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Pull request overview
Adds documentation and a new “skill” entry aimed at improving consistency and signal-to-noise in analytics instrumentation for Backstage frontend plugins.
Changes:
- Expanded the frontend analytics guide with guidance to prefer semantic/domain events and rely on
@backstage/uiauto-tracked click events (withnoTrackfor overrides). - Added a new
plugin-analytics-instrumentationskill document with principles, examples, and a review checklist. - Registered the new skill in the skills index.
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Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 6 comments.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| docs/frontend-system/building-plugins/08-analytics.md | Adds guidance to avoid generic click/lifecycle events and leverage @backstage/ui auto-tracking with noTrack. |
| docs/.well-known/skills/plugin-analytics-instrumentation/SKILL.md | Introduces a new skill doc covering analytics instrumentation principles, patterns, and testing guidance. |
| docs/.well-known/skills/index.json | Registers the new skill in the skills catalog index. |
Signed-off-by: Eric Peterson <ericpeterson@spotify.com>
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What / Why
Been noticing a lot of slopalytics in PRs in our Backstage instance since the shift to genAI development workflows. Providing this skill in hopes that we can stem the tide.
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