New Relic CLI Skills

Monitor, query, and manage New Relic observability data via the newrelic CLI. Covers NRQL queries, APM performance triage, deployment markers, alert policy and condition management, notification channel setup, infrastructure monitoring, and agent diagnostics. Use when user asks about application performance, error rates, slow transactions, deployment tracking, alert configuration, or New Relic setup.

Quick Decision Tree

Performance issue reported? → apm/SKILL.md Need to query data with NRQL? → nrql/SKILL.md Recording a deployment? → deployments/SKILL.md Alert management? → alerts/SKILL.md Infrastructure/host issues? → infrastructure/SKILL.md Agent not reporting? → diagnostics/SKILL.md

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Setup & Auth

bash

# Install (manual or package manager)
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install newrelic-cli

# Windows (Scoop)
scoop bucket add newrelic-cli https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli.git
scoop install newrelic-cli

# Or manually download a release archive from:
# https://github.com/newrelic/newrelic-cli/releases
# Extract it, place the `newrelic` binary on your PATH, then verify with:
newrelic --version

# Configure profile
newrelic profile add \
  --profile default \
  --apiKey $NEW_RELIC_API_KEY \
  --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --region US   # US, EU, JP, GOV, or FEDRAMP (alias for GOV)

newrelic profile default --profile default

# Verify
newrelic profile list

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Common One-Liners

bash

# Search for an entity by name
newrelic entity search --name "my-app"

# Run a NRQL query
newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --query "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName='my-app' SINCE 1 hour ago"

# Record a deployment
newrelic apm deployment create \
  --applicationId <APP_ID> \
  --revision "v1.2.3" \
  --description "Feature: user auth"

# Run diagnostics
newrelic diagnose run

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Entity Reference

Find entity GUIDs (needed for API calls and deployment markers):

bash

# List all APM apps
newrelic entity search --name "" --type APPLICATION --domain APM

# Get specific entity details
newrelic entity get --guid <GUID>

# List all hosts
newrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST

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Environment Variables

Variable	Description
NEW_RELIC_API_KEY	User key (NRAK-...)
NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID	Numeric account ID
NEW_RELIC_REGION	US, EU, JP, GOV, or FEDRAMP (FEDRAMP is an alias for GOV)

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Sub-Skills

Sub-skill	When to use
apm/	Performance triage, slow transactions, error analysis
nrql/	Custom queries, dashboards, ad-hoc data exploration
deployments/	Mark releases, correlate deploys with performance
alerts/	Alert policies, conditions, notification channels
infrastructure/	Host metrics, CPU/memory, process monitoring
diagnostics/	Agent health, config validation, connectivity

Scripts

Script	Purpose
scripts/check-performance.sh	Quick health check across all apps
scripts/deployment-marker.sh	Record a deployment event
scripts/top-slow-transactions.sh	Find the 10 slowest transactions
scripts/error-report.sh	Recent errors with stack traces

References

• references/nrql-patterns.md — Common NRQL query patterns
• references/performance-triage.md — Step-by-step triage guide