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appinsights-instrumentationPurpose, usage and source
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.
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- microsoft/skills
- SKILL.md
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- Repository updated
- 2026-10-31
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- Cloud
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What this Skill does
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.
How the upstream workflow works
When to Use This Skill
User asks how to instrument (guidance, patterns, examples) User needs SDK setup instructions azure-prepare invokes this skill during research phase User wants to understand App Insights concepts
Upstream passage · L19 ↗When to Use azure-prepare Instead
User says "add telemetry to my app" User says "add App Insights" User wants to modify their project Any request to change/add components
Upstream passage · L26 ↗AppInsights Instrumentation Guide
This skill provides guidance and reference material for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights. > ⛔ ADDING COMPONENTS? > > If the user wants to add App Insights to their app, invoke azure-prepare instead. > This skill provides reference material—azure-prepare orchestrates the actual changes.
Upstream passage · L10 ↗Requirements and setup
Prerequisites
The app in the workspace must be one of these kinds An ASP.NET Core app hosted in Azure
Upstream passage · L33 ↗Limits and quality checks
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