observability-designer

Design and validate observability frameworks with SLIs, SLOs, and burn-rate alerts.

Updated Apr 9, 2026
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npx skills add https://github.com/Patasse97/claude-skills --skill observability-designer-patasse97
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Skill: observability-designer
Source: https://github.com/Patasse97/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering/observability-designer
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Patasse97/claude-skills --skill observability-designer-patasse97

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What problem does it solve?

Observability Designer provides a structured approach to designing and validating end-to-end observability frameworks, spanning SLIs, SLOs, burn-rate alerting, and dashboards for production systems.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • SLI/SLO/SLA framework design and error budget management for services
  • Golden signals, dashboard generation, and role-based monitoring guidance
  • Multi-service use cases including API, web, database, and queue workloads

Quick Start

Run the SLO Designer on a service definition to generate a complete observability framework.

Frequently Asked Questions about observability-designer

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I design SLOs and error budgets for my microservices?

You can generate observability dashboards and role-based monitoring guidance by running the framework generation on a service definition. It outputs structured dashboards and runbooks for API, web, database, and message pipeline workloads.

What is multi-window burn-rate alerting and how does it work?

Multi-window burn-rate alerting is a mechanism that triggers alerts based on how fast your service consumes its error budget across multiple time windows. It enforces structured SLIs to catch reliability issues before budgets are exhausted.

Can I use this to create observability frameworks for both APIs and message queues?

Yes, you can apply this to create observability frameworks for APIs, web apps, databases, and message queues. It processes service definitions to produce SLIs, SLOs, and dashboards across these diverse workload types.

How do I generate observability runbooks and CI/CD integration guidance?

You generate observability runbooks and CI/CD integration guidance by processing your service definition through the framework. It outputs structured runbooks and actionable guidance to embed reliability checks directly into deployment pipelines.

What's the best way to validate SLI and SLA frameworks for production systems?

The best way to validate SLI and SLA frameworks is to apply a structured observability design process to your service definition. This evaluates golden signals, error budgets, and alerting rules to ensure comprehensive production coverage.