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id: opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-ai
version: "0.5.1"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-ai — OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions Extension for Large Language Models

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-ai
uv add opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-ai
poetry add opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-ai

## Description

# OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions extensions for gen-AI applications

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This is an extension of the standard [OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions) for gen AI applications. It defines additional attributes for spans that are useful for debugging and monitoring prompts, completions, token usage, etc.

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Defines OpenTelemetry semantic conventions and span attributes for monitoring and debugging generative AI applications, including prompt, completion, and token usage tracking.

Verdict: A lightweight, actively maintained extension for OpenTelemetry that standardizes observability for gen-AI workloads. No known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and minimal dependencies make it a safe addition to observability stacks targeting LLM and AI applications.

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