 2/3 permissions are absent, tell the user the check is prescriptive-only here and give the exact scoped inline policy to attach to the DevOps Agent role (see references/iam-tiers.md) so a re-run can verify it. The shared managed policy is cross-tenant and must not be modified per-skill.

Step 2: Determine Scope (Host & Surface)

Host detection:

  • Runtime — auto-detect with bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime / bedrock-agentcore:ListAgentRuntimes (Tier 2). If absent, ask the user.
  • Non-runtime — the agent cannot reliably auto-detect the host. Ask: "Is the agent on Lambda, ECS, EKS, or on-prem/another cloud?"

Surfaces to assess (ask which apply, or discover via Tier 2 List*): Runtime agents · Memory resources · Gateway resources · Built-in tools (code interpreter, browser) · non-runtime host.

Outcome matrix:

Host / Surface Expected outcome
Runtime agent Verify (Tier 1+2) + Prescribe
Memory resource Verify delivery + tracing (Tier 2) + Prescribe
Gateway resource Verify delivery + tracing (Tier 2) + Prescribe
Built-in tools Prescribe; verify telemetry-arrival where present
Lambda Verify host config (Tier 3) + Prescribe
ECS Verify host config (Tier 3) + Prescribe
EKS Verify telemetry arrival (Tier 1) + Prescribe config (pod env is K8s-RBAC-gated, not IAM-verifiable)
On-prem / multi-cloud Prescribe only

Step 3: Run Checks

Assign each finding a severity (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / INFO) and a type (VERIFY / PRESCRIBE). The complete check catalog with APIs, log-group patterns, and pass/fail logic is in references/checks-catalog.md. Summary below.

3.1 Account prerequisite — CloudWatch Transaction Search (all hosts)

  • VERIFY (Tier 2): xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination → destination must be CloudWatchLogs and status ACTIVE. If XRay/inactive, Transaction Search is not enabled → CRITICAL (spans will not be delivered to CloudWatch Logs; this is the single most common silent root cause).
  • VERIFY (Tier 1 fallback): if the destination API is unavailable, infer from whether span log streams are receiving data (below). Report as inferred, not confirmed.
  • PRESCRIBE: enable Transaction Search and ingest spans as structured logs (see references/remediation-runtime.md).

3.2 Runtime agent path (start here — primary surface)

  1. Agent log group exists (VERIFY, Tier 1): logs:DescribeLogGroups prefix /aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/. Missing → HIGH.
  2. Logs arriving (VERIFY, Tier 1): logs:FilterLogEvents on the runtime log stream in the last 24h. No recent events after invocations → HIGH.
  3. Spans flowing (VERIFY, Tier 1): check the spans log stream in the agent's log group (unified destination) or the shared aws/spans log group. No spans despite invocations → CRITICAL (points to Transaction Search disabled or missing instrumentation).
  4. Session metrics emitting (VERIFY, Tier 1): cloudwatch:ListMetrics namespace bedrock-agentcore. Absent → MEDIUM.
  5. Runtime tracing / span destination (VERIFY, Tier 2): bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime → inspect env for UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED and DISABLE_ADOT_OBSERVABILITY. Starting 2026-07-20, newly created agents in supported AWS Regions default to the unified span destination (the agent's own log group) — UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=false is now the opt-out. Agents created before that date remain on shared aws/spans unless opted in. If ADOT observability disabled unintentionally → HIGH.
  6. X-Ray resource policy on log group (VERIFY, Tier 2): logs:DescribeResourcePolicies — must allow xray.amazonaws.com to logs:PutLogEvents on the agent's log group. Applies by default for agents created after 2026-07-20 in supported Regions, since unified span destination is the new default (per the AgentCore release notes). Mark N/A only when the agent was created before 2026-07-20 and still delivers to shared aws/spans, or the customer has explicitly opted out via UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=false. Missing → HIGH.
  7. Code-level instrumentation (PRESCRIBE): cannot read source. If spans are absent, prescribe: aws-opentelemetry-distro>=0.10.0 (≥0.18.0 for unified span destination) + boto3 in requirements.txt; launch with opentelemetry-instrument python main.py (container CMD ["opentelemetry-instrument","python","main.py"]); framework tracing enabled (e.g. Strands tracer, opentelemetry-instrumentation-langchain); session id via X-Amzn-Bedrock-AgentCore-Runtime-Session-Id.

3.3 Memory & Gateway resources

  • VERIFY (Tier 2): logs:DescribeDeliveries / DescribeDeliverySources / DescribeDeliveryDestinations for an APPLICATION_LOGS source on the resource ARN and a TRACES→XRAY delivery. Default log group /aws/vendedlogs/bedrock-agentcore/{memory|gateway}/APPLICATION_LOGS/{resource-id}. No delivery → HIGH (no logs), MEDIUM (no traces).
  • PRESCRIBE: console log-delivery + tracing toggle, or the put_delivery_source/put_delivery_destination/create_delivery SDK sequence (see references/remediation-memory-gateway.md).

3.4 Built-in tools (code interpreter, browser)

  • PRESCRIBE-first: no service logs by default. Prescribe custom log output + a log destination, and custom headers (X-Amzn-Trace-Id, traceparent) on the tool APIs.
  • VERIFY (Tier 1): if the customer emits logs, confirm the target log group is receiving data.

3.5 Non-runtime hosts

  • Lambda (VERIFY, Tier 3): lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration → OTEL Layer present and AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER=/opt/otel-instrument; agent log group env vars set. Gaps → HIGH. Note: Lambda uses the Layer, not the aws-opentelemetry-distro package.
  • ECS (VERIFY, Tier 3): ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition → container env carries the OTEL variable set (see 3.6). Gaps → HIGH.
  • EKS (VERIFY telemetry only, Tier 1): confirm the agent log group is receiving data. Pod/ConfigMap env is governed by Kubernetes RBAC and is not verifiable via IAM — prescribe config and report the pod-env checks as prescriptive.
  • On-prem / multi-cloud (PRESCRIBE only): outside DA reach. Emit the full setup.

3.6 Non-runtime OTEL environment (PRESCRIBE / verify where host config is readable)

Required variables (per docs): AGENT_OBSERVABILITY_ENABLED=true, OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO=aws_distro, OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR=aws_configurator, OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES (service.name, aws.log.group.names, cloud.resource_id), OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS (optional unified spans; needs ADOT ≥0.18.0 + X-Ray log-group resource policy), OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf, OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp. Full block with Lambda-specific vars in references/remediation-non-runtime.md. ADOT Collector is not supported — use the ADOT SDK or the Lambda Layer only.

Step 4: Generate the Readiness Report

Produce a shareable artifact named agentcore-observability-review-<target>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md (<target> = agent/runtime id or a user-supplied label).

Sections:

  • Header — account, region, host, surfaces assessed, permission tier reached, date.
  • Executive summary — ✅ READY / ⚠️ GAPS / ❌ NOT CONFIGURED; finding counts by severity; top 3 items.
  • Findings — table: # | Check | Type (VERIFY/PRESCRIBE) | Severity | Current state | Expected | Remediation.
  • Remediation — concrete, copy-pasteable config/commands per gap (link the relevant references/ file).
  • Permissions to unlock more checks — the exact scoped inline policy JSON for any tier not reached.
  • Limitations — code-level instrumentation is prescriptive; EKS pod env not IAM-verifiable; on-prem/multi-cloud prescribe-only; read-only (customer applies changes).
  • Appendix — reference links.

Severity Definitions

Severity Definition
CRITICAL Observability is broken — telemetry cannot flow (e.g. Transaction Search disabled, no spans despite invocations).
HIGH Significant gap — a required piece is missing (log group, delivery, resource policy, host env).
MEDIUM Notable gap — metrics/traces partially configured or best-practice not met.
LOW Minor hardening or optimization.
INFO Observation, no action required.

Reference Files

  • references/checks-catalog.md — full per-check catalog (API, logic, severity, VERIFY/PRESCRIBE).
  • references/iam-tiers.md — the three read-only tiers + ready-to-attach scoped inline policy JSON.
  • references/remediation-runtime.md — Transaction Search, runtime tracing, ADOT, X-Ray resource policy.
  • references/remediation-memory-gateway.md — log delivery + tracing (console + SDK).
  • references/remediation-non-runtime.md — Lambda / ECS / EKS / on-prem OTEL env and setup.

Appendix — Reference Links

Files (tools-for-devops-agent)
  • evals
    • files
      • agent-context.json 457 B
        {
          "targets": [
            {
              "label": "orders-agent",
              "host": "runtime",
              "region": "us-east-1",
              "account": "111122223333",
              "agent_id": "orders_agent-a1B2c3D4e5",
              "surfaces": ["runtime", "memory", "gateway"]
            },
            {
              "label": "billing-agent",
              "host": "lambda",
              "region": "us-west-2",
              "account": "111122223333",
              "function_name": "billing-agent-fn",
              "surfaces": ["non-runtime"]
            }
          ]
        }
        
    • evals.json 3.7 KB
      [
        {
          "id": "agentcore-obs-smoke-test",
          "prompt": "Read agent-context.json. List each target's label, host, and region. No analysis needed.",
          "expected_output": "Lists every target from files/agent-context.json with its label, host, and region exactly as defined in the file.",
          "files": ["files/agent-context.json"],
          "assertions": [
            "contains 'orders-agent'",
            "contains 'billing-agent'",
            "matches regex /[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-\\d/",
            "contains 'runtime'",
            "contains 'lambda'"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "agentcore-obs-operating-principle",
          "prompt": "According to the skill, what is the operating principle for deciding whether a check is confirmed or only recommended? Name the two check types. No account access required.",
          "expected_output": "States 'verify where reachable, prescribe everywhere else' and names VERIFY and PRESCRIBE as the two check types.",
          "files": [],
          "assertions": [
            "contains 'verify' or contains 'VERIFY'",
            "contains 'prescribe' or contains 'PRESCRIBE'"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "agentcore-obs-transaction-search-root-cause",
          "prompt": "A user reports their AgentCore runtime agent runs fine but no traces appear in CloudWatch. According to the skill, what account-level prerequisite is the most common silent root cause, and how is it verified? No account access required.",
          "expected_output": "Identifies CloudWatch Transaction Search as the prerequisite and states it is verified via xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination (destination CloudWatchLogs, status ACTIVE), or inferred from whether spans are arriving.",
          "files": [],
          "assertions": [
            "contains 'Transaction Search'",
            "contains 'GetTraceSegmentDestination' or contains 'span' or contains 'CloudWatch Logs'"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "agentcore-obs-permission-tiers",
          "prompt": "List the three read-only IAM tiers the skill uses and one capability each tier unlocks. No account access required.",
          "expected_output": "Describes Tier 1 (standard CloudWatch logs/metrics telemetry-arrival verification), Tier 2 (runtime config: Transaction Search, GetAgentRuntime, deliveries, resource policy), and Tier 3 (non-runtime host config for Lambda/ECS/EKS).",
          "files": [],
          "assertions": [
            "contains 'Tier 1' or contains 'Tier1'",
            "contains 'Tier 2' or contains 'Tier2'",
            "contains 'Tier 3' or contains 'Tier3'",
            "contains 'logs' or contains 'CloudWatch'",
            "contains 'bedrock-agentcore' or contains 'GetAgentRuntime'",
            "contains 'lambda' or contains 'ecs' or contains 'eks' or contains 'Lambda' or contains 'ECS' or contains 'EKS'"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "agentcore-obs-host-outcomes",
          "prompt": "According to the skill, what is the expected outcome (verify vs prescribe) for an agent hosted on EKS versus on-prem/multi-cloud? No account access required.",
          "expected_output": "EKS: verify telemetry arrival only + prescribe config (pod env not IAM-verifiable due to K8s RBAC). On-prem/multi-cloud: prescribe only.",
          "files": [],
          "assertions": [
            "contains 'EKS' or contains 'eks'",
            "contains 'telemetry' or contains 'prescribe' or contains 'RBAC'",
            "contains 'on-prem' or contains 'multi-cloud' or contains 'prescribe only' or contains 'prescribe-only'"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "agentcore-obs-severity-definitions",
          "prompt": "List the five severity levels the skill uses for findings, from most to least urgent. No account access required.",
          "expected_output": "Lists CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, INFO in that order.",
          "files": [],
          "assertions": [
            "contains 'CRITICAL'",
            "contains 'HIGH'",
            "contains 'MEDIUM'",
            "contains 'LOW'",
            "contains 'INFO'"
          ]
        }
      ]
      
    • eval_queries.json 753 B
      [
        {"query": "Which skill would help me validate that AgentCore observability is configured correctly? Just name it; do not run it.", "should_trigger": true},
        {"query": "Is there a skill for diagnosing why my Bedrock agent has no traces in CloudWatch? Answer yes or no with the skill name; do not execute it.", "should_trigger": true},
        {"query": "Name the skill that sets up OTEL and tracing for an AgentCore agent. Do not run any validation.", "should_trigger": true},
        {"query": "Write a Python script that sorts a list of numbers", "should_trigger": false},
        {"query": "What's the weather forecast for Sydney this weekend?", "should_trigger": false},
        {"query": "Create a CloudFormation template for an S3 bucket", "should_trigger": false}
      ]
      
  • references
    • checks-catalog.md 6.4 KB
      # AgentCore Observability — Check Catalog
      
      Full catalog of checks the skill runs. Each check is tagged **VERIFY** (confirmable via a read-only
      API) or **PRESCRIBE** (cannot be read; validate the effect and emit steps). Every finding gets a
      severity: CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / INFO.
      
      All operations are read-only. Never mutate IAM, configuration, or resources.
      
      ---
      
      ## Account-level prerequisites
      
      | # | Check | Type | API / signal | Pass condition | Fail severity |
      |---|-------|------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
      | A1 | CloudWatch Transaction Search enabled | VERIFY (Tier 2) | `xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination` | `Destination = CloudWatchLogs` and `Status = ACTIVE` | CRITICAL |
      | A2 | Transaction Search (inferred) | VERIFY (Tier 1) | span log streams receiving data | spans present after invocations | CRITICAL (inferred) |
      
      Transaction Search is the most common silent root cause: without it, AgentCore cannot deliver spans
      to CloudWatch Logs, so traces never appear even when the agent runs and instrumentation is correct.
      
      ---
      
      ## Runtime agents (`/aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/<agent_id>-<endpoint>`)
      
      | # | Check | Type | API / signal | Pass condition | Fail severity |
      |---|-------|------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
      | R1 | Agent log group exists | VERIFY (Tier 1) | `logs:DescribeLogGroups` prefix `/aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/` | log group present | HIGH |
      | R2 | Runtime logs arriving | VERIFY (Tier 1) | `logs:FilterLogEvents` on `runtime-logs` stream, last 24h | recent events after invocations | HIGH |
      | R3 | Spans flowing | VERIFY (Tier 1) | `spans` stream in agent log group **or** shared `aws/spans` | spans present after invocations | CRITICAL |
      | R4 | Session metrics emitting | VERIFY (Tier 1) | `cloudwatch:ListMetrics` namespace `bedrock-agentcore` | metrics present | MEDIUM |
      | R5 | Runtime tracing / ADOT not disabled | VERIFY (Tier 2) | `bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime` env | `DISABLE_ADOT_OBSERVABILITY` not unintentionally `true` | HIGH |
      | R6 | Span destination mode | VERIFY (Tier 2) | `GetAgentRuntime` env `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED` | matches intended destination. **Default-on for agents created after 2026-07-20 in supported Regions** (agent's own log group); agents created before that date default to shared `aws/spans` unless opted in | INFO/LOW |
      | R7 | X-Ray resource policy on log group | VERIFY (Tier 2) | `logs:DescribeResourcePolicies` | policy allows `xray.amazonaws.com` `logs:PutLogEvents` on the agent log group | HIGH — **applies by default for agents created after 2026-07-20 in supported Regions**, since unified span destination is the new default (per the AgentCore release notes). Mark N/A only when the agent was created before 2026-07-20 and still delivers to shared `aws/spans`, or the customer has explicitly opted out via `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=false`. |
      | R8 | ADOT distro in requirements | PRESCRIBE | — | `aws-opentelemetry-distro>=0.10.0` (≥0.18.0 for unified spans) present | HIGH (if spans absent) |
      | R9 | `opentelemetry-instrument` launch | PRESCRIBE | — | agent launched via `opentelemetry-instrument python main.py` | HIGH (if spans absent) |
      | R10 | Framework tracing + auto-instrumentor | PRESCRIBE | — | framework emits OTEL (Strands tracer / `opentelemetry-instrumentation-langchain` / OpenInference / Openllmetry / OpenLit / Traceloop) | MEDIUM |
      | R11 | Session-id propagation | PRESCRIBE | — | `X-Amzn-Bedrock-AgentCore-Runtime-Session-Id` set on invoke | LOW |
      
      ---
      
      ## Memory & Gateway resources
      
      Default vended log group: `/aws/vendedlogs/bedrock-agentcore/{memory|gateway}/APPLICATION_LOGS/{resource-id}`
      
      | # | Check | Type | API / signal | Pass condition | Fail severity |
      |---|-------|------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
      | M1 | Log delivery configured | VERIFY (Tier 2) | `logs:DescribeDeliverySources` / `DescribeDeliveries` | `APPLICATION_LOGS` source bound to the resource ARN with an active delivery | HIGH |
      | M2 | Logs arriving | VERIFY (Tier 1) | `logs:FilterLogEvents` on the vended log group | recent events | MEDIUM |
      | M3 | Tracing delivery configured | VERIFY (Tier 2) | `DescribeDeliveries` for a `TRACES`→XRAY delivery | traces delivery present | MEDIUM |
      | M4 | Tracing enabled (resource) | PRESCRIBE | — | tracing toggle enabled on the memory/gateway resource | MEDIUM |
      
      ---
      
      ## Built-in tools (code interpreter, browser)
      
      | # | Check | Type | Pass condition | Fail severity |
      |---|-------|------|----------------|---------------|
      | B1 | Custom log output configured | PRESCRIBE | customer emits logs from tool code to a log destination | MEDIUM |
      | B2 | Telemetry arriving | VERIFY (Tier 1) | target log group receiving data (only if B1 present) | LOW |
      | B3 | Trace headers on tool APIs | PRESCRIBE | `X-Amzn-Trace-Id` / `traceparent` passed to Start*/Invoke*/Stop* APIs | LOW |
      
      ---
      
      ## Non-runtime hosts
      
      | # | Check | Type | API / signal | Pass condition | Fail severity |
      |---|-------|------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
      | L1 | Lambda OTEL layer + wrapper | VERIFY (Tier 3) | `lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration` | OTEL Layer attached and `AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER=/opt/otel-instrument` | HIGH |
      | L2 | Lambda agent log-group env | VERIFY (Tier 3) | `GetFunctionConfiguration` env | agent log group + OTEL vars set | HIGH |
      | E1 | ECS OTEL env in task def | VERIFY (Tier 3) | `ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition` | container env carries the OTEL variable set | HIGH |
      | K1 | EKS telemetry arriving | VERIFY (Tier 1) | agent log group receiving data | events present | HIGH |
      | K2 | EKS pod/ConfigMap OTEL env | PRESCRIBE | — | not IAM-verifiable (K8s RBAC); prescribe only | MEDIUM |
      | X1 | On-prem / multi-cloud OTEL env + creds | PRESCRIBE | — | full ADOT SDK env + IAM creds/Roles Anywhere + outbound HTTPS to OTLP endpoint | MEDIUM |
      
      ---
      
      ## Notes
      
      - **ADOT Collector is not supported** for agent observability. Use the ADOT SDK or the AWS Lambda
        Layer for OpenTelemetry only.
      - Unified span destination (spans in the agent's own log group instead of shared `aws/spans`)
        requires **ADOT ≥ 0.18.0** and the X-Ray log-group resource policy (R7). Earlier versions ignore
        the setting and deliver to `aws/spans`. **As of 2026-07-20, newly created agents in supported AWS
        Regions default to the unified span destination**; agents created before that date remain on
        shared `aws/spans` unless `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=true` is set explicitly.
      - Cross-service trace correlation requires W3C Trace Context (`traceparent`) propagation.
      
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      # Read-Only IAM Tiers
      
      The skill degrades gracefully across three read-only permission tiers. It detects which tier is
      present, runs the matching checks, and reports the exact policy to attach to unlock the rest.
      
      **Who applies these:** the customer attaches a scoped inline policy to the DevOps Agent role in
      their own account. The shared managed access policy is cross-tenant and must **not** be modified
      per-skill, so Tier 2 and Tier 3 are customer-applied and opt-in. All permissions are read-only; the
      skill never mutates IAM.
      
      ---
      
      ## Tier 1 — Standard (telemetry-arrival verification, host-agnostic)
      
      Typically already available to the DevOps Agent role.
      
      ```json
      {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
          {
            "Sid": "AgentCoreObsTier1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
              "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
              "logs:FilterLogEvents",
              "logs:GetLogEvents",
              "logs:StartQuery",
              "logs:GetQueryResults",
              "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
              "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
              "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
          }
        ]
      }
      ```
      
      ## Tier 2 — Runtime config verification
      
      Unlocks Transaction Search state, runtime tracing/env, Memory/Gateway delivery, X-Ray resource policy.
      
      ```json
      {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
          {
            "Sid": "AgentCoreObsTier2",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
              "bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime",
              "bedrock-agentcore:ListAgentRuntimes",
              "xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination",
              "logs:DescribeDeliveries",
              "logs:DescribeDeliverySources",
              "logs:DescribeDeliveryDestinations",
              "logs:DescribeResourcePolicies"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
          }
        ]
      }
      ```
      
      > `bedrock-agentcore` control-plane action names may vary by resource (runtime, memory, gateway).
      > Verify exact action names against the current AgentCore API reference before applying; keep them
      > read-only (`Get*` / `List*` / `Describe*` only).
      
      ## Tier 3 — Non-runtime host config verification
      
      Unlocks host-side config checks for Lambda / ECS / EKS.
      
      ```json
      {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
          {
            "Sid": "AgentCoreObsTier3",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
              "lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration",
              "ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition",
              "ecs:DescribeServices",
              "ecs:ListTasks",
              "eks:DescribeCluster"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
          }
        ]
      }
      ```
      
      ---
      
      ## Provider connectivity
      
      | Provider | Needed for | Tier |
      |---|---|---|
      | CloudWatch Logs + Metrics | telemetry-arrival verification (required baseline) | 1 |
      | AWS X-Ray | Transaction Search state, traces delivery | 2 |
      | AgentCore control plane | runtime auto-detection, runtime config | 2 |
      | Lambda / ECS / EKS | non-runtime host config | 3 |
      
      Source-repository file read (GitHub/GitLab) is **not** a dependency — code-level instrumentation
      checks are prescriptive.
      
      ## Scoping note
      
      `Resource: "*"` is shown for brevity because these are read/describe actions. Where the customer
      prefers tighter scoping, restrict `logs:*` to the AgentCore log-group ARNs
      (`/aws/bedrock-agentcore/*`, `/aws/vendedlogs/bedrock-agentcore/*`) and the resource actions to the
      relevant function/cluster/task-definition ARNs.
      
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      # Remediation — Memory & Gateway Resources
      
      Memory and Gateway resources do **not** get log destinations configured automatically. Logs and
      traces must be wired explicitly. Default vended log group:
      `/aws/vendedlogs/bedrock-agentcore/{memory|gateway}/APPLICATION_LOGS/{resource-id}`.
      
      All steps are applied by the customer; the skill only generates them.
      
      ---
      
      ## Console
      
      **Log delivery (Memory or Gateway):**
      1. Open the resource in the AgentCore console (Memory or Gateway page).
      2. Select the resource → **Log delivery** pane → **Add**.
      3. Choose destination: CloudWatch Logs group, Amazon S3 bucket, or Amazon Data Firehose.
      4. **Log type:** `APPLICATION_LOGS`.
      5. For S3/Firehose, enter a delivery destination ARN. For CloudWatch Logs, the destination log group
         is prepopulated (override if desired).
      6. **Add**.
      
      **Tracing (Memory or Gateway):**
      1. Open the resource → **Tracing** pane → **Edit**.
      2. Toggle **Enable** → **Save**.
      
      ---
      
      ## SDK (boto3)
      
      Wires both a logs delivery (→ CloudWatch Logs) and a traces delivery (→ X-Ray) for a Memory or
      Gateway resource.
      
      ```python
      import boto3
      
      def enable_observability_for_resource(resource_arn, resource_id, account_id, region="us-east-1"):
          logs_client = boto3.client("logs", region_name=region)
      
          # 0. Log group for vended log delivery
          log_group_name = f"/aws/vendedlogs/bedrock-agentcore/{resource_id}"
          logs_client.create_log_group(logGroupName=log_group_name)
          log_group_arn = f"arn:aws:logs:{region}:{account_id}:log-group:{log_group_name}"
      
          # 1. Delivery source for logs
          logs_source = logs_client.put_delivery_source(
              name=f"{resource_id}-logs-source",
              logType="APPLICATION_LOGS",
              resourceArn=resource_arn,
          )
      
          # 2. Delivery source for traces
          traces_source = logs_client.put_delivery_source(
              name=f"{resource_id}-traces-source",
              logType="TRACES",
              resourceArn=resource_arn,
          )
      
          # 3. Delivery destinations
          logs_dest = logs_client.put_delivery_destination(
              name=f"{resource_id}-logs-destination",
              deliveryDestinationType="CWL",
              deliveryDestinationConfiguration={"destinationResourceArn": log_group_arn},
          )
          traces_dest = logs_client.put_delivery_destination(
              name=f"{resource_id}-traces-destination",
              deliveryDestinationType="XRAY",
          )
      
          # 4. Connect sources to destinations
          logs_client.create_delivery(
              deliverySourceName=logs_source["deliverySource"]["name"],
              deliveryDestinationArn=logs_dest["deliveryDestination"]["arn"],
          )
          logs_client.create_delivery(
              deliverySourceName=traces_source["deliverySource"]["name"],
              deliveryDestinationArn=traces_dest["deliveryDestination"]["arn"],
          )
      ```
      
      ---
      
      ## Verification after applying
      
      - `logs:DescribeDeliverySources` → an `APPLICATION_LOGS` source bound to the resource ARN.
      - `logs:DescribeDeliveries` → an active logs delivery and a `TRACES`→XRAY delivery.
      - `logs:FilterLogEvents` on the vended log group → recent events after exercising the resource.
      
      See the provided log-data references for the fields emitted per resource type
      (`observability-memory-metrics`, `observability-gateway-metrics` in the AgentCore docs).
      
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      # Remediation — Agents Hosted Outside AgentCore Runtime
      
      For agents on Lambda, ECS, EKS, on-prem, or another cloud. Prerequisites first: enable CloudWatch
      Transaction Search (see `remediation-runtime.md` §1) and add the ADOT SDK to the code. Then create
      an agent log group and set the environment variables below.
      
      > **ADOT Collector is not supported.** Use the ADOT SDK, or on Lambda the AWS Lambda Layer for
      > OpenTelemetry. Nothing else.
      
      All steps are applied by the customer; the skill only generates them.
      
      ---
      
      ## Full OTEL environment (ECS / EKS / on-prem / multi-cloud)
      
      **AWS environment:**
      
      ```
      AWS_ACCOUNT_ID=<account id>
      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=<default region>
      AWS_REGION=<region>
      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<access key id>        # on-prem/multi-cloud, or IAM Roles Anywhere
      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret key>       # prefer role-based creds on AWS hosts
      ```
      
      **OTEL environment:**
      
      ```
      AGENT_OBSERVABILITY_ENABLED=true
      OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO=aws_distro
      OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR=aws_configurator          # ADOT Python only
      OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=<agent-name>,aws.log.group.names=/aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/<agent-id>,cloud.resource_id=<AgentEndpointArn:AgentEndpointName>
      OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS=x-aws-log-group=/aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/<agent-id>,x-aws-log-stream=runtime-logs,x-aws-metric-namespace=bedrock-agentcore
      OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS=x-aws-log-group=/aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/<agent-id>,x-aws-log-stream=spans   # optional: unified spans; needs ADOT >=0.18.0 + X-Ray log-group resource policy
      OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf
      OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp
      ```
      
      On AWS-hosted compute (ECS/EKS), use the task/pod IAM role instead of static access keys.
      
      If `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS` points spans at your own log group, add the X-Ray log-group
      resource policy (see `remediation-runtime.md` §4).
      
      ---
      
      ## Lambda
      
      Lambda uses the **AWS Lambda Layer for OpenTelemetry** — do **not** add `aws-opentelemetry-distro`
      or run `opentelemetry-instrument`.
      
      1. Attach the AWS Lambda Layer for OpenTelemetry to the function.
      2. Set:
      
      ```
      AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER=/opt/otel-instrument
      ```
      
      3. Add the agent log-group / OTEL resource attributes as above. Lambda-specific extras:
      
      ```
      OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED=false   # disable Application Signals
      OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp                       # export logs over OTLP
      OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=awsemf                  # metrics as CloudWatch EMF
      ```
      
      **Verify (Tier 3):** `lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration` → Layer present, `AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER`
      set, OTEL/log-group vars present.
      
      ---
      
      ## ECS
      
      Put the full OTEL environment (above) into the container definition's `environment` block; use the
      task role for credentials.
      
      **Verify (Tier 3):** `ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition` → container env carries the OTEL variable set.
      
      ---
      
      ## EKS
      
      The OTEL environment lives in the pod spec / ConfigMap, governed by Kubernetes RBAC — **not**
      verifiable via IAM. The skill verifies **telemetry arrival** (Tier 1: is the agent log group
      receiving data?) and prescribes the pod/ConfigMap env below. Direct pod-env verification is out of
      scope: it would require EKS Access Entries, in-cluster RBAC, and native Kubernetes API calls
      (partially mutating, per-cluster), which this read-only skill does not perform.
      
      Set the OTEL environment (above) in the pod spec or a ConfigMap referenced by the deployment.
      
      ---
      
      ## On-prem / multi-cloud
      
      Outside the DevOps Agent's reach — **prescribe only**. Same ADOT SDK env as ECS/EKS, plus:
      
      - Credentials: IAM access keys **or** IAM Roles Anywhere (preferred).
      - Outbound HTTPS to the AWS OTLP endpoints must be allowed from the host network.
      - Create the agent log group in the target AWS account/region and reference it in
        `OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` / `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*_HEADERS`.
      
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      # Remediation — AgentCore Runtime Agents
      
      Copy-pasteable remediation for gaps found on the runtime path. All steps are applied by the
      customer; the skill only generates them.
      
      ---
      
      ## 1. Enable CloudWatch Transaction Search (account prerequisite)
      
      Without Transaction Search, spans are not delivered to CloudWatch Logs — traces never appear.
      
      **Console:** CloudWatch → Application Signals (APM) → Transaction search → **Enable Transaction
      Search** → select **ingest spans as structured logs** → Save.
      
      **Effect:** X-Ray trace segments are ingested into CloudWatch Logs so AgentCore can deliver spans.
      
      ---
      
      ## 2. Code-level instrumentation (ADOT SDK)
      
      Add to `requirements.txt`:
      
      ```
      aws-opentelemetry-distro>=0.10.0
      boto3
      ```
      
      Use `aws-opentelemetry-distro>=0.18.0` if you want spans delivered to the agent's **own** log group
      (unified span destination) rather than the shared `aws/spans` group.
      
      Launch the agent with auto-instrumentation:
      
      ```bash
      opentelemetry-instrument python my_agent.py
      ```
      
      Containerized:
      
      ```dockerfile
      CMD ["opentelemetry-instrument", "python", "main.py"]
      ```
      
      Ensure the framework emits traces (e.g. configure the Strands tracer, or add the matching
      auto-instrumentor such as `opentelemetry-instrumentation-langchain`). Supported instrumentation
      libraries: OpenInference, Openllmetry, OpenLit, Traceloop.
      
      ---
      
      ## 3. Span destination (unified vs shared)
      
      Set on the agent runtime environment:
      
      - Deliver spans to the agent's own log group: `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=true`
      - Deliver spans to the shared `aws/spans` log group: `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=false`
      
      **Default:** starting 2026-07-20, newly created agents in supported AWS Regions default to the
      unified span destination (agent's own log group), so `=false` is now the opt-out. Agents created
      before that date default to shared `aws/spans` unless `=true` is set explicitly. Requires ADOT ≥
      0.18.0; earlier versions ignore this setting and deliver to `aws/spans` regardless.
      
      ---
      
      ## 4. X-Ray resource policy on the agent log group (unified destination)
      
      When delivering spans to the agent's own log group, the agent execution role needs
      `logs:PutResourcePolicy`, and a CloudWatch Logs resource policy must allow X-Ray to write:
      
      ```json
      {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
          {
            "Sid": "AllowXRayToPutSpans",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": { "Service": "xray.amazonaws.com" },
            "Action": "logs:PutLogEvents",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:<region>:<account-id>:log-group:/aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/<agent-id>-<endpoint>:*"
          }
        ]
      }
      ```
      
      ---
      
      ## 5. Session-id propagation
      
      Set the session-id header when invoking the runtime so ADOT stamps `session_id` on downstream
      telemetry:
      
      ```
      X-Amzn-Bedrock-AgentCore-Runtime-Session-Id: <session-id>
      ```
      
      For W3C cross-service correlation, propagate `traceparent`.
      
      ---
      
      ## Third-party observability platforms
      
      To route telemetry to a non-AWS platform, set `DISABLE_ADOT_OBSERVABILITY=true` on the runtime.
      This unsets the default ADOT environment. Note: this intentionally disables AWS-side observability —
      flag it if the customer expects CloudWatch data.
      
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    # Changelog
    
    ## 1.0.0
    
    - Initial version.
    - Validates and bootstraps Amazon Bedrock AgentCore observability using a verify-where-reachable /
      prescribe-everywhere-else model.
    - Covers Runtime agents, Memory and Gateway resources, built-in tools, and non-runtime hosts
      (Lambda, ECS, EKS, on-prem, multi-cloud).
    - Three read-only IAM tiers with graceful degradation and scoped inline policy JSON.
    - Check catalog and per-host remediation references (Transaction Search, ADOT SDK, unified span
      destination, X-Ray log-group resource policy, Memory/Gateway log & trace delivery).
    
  • README.md 6.5 KB
    # AgentCore Observability Setup & Validation — AWS DevOps Agent Skill
    
    A readiness-checklist skill for [AWS DevOps Agent](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/devopsagent/latest/userguide/about-aws-devops-agent.html)
    that validates and bootstraps observability for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore workloads, aligned with the
    [AgentCore observability documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/observability-configure.html).
    
    > ⚠️ This skill is sample code, not intended for production use without additional review and
    > testing. Users should validate in a non-production environment first.
    
    ## What It Does
    
    Given an AgentCore deployment, the skill instructs the agent to report **what is configured vs. what
    should be** for observability, and to generate the exact remediation for each gap. It operates on a
    single principle: **verify where reachable; prescribe everywhere else.**
    
    - **VERIFY** — confirm via read-only APIs that log groups exist and receive data, spans flow,
      session metrics emit, CloudWatch Transaction Search is enabled, runtime tracing is on,
      Memory/Gateway log & trace deliveries exist, and the X-Ray log-group resource policy is present.
    - **PRESCRIBE** — for code-level OTEL instrumentation (which cannot be read directly), validate the
      *effect* (are spans arriving?) and emit the exact steps. The skill does **not** claim to read
      source code.
    
    Covers AgentCore **Runtime** agents (primary), **Memory** and **Gateway** resources, **built-in
    tools**, and agents hosted **outside the runtime** (Lambda, ECS, EKS, on-prem, multi-cloud).
    
    It is **read-only**: it validates and generates config/commands. The customer decides whether to
    apply them. It never mutates IAM, resources, or configuration.
    
    Output: a shareable report artifact `agentcore-observability-review-<target>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md`.
    
    ## Agent Types
    
    - **On-demand (Chat)** — "is AgentCore observability configured correctly?", "why can't I see traces
      for my agent?", "set up OTEL for my agent".
    - **Evaluation** — proactive observability-readiness recommendations.
    
    Select **Generic** to make it available to all agent types.
    
    ## Prerequisites
    
    ### 1. An AWS DevOps Agent Space with the target AWS account configured as a cloud source.
    
    ### 2. IAM — three read-only tiers (customer-applied)
    
    The skill degrades gracefully by tier and reports the exact policy to attach to unlock more checks.
    Tier 1 is generally covered by the standard DevOps Agent managed access policy
    ([AWS-managed policies for DevOps Agent](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/devopsagent/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html)).
    Attach the Tier 2/3 permissions as a **scoped inline policy on the DevOps Agent role** in your
    account. The shared managed policy is cross-tenant and is not modified per-skill.
    
    | Tier | Unlocks | Key permissions |
    |---|---|---|
    | **1 — Standard** | telemetry-arrival verification (any host) | `logs:DescribeLogGroups`, `logs:FilterLogEvents`, `logs:GetLogEvents`, `logs:StartQuery`, `cloudwatch:GetMetricData`, `cloudwatch:ListMetrics`, `cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms` |
    | **2 — Runtime config** | Transaction Search state, runtime tracing/env, Memory/Gateway delivery, X-Ray resource policy | `bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime`, `xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination`, `logs:DescribeDeliveries`, `logs:DescribeResourcePolicies` |
    | **3 — Non-runtime host** | Lambda / ECS / EKS host config | `lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration`, `ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition`, `eks:DescribeCluster` |
    
    Full policy JSON: [`references/iam-tiers.md`](https://github.com/aws/tools-for-devops-agent/blob/main/skills/agentcore-observability-setup/references/iam-tiers.md). All permissions are read-only.
    
    ### 3. Capability providers connected to the Agent Space
    
    CloudWatch Logs + Metrics (Tier 1, required baseline); AWS X-Ray and AgentCore control plane
    (Tier 2); Lambda / ECS / EKS (Tier 3). Source-repository file read is **not** required — code-level
    checks are prescriptive.
    
    ## Usage
    
    In the DevOps Agent Chat, describe the problem in natural language (don't name the skill):
    
    - *"Validate that AgentCore observability is correctly configured for this account."*
    - *"Why can't I see any traces for my Bedrock agent?"*
    - *"My agent runtime has no spans in CloudWatch — what's wrong?"*
    - *"Set up observability for my agent running on Lambda."*
    - *"Run an AgentCore observability readiness review."*
    
    The agent will detect the permission tier, determine the host and surfaces (prompting where it can't
    auto-detect), run the checks the tier allows, and produce the report artifact plus any policy JSON
    needed to unlock more checks.
    
    ## Skill Contents
    
    ```
    agentcore-observability-setup/
    ├── SKILL.md                                  # main instructions (frontmatter + decision tree)
    ├── README.md                                 # this file
    ├── CHANGELOG.md                              # version history
    ├── references/
    │   ├── checks-catalog.md                     # full per-check catalog (API, logic, severity)
    │   ├── iam-tiers.md                          # three read-only tiers + scoped inline policy JSON
    │   ├── remediation-runtime.md                # Transaction Search, ADOT, tracing, X-Ray policy
    │   ├── remediation-memory-gateway.md         # log delivery + tracing (console + SDK)
    │   └── remediation-non-runtime.md            # Lambda / ECS / EKS / on-prem OTEL env
    └── evals/                                    # evaluation data (not included in upload zip)
        ├── evals.json
        └── eval_queries.json
    ```
    
    ## Severity Definitions
    
    | Severity | Definition |
    |---|---|
    | CRITICAL | Observability is broken — telemetry cannot flow (e.g. Transaction Search disabled). |
    | HIGH | Significant gap — a required piece is missing (log group, delivery, resource policy, host env). |
    | MEDIUM | Notable gap — metrics/traces partially configured or best-practice not met. |
    | LOW | Minor hardening or optimization. |
    | INFO | Observation, no action required. |
    
    ## Limitations
    
    - **Code-level instrumentation** (ADOT distro, `opentelemetry-instrument`, framework tracing) is
      prescriptive — validated by effect (spans arriving), not by reading source.
    - **EKS pod-level env** is governed by Kubernetes RBAC and is not verifiable via IAM; the skill
      verifies telemetry arrival and prescribes the pod/ConfigMap configuration.
    - **On-prem / multi-cloud** agents are outside the DevOps Agent's reach — prescriptive only.
    - **Read-only** — the skill validates and generates config/commands; the customer applies changes.
    
  • SKILL.md 13.3 KB
    ---
    name: agentcore-observability-setup
    description: Validates and bootstraps Amazon Bedrock AgentCore observability so customers can trace
      agent reasoning, detect silent failures, and measure performance before an outage. Use this skill
      when a user asks to check, validate, audit, verify, fix, or set up AgentCore observability,
      tracing, metrics, or logging - for example "is AgentCore observability configured correctly",
      "why can't I see traces for my agent", "my Bedrock agent has no spans in CloudWatch", "validate
      agent monitoring", "AgentCore observability readiness", or "set up OTEL for my agent". Covers
      AgentCore Runtime agents, Memory and Gateway resources, built-in tools, and agents hosted outside
      the runtime (Lambda, ECS, EKS, on-prem, multi-cloud). Verifies what is reachable via read-only
      CloudWatch, X-Ray, and AgentCore control-plane APIs, and prescribes exact remediation for gaps it
      cannot directly read such as code-level OTEL instrumentation.
    metadata:
      author: vggargav
      version: "1.0.0"
      aws-devops-agent-skills.agent-types: "Chat tasks, Evaluation"
      aws-devops-agent-skills.aws-services: "Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray"
      aws-devops-agent-skills.technical-domains: "AI/ML, Observability"
    ---
    
    # AgentCore Observability Setup & Validation
    
    Validate and bootstrap observability for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore workloads, aligned with the
    [AgentCore observability documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/observability-configure.html).
    Produce a readiness report that states, per check, what is **configured vs. what should be**, and
    generate the exact remediation for every gap.
    
    ## Operating Principle
    
    **Verify where reachable; prescribe everywhere else.** Every check is exactly one of:
    
    - **VERIFY** — confirmable through a read-only API (log group exists, data arriving, spans flowing,
      Transaction Search enabled, tracing toggle, delivery configured).
    - **PRESCRIBE** — cannot be read directly (code-level OTEL instrumentation in the agent's source).
      Validate the *effect* (are spans arriving?) and emit the exact steps. Do **not** claim to read
      source code.
    
    This skill is **read-only**. It validates and generates configuration/commands. The customer decides
    whether to apply them. Never mutate IAM, resources, or configuration.
    
    ## When to Use
    
    Activate when the user asks to:
    - Check / validate / audit whether AgentCore observability is configured correctly
    - Diagnose missing traces, spans, metrics, or logs for a Bedrock agent
    - Set up or bootstrap observability (tracing, metrics, logging) for an agent
    - Run an AgentCore observability readiness review
    - Understand why agent telemetry isn't appearing in CloudWatch GenAI Observability
    
    ## Step 1: Detect Permission Tier
    
    This skill degrades gracefully based on which read-only permissions the DevOps Agent role holds.
    Detect the tier by attempting calls and noting failures; run the checks the tier allows and report
    what to add to unlock the rest. **Never** attempt to modify IAM.
    
    | Tier | Permissions | Unlocks |
    |---|---|---|
    | **1 — Standard** (default DA IAM) | `logs:DescribeLogGroups`, `logs:FilterLogEvents`, `logs:GetLogEvents`, `logs:StartQuery`, `logs:GetQueryResults`, `cloudwatch:GetMetricData`, `cloudwatch:ListMetrics`, `cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms` | Telemetry-arrival verification for any host |
    | **2 — Runtime config** | `bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime`, `bedrock-agentcore:ListAgentRuntimes`, `xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination`, `logs:DescribeDeliveries`, `logs:DescribeDeliverySources`, `logs:DescribeDeliveryDestinations`, `logs:DescribeResourcePolicies` | Runtime tracing/env, Transaction Search state, Memory/Gateway delivery, X-Ray resource policy |
    | **3 — Non-runtime host** | `lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration`; `ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition`, `ecs:DescribeServices`, `ecs:ListTasks`; `eks:DescribeCluster` | Host-side config verification for Lambda / ECS / EKS |
    
    If Tier 2/3 permissions are absent, tell the user the check is **prescriptive-only** here and give the
    exact scoped inline policy to attach to the DevOps Agent role (see `references/iam-tiers.md`) so a
    re-run can verify it. The shared managed policy is cross-tenant and must not be modified per-skill.
    
    ## Step 2: Determine Scope (Host & Surface)
    
    **Host detection:**
    - **Runtime** — auto-detect with `bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime` / `bedrock-agentcore:ListAgentRuntimes` (Tier 2). If absent, ask the user.
    - **Non-runtime** — the agent cannot reliably auto-detect the host. Ask: *"Is the agent on Lambda, ECS, EKS, or on-prem/another cloud?"*
    
    **Surfaces to assess** (ask which apply, or discover via Tier 2 `List*`):
    Runtime agents · Memory resources · Gateway resources · Built-in tools (code interpreter, browser) · non-runtime host.
    
    **Outcome matrix:**
    
    | Host / Surface | Expected outcome |
    |---|---|
    | Runtime agent | Verify (Tier 1+2) + Prescribe |
    | Memory resource | Verify delivery + tracing (Tier 2) + Prescribe |
    | Gateway resource | Verify delivery + tracing (Tier 2) + Prescribe |
    | Built-in tools | Prescribe; verify telemetry-arrival where present |
    | Lambda | Verify host config (Tier 3) + Prescribe |
    | ECS | Verify host config (Tier 3) + Prescribe |
    | EKS | Verify telemetry arrival (Tier 1) + Prescribe config (pod env is K8s-RBAC-gated, not IAM-verifiable) |
    | On-prem / multi-cloud | Prescribe only |
    
    ## Step 3: Run Checks
    
    Assign each finding a severity (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / INFO) and a type (VERIFY / PRESCRIBE).
    The complete check catalog with APIs, log-group patterns, and pass/fail logic is in
    `references/checks-catalog.md`. Summary below.
    
    ### 3.1 Account prerequisite — CloudWatch Transaction Search (all hosts)
    - **VERIFY (Tier 2):** `xray:GetTraceSegmentDestination` → destination must be `CloudWatchLogs` and status `ACTIVE`. If `XRay`/inactive, Transaction Search is **not** enabled → **CRITICAL** (spans will not be delivered to CloudWatch Logs; this is the single most common silent root cause).
    - **VERIFY (Tier 1 fallback):** if the destination API is unavailable, infer from whether span log streams are receiving data (below). Report as inferred, not confirmed.
    - **PRESCRIBE:** enable Transaction Search and ingest spans as structured logs (see `references/remediation-runtime.md`).
    
    ### 3.2 Runtime agent path (start here — primary surface)
    1. **Agent log group exists (VERIFY, Tier 1):** `logs:DescribeLogGroups` prefix `/aws/bedrock-agentcore/runtimes/`. Missing → HIGH.
    2. **Logs arriving (VERIFY, Tier 1):** `logs:FilterLogEvents` on the runtime log stream in the last 24h. No recent events after invocations → HIGH.
    3. **Spans flowing (VERIFY, Tier 1):** check the `spans` log stream in the agent's log group (unified destination) or the shared `aws/spans` log group. No spans despite invocations → CRITICAL (points to Transaction Search disabled or missing instrumentation).
    4. **Session metrics emitting (VERIFY, Tier 1):** `cloudwatch:ListMetrics` namespace `bedrock-agentcore`. Absent → MEDIUM.
    5. **Runtime tracing / span destination (VERIFY, Tier 2):** `bedrock-agentcore:GetAgentRuntime` → inspect env for `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED` and `DISABLE_ADOT_OBSERVABILITY`. Starting **2026-07-20**, newly created agents in supported AWS Regions default to the unified span destination (the agent's own log group) — `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=false` is now the opt-out. Agents created before that date remain on shared `aws/spans` unless opted in. If ADOT observability disabled unintentionally → HIGH.
    6. **X-Ray resource policy on log group (VERIFY, Tier 2):** `logs:DescribeResourcePolicies` — must allow `xray.amazonaws.com` to `logs:PutLogEvents` on the agent's log group. **Applies by default for agents created after 2026-07-20 in supported Regions**, since unified span destination is the new default (per the [AgentCore release notes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/release-notes.html)). Mark N/A only when the agent was created before 2026-07-20 and still delivers to shared `aws/spans`, or the customer has explicitly opted out via `UNIFIED_TRACES_DESTINATION_ENABLED=false`. Missing → HIGH.
    7. **Code-level instrumentation (PRESCRIBE):** cannot read source. If spans are absent, prescribe: `aws-opentelemetry-distro>=0.10.0` (**≥0.18.0** for unified span destination) + `boto3` in `requirements.txt`; launch with `opentelemetry-instrument python main.py` (container `CMD ["opentelemetry-instrument","python","main.py"]`); framework tracing enabled (e.g. Strands tracer, `opentelemetry-instrumentation-langchain`); session id via `X-Amzn-Bedrock-AgentCore-Runtime-Session-Id`.
    
    ### 3.3 Memory & Gateway resources
    - **VERIFY (Tier 2):** `logs:DescribeDeliveries` / `DescribeDeliverySources` / `DescribeDeliveryDestinations` for an `APPLICATION_LOGS` source on the resource ARN and a `TRACES`→XRAY delivery. Default log group `/aws/vendedlogs/bedrock-agentcore/{memory|gateway}/APPLICATION_LOGS/{resource-id}`. No delivery → HIGH (no logs), MEDIUM (no traces).
    - **PRESCRIBE:** console log-delivery + tracing toggle, or the `put_delivery_source`/`put_delivery_destination`/`create_delivery` SDK sequence (see `references/remediation-memory-gateway.md`).
    
    ### 3.4 Built-in tools (code interpreter, browser)
    - **PRESCRIBE-first:** no service logs by default. Prescribe custom log output + a log destination, and custom headers (`X-Amzn-Trace-Id`, `traceparent`) on the tool APIs.
    - **VERIFY (Tier 1):** if the customer emits logs, confirm the target log group is receiving data.
    
    ### 3.5 Non-runtime hosts
    - **Lambda (VERIFY, Tier 3):** `lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration` → OTEL Layer present and `AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER=/opt/otel-instrument`; agent log group env vars set. Gaps → HIGH. Note: Lambda uses the **Layer**, not the `aws-opentelemetry-distro` package.
    - **ECS (VERIFY, Tier 3):** `ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition` → container env carries the OTEL variable set (see 3.6). Gaps → HIGH.
    - **EKS (VERIFY telemetry only, Tier 1):** confirm the agent log group is receiving data. Pod/ConfigMap env is governed by Kubernetes RBAC and is **not** verifiable via IAM — prescribe config and report the pod-env checks as prescriptive.
    - **On-prem / multi-cloud (PRESCRIBE only):** outside DA reach. Emit the full setup.
    
    ### 3.6 Non-runtime OTEL environment (PRESCRIBE / verify where host config is readable)
    Required variables (per docs): `AGENT_OBSERVABILITY_ENABLED=true`, `OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO=aws_distro`,
    `OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR=aws_configurator`, `OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` (service.name, aws.log.group.names,
    cloud.resource_id), `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS`, `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS` (optional
    unified spans; needs ADOT ≥0.18.0 + X-Ray log-group resource policy), `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf`,
    `OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp`. Full block with Lambda-specific vars in `references/remediation-non-runtime.md`.
    ADOT **Collector is not supported** — use the ADOT SDK or the Lambda Layer only.
    
    ## Step 4: Generate the Readiness Report
    
    Produce a shareable artifact named `agentcore-observability-review-<target>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md`
    (`<target>` = agent/runtime id or a user-supplied label).
    
    Sections:
    - **Header** — account, region, host, surfaces assessed, permission tier reached, date.
    - **Executive summary** — ✅ READY / ⚠️ GAPS / ❌ NOT CONFIGURED; finding counts by severity; top 3 items.
    - **Findings** — table: `# | Check | Type (VERIFY/PRESCRIBE) | Severity | Current state | Expected | Remediation`.
    - **Remediation** — concrete, copy-pasteable config/commands per gap (link the relevant `references/` file).
    - **Permissions to unlock more checks** — the exact scoped inline policy JSON for any tier not reached.
    - **Limitations** — code-level instrumentation is prescriptive; EKS pod env not IAM-verifiable; on-prem/multi-cloud prescribe-only; read-only (customer applies changes).
    - **Appendix** — reference links.
    
    ## Severity Definitions
    
    | Severity | Definition |
    |---|---|
    | CRITICAL | Observability is broken — telemetry cannot flow (e.g. Transaction Search disabled, no spans despite invocations). |
    | HIGH | Significant gap — a required piece is missing (log group, delivery, resource policy, host env). |
    | MEDIUM | Notable gap — metrics/traces partially configured or best-practice not met. |
    | LOW | Minor hardening or optimization. |
    | INFO | Observation, no action required. |
    
    ## Reference Files
    
    - `references/checks-catalog.md` — full per-check catalog (API, logic, severity, VERIFY/PRESCRIBE).
    - `references/iam-tiers.md` — the three read-only tiers + ready-to-attach scoped inline policy JSON.
    - `references/remediation-runtime.md` — Transaction Search, runtime tracing, ADOT, X-Ray resource policy.
    - `references/remediation-memory-gateway.md` — log delivery + tracing (console + SDK).
    - `references/remediation-non-runtime.md` — Lambda / ECS / EKS / on-prem OTEL env and setup.
    
    ## Appendix — Reference Links
    
    - AgentCore observability configuration: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/observability-configure.html
    - AgentCore generated observability data: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/observability-service-provided.html
    - CloudWatch GenAI Observability console: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/home#gen-ai-observability
    - ADOT SDK: https://aws-otel.github.io/
    - AWS Lambda Layer for OpenTelemetry: https://aws-otel.github.io/docs/getting-started/lambda
    

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