{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Automatically captures and traces IBM Watsonx prompts, completions, and embeddings to OpenTelemetry spans for observability and debugging of LLM applications.","skillfed_tags":["llm-observability","opentelemetry","ibm-watsonx"],"use_cases":["Debug LLM application behavior by inspecting prompts and completions in a centralized trace backend.","Monitor token usage, latency, and error rates across Watsonx API calls in production.","Correlate LLM requests with upstream application traces for end-to-end observability.","Evaluate output quality by reviewing prompts and completions alongside application context in traces.","Audit LLM interactions for compliance by exporting trace data to a secure backend."],"what_it_does":"This package instruments IBM Watsonx and Watson Machine Learning library calls to emit OpenTelemetry spans, capturing prompts, completions, and embeddings automatically. It hooks into the official IBM libraries and exports trace data to any OpenTelemetry-compatible backend (Jaeger, Datadog, etc.) for centralized observability of LLM application behavior.\n\nBy default it logs full prompt and completion content to span attributes for visibility, but you can disable this via the TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT environment variable to protect sensitive user data. It depends on opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-instrumentation, and AI-specific semantic conventions to standardize how LLM interactions are recorded.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you use IBM Watsonx or Watson Machine Learning and need observability. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. Be aware that by default it logs full prompt and completion content\u2014set TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT=false if you handle sensitive user data."},"id":"opentelemetry-instrumentation-watsonx","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-watsonx","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-watsonx.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-instrumentation-watsonx/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-10","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"opentelemetry-instrumentation-watsonx","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"OpenTelemetry IBM Watsonx Instrumentation"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":6850044,"position":1832,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.62.3"}