Netdata shares 50+ infrastructure skills for AI coding tools
Netdata posted on Reddit that it has released an open-source set of skills for AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot. The skills are meant to help add monitoring to code and troubleshoot problems using real server data. The post says they cover OpenTelemetry setup, instrumentation for 7 languages, and troubleshooting for 49 technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes. The project is released under Apache 2.0.
Key points
- The post says the skills work with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, and more.
- The skills connect to Netdata through MCP so the agent can query real metrics.
- They include OpenTelemetry setup and instrumentation for 7 programming languages.
- They cover troubleshooting for 49 technologies, including PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
- The project is open source under Apache 2.0.
Quick term guide
- open-source
- Software whose code is shared publicly so others can inspect, use, or change it.
- AI coding tools
- Programs like Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT that write code for you when you describe what you want in plain language.
- AI coding tool
- Software that uses AI to help write, edit, or explain code.
- OpenTelemetry
- A common toolkit for collecting app and server performance data.
- instrumentation
- Adding code or settings so an app can report what it is doing and where problems happen.
- Solo makers
- People who build and launch their own products or services entirely on their own.
- programming language
- A set of rules people use to tell computers what to do.
- open source
- Software whose code is available for people to view and often modify.