--- title: How OpenRouter and Grafana Cloud bring observability to... description: OpenRouter's Broadcast feature automatically sends OpenTelemetry traces from every LLM API request to Grafana Cloud, requiring no code changes or SDK... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-openrouter-and-grafana-cloud-bring-observability-to-llm-powered-applications-3r6zwyiwx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How OpenRouter and Grafana Cloud bring observability to LLM-powered applications | daily.dev og:description: OpenRouter's Broadcast feature automatically sends OpenTelemetry traces from every LLM API request to Grafana Cloud, requiring no code changes or SDK... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-openrouter-and-grafana-cloud-bring-observability-to-llm-powered-applications-3r6zwyiwx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3r6zWyIwX.png og:image:alt: How OpenRouter and Grafana Cloud bring observability to LLM-powered applications og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How OpenRouter and Grafana Cloud bring observability to LLM-powered applications **[Grafana Labs](https://daily.dev/sources/grafana)** · 8 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenRouter's Broadcast feature automatically sends OpenTelemetry traces from every LLM API request to Grafana Cloud, requiring no code changes or SDK installation. Traces include model info, token usage, cost data, latency breakdowns, and error details following OTel semantic conventions for generative AI. Teams can use TraceQL to query traces, build dashboards for cost attribution across models, monitor p50/p95/p99 latency, debug failed requests, and plan capacity. A Privacy Mode excludes prompt/completion content while retaining operational metrics. Setup takes a few minutes via the OpenRouter dashboard. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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