GKE Observability skill: what it does and how to install it
Configures GKE observability with Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring and Managed Service for Prometheus, including metrics, alerts and troubleshooting.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill gke-observabilityRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Configures GKE logging and monitoring with gcloud, kubectl and Google Cloud tools, covering workload and control-plane metrics, Managed Prometheus, dashboards, alerts and cost controls. Diagnoses missing metrics, scrape failures, permissions, rule evaluation and PromQL or Grafana query issues without mutating live resources.
When to use it. Use for GKE monitoring, logging, metrics collection and Managed Prometheus troubleshooting. Do not use for local application logging frameworks or external APMs outside GKE.
History
Repo stars
20.6kAbout +2.3k since 9 Jul 2026
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| Date | Repo stars |
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| 1 Oct 2026 | 20,557 |
| 24 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 20,498 |
| 17 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 20,452 |
| 10 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 19,878 |
| 3 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 18,833 |
| 27 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,776 |
| 20 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,765 |
| 13 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,765 |
| 6 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,294 |
| 30 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,271 |
| 23 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,271 |
| 16 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,260 |
| 9 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,248 |
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