# Appinsights Instrumentation (agent skill)

> Appinsights Instrumentation is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from microsoft/azure-skills. Guidance for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 1,544 GitHub stars across a repository of 12 listed skills.

Guidance for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights. Provides telemetry patterns, SDK setup, and configuration references. WHEN: how to instrument app, App Insights SDK, telemetry patterns, what is App Insights, Application Insights guidance, instrumentation examples, APM best practices. This skill provides guidance and reference material for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills |
| Skill path | skills/appinsights-instrumentation/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | appinsights-instrumentation |
| GitHub stars | 1,544 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 541,931 |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 12 |
| Plugin marketplace | azure-skills |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode |
| Category | DevOps & cloud |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
/plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills
/plugin   # browse azure-skills and install the plugin that contains appinsights-instrumentation
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills.git
cp -r azure-skills/skills/appinsights-instrumentation .agents/skills/appinsights-instrumentation   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills.git
cp -r azure-skills/skills/appinsights-instrumentation .cursor/skills/appinsights-instrumentation   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/microsoft/azure-skills/appinsights-instrumentation

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