appinsights-instrumentation
Instrument a webapp to send useful telemetry data to Azure App Insights
Profile →npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill appinsights-instrumentation --agent copilot
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for claude-code, codex, cursor.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# AppInsights instrumentation This skill enables sending telemetry data of a webapp to Azure App Insights for better observability of the app's health. ## When to use this skill Use this skill when the user wants to enable telemetry for their webapp. ## Prerequisites The app in the workspace must be one of these kinds - An ASP.NET Core app hosted in Azure - A Node.js app hosted in Azure ## Guidelines ### Collect context information Find out the (programming language, application framework, hosting) tuple of the application the user is trying to add telemetry support in. This determines how the application can be instrumented. Read the source code to make an educated guess. Confirm with the user on anything you don't know. You must always ask the user where the application is hosted (e.g. on a personal computer, in an Azure App Service as code, in an Azure App Service as container, in an Azure Container App, etc.). ### Prefer auto-instrument if possible If the app is a C# ASP.NET Core app hosted in Azure App Service, use [AUTO guide](references/AUTO.md) to help user auto-instrument the app. ### Manually instrument Manually instrument the app by creating the AppInsights resource and
- When to use this skill
- Prerequisites
- Guidelines
- Collect context information
- Prefer auto-instrument if possible
- Manually instrument
What does the appinsights-instrumentation skill do?
Instrument a webapp to send useful telemetry data to Azure App Insights
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill appinsights-instrumentation --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From github/awesome-copilot, a repository with 37,432 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.