·tempo

Guide for implementing Grafana Tempo - a high-scale distributed tracing backend for OpenTelemetry traces. Use when configuring Tempo deployments, setting up storage backends (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), writing TraceQL queries, deploying via Helm, understanding trace structure, or troubleshooting Tempo issues on Kubernetes.

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills --skill tempo

SKILL.md

Comprehensive guide for Grafana Tempo - the cost-effective, high-scale distributed tracing backend designed for OpenTelemetry.

| Distributor | Entry point for trace data, routes to ingesters via consistent hash ring | | Ingester | Buffers traces in memory, creates Parquet blocks, flushes to storage | | Query Frontend | Query orchestration, shards blockID space, coordinates queriers | | Querier | Locates traces in ingesters or storage using bloom filters |

| Compactor | Compresses blocks, deduplicates data, manages retention | | Metrics Generator | Optional: derives metrics from traces |

Guide for implementing Grafana Tempo - a high-scale distributed tracing backend for OpenTelemetry traces. Use when configuring Tempo deployments, setting up storage backends (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), writing TraceQL queries, deploying via Helm, understanding trace structure, or troubleshooting Tempo issues on Kubernetes. Source: julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills.

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npx skills add https://github.com/julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills --skill tempo
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What is tempo?

Guide for implementing Grafana Tempo - a high-scale distributed tracing backend for OpenTelemetry traces. Use when configuring Tempo deployments, setting up storage backends (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), writing TraceQL queries, deploying via Helm, understanding trace structure, or troubleshooting Tempo issues on Kubernetes. Source: julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills.

How do I install tempo?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills --skill tempo Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills