observability

Distributed tracing captures request flows across services using OpenTelemetry. Integrate the OTEL Node SDK, instrument your code with spans using Effect's withSpan, and export traces to an OTLP collector for centralized visibility into latency and errors.

Yes. Effect provides structured logging that replaces console.log with type-safe, context-aware logs. Combined with OpenTelemetry integration, you emit logs with metadata and trace correlation, enabling better searchability and debugging.

Configure the OTEL Node SDK to export spans and metrics to an OTLP-compatible collector. This Skill provides end-to-end setup guidance for Effect-based applications, connecting instrumentation to centralized observability backends.

Structured logging with trace context links logs to spans automatically. Effect's logging layer integrates with OpenTelemetry spans, so each log entry carries trace IDs, enabling you to follow a request through multiple services.

Yes. Effect provides native support for OpenTelemetry through withSpan for creating nested spans and structured logging. This Skill demonstrates the integration pattern for instrumenting Effect-based TypeScript applications with OTEL.

Tracing captures request flow timing, service dependencies, and span hierarchy across async operations. Structured logging alone lacks this distributed context. Together, they provide complete visibility into performance bottlenecks and failure paths in microservices.