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Sentry Read-Only Observability

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Efficiently inspect and summarize Sentry issues and events.

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Updated Jun 24, 2026
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What Sentry Read-Only Observability does

The Sentry Read-Only Observability skill enables developers and DevOps teams to interact with Sentry's error tracking and performance monitoring capabilities through command-line interface (CLI) queries. By leveraging the Sentry CLI, users can perform read-only operations to inspect unresolved issues, view detailed event data, and summarize recent production errors. This skill is particularly useful for teams looking to maintain application health and quickly diagnose issues without modifying any data.

To get started, users must authenticate with Sentry using their authentication token. The skill automatically detects organization and project settings from environment variables or project configurations, streamlining the setup process. Users can execute various commands to list unresolved issues, view issue details, and retrieve event histories, all formatted in JSON for easy integration with other tools or scripts. The CLI also supports pagination and retries, ensuring robust data retrieval even in large projects.

This skill is ideal for developers and operations teams who need to monitor application performance and troubleshoot issues efficiently. It allows for quick access to critical information about application errors and performance metrics, facilitating faster resolution times and improved application reliability. The read-only nature of the skill ensures that users can gather insights without the risk of altering any data in their Sentry projects.

While the Sentry Read-Only Observability skill is powerful for querying and inspecting data, it is not suitable for users needing to create or modify issues directly within Sentry. It focuses solely on read operations, making it a safe choice for environments where data integrity is paramount.

When to use it

Use this skill when you need to inspect Sentry issues, summarize production errors, or pull health data without making changes to the Sentry projects.

When not to use it

This skill is not suitable for tasks that require modifying Sentry issues or creating new events, as it only supports read-only operations.

What you can build with it

Inspect Recent Issues

Quickly retrieve and list unresolved issues from the last 24 hours to prioritize fixes.

Summarize Production Errors

Generate summaries of recent production errors to share with your development team for faster resolution.

Access Event Details

View detailed information about specific events to understand the context of issues and their impact.

How to install Sentry Read-Only Observability

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1. Install with the skills CLI

npx skills add openai/skills/sentry --agent claude-code

2. Or install it manually

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Written by openai

Sentry (Read-only Observability)

Quick start

  • If not already authenticated, ask the user to run sentry auth login or set SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN as an env var.
  • The CLI auto-detects org/project from DSNs in .env files, source code, config defaults, and directory names. Only specify <org>/<project> if auto-detection fails or picks the wrong target.
  • Defaults: time range 24h, environment production, limit 20.
  • Always use --json when processing output programmatically. Use --json --fields to select specific fields and reduce output size.
  • Use sentry schema <resource> to discover API endpoints quickly.

If the CLI is not installed, give the user these steps:

  1. Install the Sentry CLI: curl https://cli.sentry.dev/install -fsS | bash
  2. Authenticate: sentry auth login
  3. Confirm authentication: sentry auth status
  • Never ask the user to paste the full token in chat. Ask them to set it locally and confirm when ready.

Core tasks (use Sentry CLI)

Use the sentry CLI for all queries. It handles authentication, org/project detection, pagination, and retries automatically. Use --json for machine-readable output.

1) List issues (ordered by most recent)

sentry issue list \
  --query "is:unresolved environment:production" \
  --period 24h \
  --limit 20 \
  --json --fields shortId,title,priority,level,status

If auto-detection doesn't resolve org/project, pass them explicitly:

sentry issue list {your-org}/{your-project} \
  --query "is:unresolved environment:production" \
  --period 24h \
  --limit 20 \
  --json

2) Resolve an issue short ID to issue detail

sentry issue view {ABC-123} --json

Use the short ID format (e.g., ABC-123), not the numeric ID.

3) Issue detail

sentry issue view {ABC-123}

4) Issue events

sentry issue events {ABC-123} --limit 20 --json

5) Event detail

sentry event view {your-org}/{your-project}/{event_id} --json

6) AI-powered root cause analysis

sentry issue explain {ABC-123}

7) AI-powered fix plan

sentry issue plan {ABC-123}

Fallback: arbitrary API access

For endpoints not covered by dedicated CLI commands, use sentry api:

sentry api /api/0/organizations/{your-org}/ --method GET

Use sentry schema to discover available API endpoints:

sentry schema issues

Inputs and defaults

  • org_slug, project_slug: auto-detected by the CLI from DSNs, env vars, and directory names. Override with positional {your-org}/{your-project} if auto-detection fails.
  • time_range: default 24h (pass as --period 24h).
  • environment: default prod (pass as part of --query, e.g., environment:production).
  • limit: default 20 (pass as --limit).
  • search_query: optional --query parameter, uses Sentry search syntax (e.g., is:unresolved, assigned:me).
  • issue_short_id: use directly with sentry issue view.

Output formatting rules

  • Issue list: show title, short_id, status, first_seen, last_seen, count, environments, top_tags; order by most recent.
  • Event detail: include culprit, timestamp, environment, release, url.
  • If no results, state explicitly.
  • Redact PII in output (emails, IPs). Do not print raw stack traces.
  • Never echo auth tokens.

Golden test inputs

  • Org: {your-org}
  • Project: {your-project}
  • Issue short ID: {ABC-123}

Example prompt: "List the top 10 open issues for prod in the last 24h." Expected: ordered list with titles, short IDs, counts, last seen.

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