🐛 Query Metrics
This skill helps you query and explore OpenTelemetry metrics in Axiom MetricsDB, discovering metrics, tags, values, and crafting effective queries.
npx playbooks add skill axiomhq/skills --skill query-metrics
About Query Metrics
The Query Metrics skill is a debugging tool that allows developers to query and explore OpenTelemetry metrics in Axiom MetricsDB, enabling them to discover metrics, tags, values, and craft effective queries to troubleshoot issues. This skill is useful when developers need to investigate and analyze metrics data to identify problems or optimize system performance. Developers would reach for this skill when they want to explore and understand the metrics data stored in Axiom MetricsDB.
This compact 20-word instruction set is purpose-built for debugging work in AI coding agents. Install with a single command.
Use Cases
- Systematically diagnosing production errors and crashes
- Tracing memory leaks and performance bottlenecks
- Debugging async race conditions and concurrency issues
- Root-cause analysis with structured logging
Example Prompts
System Prompt (20 words)
This skill helps you query and explore OpenTelemetry metrics in Axiom MetricsDB, discovering metrics, tags, values, and crafting effective queries.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Query Metrics?
Query Metrics is a free debugging skill for AI coding agents. This skill helps you query and explore OpenTelemetry metrics in Axiom MetricsDB, discovering metrics, tags, values, and crafting effective queries.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with debugging expertise.
How do I use Query Metrics with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill axiomhq/skills --skill query-metrics in your terminal to install Query Metrics into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Query Metrics?
Query Metrics is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Query Metrics free to use?
Yes, Query Metrics is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/axiomhq/skills/tree/main/skills/query-metrics. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
