honeycomb-tracing

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By paperclipai/paperclip (GitHub) · coding · 113,791 stars · scanned at commit aaec67b

Trace Paperclip runs, requests, and full CI suites in Honeycomb. Use to find traces, diagnose latency, design readable and foldable waterfalls, configure opt-in OpenTelemetry, or add missing spans.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Runs commands on your computer

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. Expected for a coding skill.

Found in 15 places.

.agents/skills/honeycomb-tracing/SKILL.md, line 64node -e 'console.log(require("node:crypto").createHash("sha256").update(process.argv[1]).digest("hex").slice(0, 12))' "$RUN_ID"
server/src/config.ts, line 7import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
server/src/config.ts, line 140const stdout = execFileSync("tailscale", ["ip", "-4"], {

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server/src/instrumentation.ts, line 35import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
server/src/instrumentation.ts, line 425const out = execFileSync("git", ["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"], {
server/src/services/connectors/tailscale/network.ts, line 1import { execFile, spawn, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
server/src/services/controller-process-identity.ts, line 2import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
server/src/services/controller-process-identity.ts, line 71const bootSession = execFileSync("/usr/sbin/sysctl", ["-n", "kern.bootsessionuuid"], {
server/src/services/git-restore-point.ts, line 1import { execFile as execFileCallback, spawn } from "node:child_process";
server/src/services/heartbeat.ts, line 362import { execFile as execFileCallback } from "node:child_process";
server/src/services/hot-restart.ts, line 1import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
server/src/services/plugin-worker-manager.ts, line 26import { fork, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
server/src/services/systemd-notify.ts, line 1import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
server/src/version.ts, line 2import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
server/src/version.ts, line 31return execFileSync(

Sends data to these websites: api.github.com${apipath}

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.

Found in 8 places.

server/src/adapters/registry.ts, line 459const response = await fetch(url, { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: "{}", redirect: "error", signal: AbortSignal.timeout(
server/src/middleware/idle-admission.ts, line 21state.requests.delete(work);
server/src/middleware/idle-admission.ts, line 43const work = requests.get(req);

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server/src/middleware/idle-admission.ts, line 114const work = requests.get(req);
server/src/realtime/environment-custom-image-terminal-ws.ts, line 495const wss = new WebSocketServer({ noServer: true });
server/src/realtime/live-events-ws.ts, line 264const wss = new WebSocketServer({ noServer: true, maxPayload: 64 * 1024 });
server/src/services/feedback-share-client.ts, line 39const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
server/src/services/skill-source-github-access.ts, line 96const response = await fetch(`https://api.github.com${apiPath}`, {

Downloads and installs other software

The author does not mention this.

Found in 1 place.

server/src/startup-banner.ts, line 96message: "missing (run `npx paperclipai onboard`)",

Safer alternatives

Low-risk skills in the same category (coding) that look related. Check that one does what you need.

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'honeycomb-tracing' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'honeycomb-tracing' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named honeycomb-tracing already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'aaec67b89161e42571bd12f7c3e3b26ac92be3ce' -- '.agents/skills/honeycomb-tracing' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'.agents/skills/honeycomb-tracing' ~/.agents/skills/'honeycomb-tracing' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'honeycomb-tracing' ~/.claude/skills/'honeycomb-tracing' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-14	`aaec67b`	79
2026-11-11	`bc45334`	79
2026-11-08	`68d5fb5`	79
2026-11-07	`6cfb69b`	49