Constructing and interpreting Honeycomb queries on trace, log and event datasets: operation selection (percentiles not AVG, HEATMAP for distributions), relational fields (root., parent., any., none.), calculated fields, query math, and reading results (P99/P50 ratios, heatmap bands, TOTAL/OTHER rows, raw JSON via query_result_json).
Install
npx skills add honeycombio/agent-skill --skill query-patternsnpx skills add honeycombio/agent-skill --skill query-patterns -a claude-code -gnpx skills add honeycombio/agent-skill --skill query-patterns -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/honeycombio/agent-skill.git --path honeycomb/skills/query-patternsgh skill install honeycombio/agent-skill query-patternsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/honeycombio/agent-skill /tmp/honeycombio__agent-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/honeycombio__agent-skill/honeycomb/skills/query-patterns ~/.claude/skills/query-patterns # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/honeycombio__agent-skill/honeycomb/skills/query-patterns ~/.agents/skills/query-patterns # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode