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OpenTelemetry in Python — SDK setup, declarative config, zero-code instrumentation (opentelemetry-instrument, opentelemetry-distro), contrib auto-instrumentation, manual API, performance tuning, breaking changes. Use when configuring or troubleshooting OpenTelemetry in a Python service. Triggers on "setup otel in python", "python telemetry", "python tracing", "opentelemetry-instrument", "opentelemetry-distro", "TracerProvider python", "MeterProvider python", "FastAPI/Flask/Django otel", "python logging bridge".

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Sourceollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills

Added on2026-08-16

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npx skill4agent add ollygarden/opentelemetry-agent-skills otel-python

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OpenTelemetry in Python

Entry point for OpenTelemetry mechanics in Python services. Load a reference below based on the task; each reference is self-contained.

References

File	Use when
`references/declarative-setup.md`	Configuring the SDK via declarative YAML ( `opentelemetry-configuration` / `opentelemetry.configuration` ): `load_config_file` , `configure_sdk` , `file_format` , env substitution, `OTEL_CONFIG_FILE` and programmatic activation.
`references/api.md`	Import paths, global API access, tracer/meter/logger usage, attributes, propagation, the Python logging bridge ( `LoggingHandler` ).
`references/instrumentation-libraries.md`	Zero-code ( `opentelemetry-distro` , `opentelemetry-bootstrap` , `opentelemetry-instrument` ), the contrib catalog, and manual instrumentation following semconv.
`references/performance.md`	Tuning sampling, batch span processor, periodic metric reader, views, asyncio context, exporters, graceful shutdown.
`references/breaking-changes.md`	Auditing existing code for deprecated/renamed APIs and semconv changes across recent SDK/contrib releases.

Sources of Truth

For YAML schema details, fetch the upstream sources listed in the

otel-declarative-config

skill. For Python-specific facts:

Fact	Fetch
Latest `opentelemetry-sdk` / `opentelemetry-api`	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-sdk/json` ( `.info.version` )
Latest `opentelemetry-configuration`	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-configuration/json`
Latest `opentelemetry-distro`	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-distro/json`
Latest `opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg>` (contrib)	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-instrumentation-<pkg>/json`
Latest OTLP exporter	`WebFetch https://pypi.org/pypi/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp/json`
Declarative config support (released 1.44.0 overview)	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/opentelemetry-configuration/README.rst`
Declarative config vendored schema (released 1.44.0)	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/schema.json`
SDK CHANGELOG through 1.44.0	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/v1.44.0/CHANGELOG.md`
Contrib CHANGELOG through 0.65b0	`WebFetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/v0.65b0/CHANGELOG.md`
Python getting-started docs	`WebFetch https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/python/getting-started/`

Cross-References

Schema-level facts:
```
otel-declarative-config
```
skill (language-agnostic YAML schema sources).
SDK version selection across languages:
```
otel-sdk-versions
```
skill.
Semantic conventions lookup:
```
otel-semantic-conventions
```
skill.