Use Cases
SemConv Proxy addresses real problems that platform, SRE, and development teams face when working with OpenTelemetry semantic conventions.
Common Scenarios
| Use Case |
Persona |
What You Get |
| Semantic Convention Discovery |
Application Developer |
Live dictionary of emitted conventions → Weaver YAML → CI validation |
| Migration Tracking |
Engineer / SRE |
Before/after attribute snapshots to validate instrumentation migrations |
| Cardinality Management |
SRE / On-Call |
Per-attribute cardinality tracking with Prometheus alerts and budget enforcement |
| Platform Team Fleet Monitoring |
Platform Engineer |
Unified view of conventions across all teams with automated drift detection |
Who Is This For?
| Persona |
Primary Use Case |
| Platform Engineer |
Discover and standardize conventions across services |
| SRE / On-Call |
Identify cardinality explosions before they cause incidents |
| Application Developer |
Understand what telemetry their service emits |
| Dev Advocate |
Demonstrate OTel best practices with real convention data |