name: vercel-observability description: | Execute set up comprehensive observability for Vercel integrations with metrics, traces, and alerts. Use when implementing monitoring for Vercel operations, setting up dashboards, or configuring alerting for Vercel integration health. Trigger with phrases like "vercel monitoring", "vercel metrics", "vercel observability", "monitor vercel", "vercel alerts", "vercel tracing". allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io

Vercel Observability

Prerequisites

• Prometheus or compatible metrics backend
• OpenTelemetry SDK installed
• Grafana or similar dashboarding tool
• AlertManager configured

Instructions

Step 1: Set Up Metrics Collection

Implement Prometheus counters, histograms, and gauges for key operations.

Step 2: Add Distributed Tracing

Integrate OpenTelemetry for end-to-end request tracing.

Step 3: Configure Structured Logging

Set up JSON logging with consistent field names.

Step 4: Create Alert Rules

Define Prometheus alerting rules for error rates and latency.

Output

• Metrics collection enabled
• Distributed tracing configured
• Structured logging implemented
• Alert rules deployed

Error Handling

See {baseDir}/references/errors.md for comprehensive error handling.

Examples

See {baseDir}/references/examples.md for detailed examples.

Resources

• Prometheus Best Practices
• OpenTelemetry Documentation
• Vercel Observability Guide