# health-check

> Claude/Codex skill by [@betterstackhq](https://omgskills.com/library/betterstackhq/index.md) · 4 stars · Updated 2026-10-23

Quick health assessment of servers or services (databases, webservers) from their Better Stack telemetry. Checks metrics, logs, dependencies for anomalies. Use for "how is Nginx and Redis doing?" questions, not incident diagnosis.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/BetterStackHQ/claude-plugin /tmp/claude-plugin && ln -s /tmp/claude-plugin/skills/health-check ~/.claude/skills/health-check
```

## From README

Health check of service Applies to full servers or specific services (e.g., database, Redis, webserver). Prefer charts (renderchart) when presenting results - show a chart and a short comment, e.g. how CPU or memory is doing. Step 1: Find the source Call sources to find the server's or service's sources, then source for each: its platform, its services and which data (logs, spans, metrics) it has. Keep progress notes short while you collect data. Default Parameters Time window: Last 3 hours (unless user specifies otherwise) What to Check Metrics Anomalies Resource saturation spikes (CPU, memory, disk, network) Latency increases for certain services (p50/p95/p99) Error rate changes Throughput drops Compare current values against the 3-hour baseline. Flag deviations. Log Distribution Query log counts by level over time: Sudden increase in error/warn logs? Drop in info logs (service stopped logging)? New log patterns appearing? Is there a spike in logs count by any level?

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/betterstackhq/claude-plugin/skills/health-check/
- GitHub: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ/claude-plugin
- Author: [@betterstackhq](https://omgskills.com/library/betterstackhq/index.md)

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