--- title: "Inside the LLM Call: GenAI Observability with OpenTelemetry" url: https://daily.dev/posts/inside-the-llm-call-genai-observability-with-opentelemetry-cde3px0h9 source_url: https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/genai-observability type: article source: "OpenTelemetry" published: 2026-05-14T15:18:16.446Z updated: 2026-05-14T15:18:40.612Z tags: ["llm", "genai", "observability", "opentelemetry"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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. # Inside the LLM Call: GenAI Observability with OpenTelemetry **[OpenTelemetry](https://daily.dev/sources/opentelemetry)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenTelemetry's Semantic Conventions for Generative AI provide standardized observability for LLM-powered applications. The walkthrough covers exporting GenAI telemetry from VS Code Copilot (and other tools like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex), configuring the Aspire Dashboard as a local OTLP-compatible backend, and exploring traces, metrics, and events. Key attributes include model names, token counts, finish reasons, and optionally full prompt/response content. Metrics like operation duration and token usage help estimate costs, detect latency regressions, and monitor usage patterns across models and agents. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Datadog LLM Observability natively supports OpenTelemetry GenAI Semantic Conventions](https://daily.dev/posts/datadog-llm-observability-natively-supports-opentelemetry-genai-semantic-conventions-uku86hqf1) · Datadog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why Your AI Agent is a Black Box and How to fix it With OpenTelemetry](https://daily.dev/posts/why-your-ai-agent-is-a-black-box-and-how-to-fix-it-with-opentelemetry-oakutrahj) · DevOps.com · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What we think of the Opentelemetry semantic conventions for GenAI traces](https://daily.dev/posts/what-we-think-of-the-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-for-genai-traces-aurzr0g2p) · portkey · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability), [#opentelemetry](https://daily.dev/tags/opentelemetry) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/inside-the-llm-call-genai-observability-with-opentelemetry-cde3px0h9)