Setup

Set up tracing in just a few minutes — choose integrations or manual instrumentation

You can set up tracing in two ways:

FAQ: Should I use an integration or manually instrument?

Integrations (Recommended)
Manual Instrumentation

What it is?

Pre-built integrations for supported frameworks/LLM providers

You instrument your application to create spans via OpenTelemetry APIs.

When to use it?

If your application uses one of our supported integrations and you want to get tracing running quickly.

If your framework/model isn’t supported, or you need fine-grained control over spans, attributes, and data capture.

Can I customize it?

Yes; you can still add custom spans/attributes even after enabling auto-instrumentation.

Yes; you define your spans, attributes, events, metadata entirely as you wish.

Benefits

Fast time-to-value, minimal developer effort, gets you up and tracing quickly.

Maximum flexibility, fit for advanced use-cases, custom workflows, or non-standard stacks.

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