How does the interactive planning work?

The skill pauses after initial analysis to ask clarifying questions about your goals, metric types, and time ranges, ensuring the final query perfectly matches your monitoring needs.

Can this skill detect the difference between counters and gauges?

Yes, it uses heuristic-based detection and naming conventions to ensure functions like rate() are only applied to valid counter metrics.

Can it explain what a complex query is doing?

Yes, it translates PromQL into plain English, detailing specific metrics, applied functions, and describing exactly what the expected result structure will look like.

Does it help with query performance?

Absolutely. It identifies high-cardinality issues, inefficient regex usage, and suggests recording rules for complex expressions to reduce server load.

Does it support the latest Prometheus syntax?

It follows standard PromQL rules, including support for label matchers, durations, modifiers like offset, and Prometheus 3.0+ UTF-8 quoting syntax.

PromQL Validator & Optimizer

Name: PromQL Validator & Optimizer
Author: akin-ozer

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分析と監視

Validates, optimizes, and explains Prometheus Query Language (PromQL) queries to ensure observability data is accurate and efficient.

This specialized skill empowers users to write production-ready Prometheus queries by performing deep syntax and semantic validation. It detects common anti-patterns—such as using rate() on gauges or high-cardinality regex matches—and provides interactive query planning to align technical implementation with monitoring intent. By translating complex queries into plain English and offering performance optimizations, it serves as an essential companion for SREs and DevOps engineers building reliable dashboards and alerts.

主な機能

01Anti-pattern detection to identify inefficient or logically flawed queries

02Detailed query explanation and output structure visualization

03Performance optimization suggestions including recording rule recommendations

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05Automated syntax and semantic validation for PromQL expressions

06Interactive two-phase planning to align queries with monitoring goals

ユースケース

01Debugging complex PromQL alerts or dashboard panels that return unexpected results

02Optimizing high-cardinality queries to reduce Prometheus server load and improve performance

03Onboarding developers to Prometheus by explaining query logic and metric types in plain English

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills promql-validator

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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