instana

What this skill does

# Instana

Instana is an observability platform that helps monitor the performance of applications and infrastructure. It provides automated discovery, tracing, and analysis of complex systems. DevOps teams and SREs use it to identify and resolve performance issues quickly.

Official docs: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability

## Instana Overview

- **Dashboard**
  - **Dashboard Group**
- **Application**
- **Website**
- **Alerting Channel**
- **User**
- **Infrastructure Monitoring**
- **Kubernetes Monitoring**
- **Technology Monitoring**
- **Trace Monitoring**
- **Event**
- **Call**
- **Service**
- **Endpoint**
- **Database**
- **Query**
- **Setting**
- **Log Source**
- **Log Mapping Template**
- **Synthetic Monitor**
- **Test Catalog**
- **API Token**
- **Release Marker**
- **Maintenance Window**
- **Agent Setting**
- **License**
- **Bill**
- **Usage Profile**
- **Integration**
  - **AWS Integration**
  - **Azure Integration**
  - **Google Cloud Integration**
  - **PCF Integration**
  - **Custom Integration**
- **Technology**
- **Span**
- **Website Group**
- **Mobile App**
- **Mobile App Group**
- **Session**
- **User Session**
- **Process Group**
- **Container Group**
- **Snapshot**
- **Anomaly**
- **Incident**
- **Problem**
- **Story**
- **Perspective**
- **Notebook**
- **Report**
- **Automation Rule**
- **Correlation Configuration**
- **Custom Event**
- **Global Notification Group**
- **External Website**
- **Application Monitoring**
- **Configuration Profile**
- **Log Rule**
- **Log Forwarding Rule**
- **Log Management**
- **Monitoring Template**
- **Process**
- **Container**
- **Host**
- **Virtual Machine**
- **Datastore**
- **Load Balancer**
- **Network Interface**
- **Volume**
- **Queue Manager**
- **Topic**
- **Channel**
- **Listener**
- **Transaction**
- **Program**
- **Job**
- **Step**
- **Message**
- **Cache**
- **Lock**
- **Sensor**
- **Device**
- **Firmware**
- **Certificate**
- **Key**
- **Secret**
- **Policy**
- **Rule**
- **Action**
- **Task**
- **Workflow**
- **Schedule**
- **Template**
- **Script**
- **Variable**
- **Constant**
- **Enumeration**
- **Annotation**
- **Comment**
- **Attachment**
- **Link**
- **Bookmark**
- **Tag**
- **Category**
- **Group**
- **Role**
- **Permission**
- **Audit Log**
- **System Log**
- **Error Log**
- **Access Log**
- **Change Log**
- **Event Log**
- **Security Log**
- **Performance Log**
- **Debug Log**
- **Trace Log**
- **Alert**
- **Notification**
- **Incident Preference**
- **Team**
- **Calendar**
- **Service Level Agreement (SLA)**
- **Outage**
- **Change Request**
- **Knowledge Base Article**
- **FAQ**
- **Tutorial**
- **Documentation**
- **Release Note**
- **Roadmap**
- **Case**
- **Opportunity**
- **Lead**
- **Contact**
- **Account**
- **Contract**
- **Quote**
- **Order**
- **Invoice**
- **Payment**
- **Shipment**
- **Return**
- **Refund**
- **Coupon**
- **Discount**
- **Tax**
- **Currency**
- **Language**
- **Region**
- **Country**
- **City**
- **Location**
- **IP Address**
- **Domain**
- **Subnet**
- **Network**
- **Firewall**
- **VPN**
- **Proxy**
- **DNS**
- **DHCP**
- **Routing Table**
- **ARP Table**
- **MAC Address**
- **Port**
- **Protocol**
- **Interface**
- **Bandwidth**
- **Latency**
- **Packet Loss**
- **Jitter**
- **Throughput**
- **Availability**
- **Reliability**
- **Scalability**
- **Performance**
- **Security**
- **Compliance**
- **Cost**
- **Risk**
- **Impact**
- **Urgency**
- **Priority**
- **Severity**
- **Status**
- **Resolution**
- **Owner**
- **Assignee**
- **Reviewer**
- **Approver**
- **Watcher**
- **Subscriber**
- **Follower**
- **Mention**
- **Commenter**
- **Reporter**
- **Creator**
- **Modifier**
- **Deleter**
- **Archiver**
- **Restorer**
- **Exporter**
- **Importer**
- **Validator**
- **Analyzer**
- **Optimizer**
- **Simulator**
- **Emulator**
- **Debugger**
- **Profiler**
- **Monitor**
- **Controller**
- **Adapter**
- **Connector**
- **Driver**
- **Plugin**
- **Extension**
- **Module**
- **Library**
- **Framework**
- **Platform**
- **Environment**
- **Configuration**
- **Deployment**
- **Release**
- **Version**
- **Build**
- **Test**
- **Quality**
- **Defect**
- **Issue**
- **Problem Report**
- **Feature Request**
- **Enhancement**
- **Improvement**
- **Refactoring**
- **Technical Debt**
- **Code Review**
- **Unit Test**
- **Integration Test**
- **System Test**
- **Acceptance Test**
- **Regression Test**
- **Performance Test**
- **Security Test**
- **Usability Test**
- **Accessibility Test**
- **Localization Test**
- **Internationalization Test**
- **Globalization Test**
- **Data Migration**
- **Data Integration**
- **Data Synchronization**
- **Data Replication**
- **Data Backup**
- **Data Recovery**
- **Data Archiving**
- **Data Purging**
- **Data Masking**
- **Data Encryption**
- **Data Compression**
- **Data De-duplication**
- **Data Validation**
- **Data Cleansing**
- **Data Transformation**
- **Data Enrichment**
- **Data Analysis**
- **Data Visualization**
- **Data Reporting**
- **Data Mining**
- **Data Warehousing**
- **Data Lake**
- **Big Data**
- **Machine Learning**
- **Artificial Intelligence**
- **Natural Language Processing**
- **Computer Vision**
- **Robotics**
- **Internet of Things (IoT)**
- **Blockchain**
- **Cloud Computing**
- **Edge Computing**
- **Quantum Computing**
- **Augmented Reality (AR)**
- **Virtual Reality (VR)**
- **Mixed Reality (MR)**
- **Extended Reality (XR)**
- **Metaverse**

Use action names and parameters as needed.

## Working with Instana

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Instana. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.

### Install the CLI

Install the Membrane CLI so you can run `membrane` from the terminal:

```bash
npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest
```

### Authentication

```bash
membrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>
```

This will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available.

**Headless environments:** The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with:

```bash
membrane login complete <code>
```

Add `--json` to any command for machine-readable JSON output.

**Agent Types** : claude, openclaw, codex, warp, windsurf, etc. Those will be used to adjust tooling to be used best with your harness

### Connecting to Instana

Use `membrane connection ensure` to find or create a connection by app URL or domain:

```bash
membrane connection ensure "https://www.instana.com/" --json
```
The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.

This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically.

If the returned connection has `state: "READY"`, skip to **Step 2**.

#### 1b. Wait for the connection to be ready

If the connection is in `BUILDING` state, poll until it's ready:

```bash
npx @membranehq/cli connection get <id> --wait --json
```

The `--wait` flag long-polls (up to `--timeout` seconds, default 30) until the state changes. Keep polling until `state` is no longer `BUILDING`.

The resulting state tells you what to do next:

- **`READY`** — connection is fully set up. Skip to **Step 2**.
- **`CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED`** — the user or agent needs to do something. The `clientAction` object describes the required action:
  - `clientAction.type` — the kind of action needed:
    - `"connect"` — user needs to authenticate (OAuth, API key, etc.). This covers initial authentication and re-authentication for disconnected connections.
    - `"provide-input"` — more information is needed (e.g. which app to connect to).
  - `clientAction.description` — human-readable explanation of what's needed.
  - `clientAction.uiUrl` (optional) — URL to a p