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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+def init_metrics(meter):
+
+    # Recommendations counter
+    app_recommendations_counter = meter.create_counter(
+        'app_recommendations_counter', unit='recommendations', description="Counts the total number of given recommendations"
+    )
+
+    rec_svc_metrics = {
+        "app_recommendations_counter": app_recommendations_counter,
+    }
+
+    return rec_svc_metrics