Cloud & infrastructureMIT-0

ECS Observability

by AWS Samples (opens in a new tab) aws-samples/sample-apex-skills

Design ECS logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and live-debug access by launch type.

Installation

Skills CLI

Skills CLI command
npx skills@latest add aws-samples/sample-apex-skills --skill ecs-observability

Requires Node.js and npm. Choose your agents in the installer; add -g for a global installation.

Fieldbook review

Reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Selects among CloudWatch, Container Insights, ADOT, Prometheus/Grafana, FireLens, and third-party stacks while surfacing log-loss and cost tradeoffs. It is a reference-driven advisory skill and does not run deployment or audit workflows.

  • LicenceMIT-0
  • FrontmatterValid name and description
  • Risky patternsNone found
  • Size143 lines
  • Last checked27 Sept 2026 · def25cc59d333ebf0b6450347b6a89e45f79313ed9df42d15e457bdb54f57541

What it can touch

Guidance only. Its instructions shape how the agent thinks and writes; they do not ask it to change files or run commands.

Read the source

Fieldbook links to the original instead of copying it, so you always read the version you install.

skills/ecs-observability/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)