# Settings for the external annotations instrumentation

| System property  | Type  | Default  | Description  |
|----------------- |------ |--------- |------------- |
| `otel.instrumentation.external-annotations.include` | String | Default annotations | Configuration for trace annotations, in the form of a pattern that matches `'package.Annotation$Name;*'`.
| `otel.instrumentation.external-annotations.exclude-methods` | String |  | All methods to be excluded from auto-instrumentation by annotation-based advices. |
