spring-boot-actuator

SKILL.md

Production-grade monitoring, health checks, and metrics configuration for Spring Boot services using Actuator and Micrometer.

Configure endpoint exposure, security policies, and dedicated management ports to isolate operational traffic from application routes

Set up readiness and liveness health probes with custom indicators for orchestrator integration (Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry)

Wire Micrometer exporters (Prometheus, OTLP, Wavefront) with application tags for cross-service correlation and SLO reporting

Enable diagnostic endpoints (/startup, /conditions, /httpexchanges) for incident response and troubleshooting auto-configuration decisions

Spring Boot Actuator Skill

Overview

Deliver production-ready observability for Spring Boot services using Actuator endpoints, probes, and Micrometer integration.

Standardize health, metrics, and diagnostics configuration while delegating deep reference material to references/.

Support platform requirements for secure operations, SLO reporting, and incident diagnostics.

When to Use

Trigger: "enable actuator endpoints" – Bootstrap Actuator for a new or existing Spring Boot service.

Trigger: "secure management port" – Apply Spring Security policies to protect management traffic.

Trigger: "configure health probes" – Define readiness and liveness groups for orchestrators.

Trigger: "export metrics to prometheus" – Wire Micrometer registries and tune metric exposure.

Trigger: "debug actuator startup" – Inspect condition evaluations and startup metrics when endpoints are missing or slow.