Node_Exporter
This Node Exporter skill gathers metrics from nodes and exports them for monitoring and analysis, streamlining observability efforts.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add node_exporter npx -- -y @trustedskills/node_exporter
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"node_exporter": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/node_exporter"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The node_exporter skill provides a way to expose system metrics from a server or machine. It collects data such as CPU usage, memory utilization, disk I/O, and network statistics. This information can then be scraped by monitoring systems like Prometheus for analysis and visualization.
When to use it
- Monitoring Server Health: Track resource consumption on a development or production server to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance.
- Capacity Planning: Gather data about disk space usage and memory utilization to predict when hardware upgrades are needed.
- Troubleshooting Performance Issues: Collect metrics during periods of high load to pinpoint the root cause of slowdowns.
- Automated Alerting: Integrate with alerting systems based on collected metrics, such as CPU exceeding a certain threshold.
Key capabilities
- Exposes system metrics via HTTP endpoints.
- Supports various metric types (CPU, memory, disk, network).
- Collects hardware and OS statistics.
- Compatible with Prometheus monitoring tools.
Example prompts
- "Can you tell me the current CPU usage of this server?"
- "What is the available memory on the machine?"
- "Show me a graph of disk I/O over the last hour."
Tips & gotchas
The node_exporter requires access to system resources. Ensure the agent running it has appropriate permissions to collect the desired metrics, otherwise data may be incomplete or inaccurate.
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