---
title: "Untitled"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/untitled-32fq7pu5y
source_url: https://www.sitepoint.com/opentelemetry-genai-instrument-ai-agents-without-sending-data-to-the-cloud
type: article
source: "SitePoint"
published: 2026-07-03T01:25:12.403Z
updated: 2026-07-03T01:25:34.745Z
tags: ["nodejs", "ai-agents", "observability", "opentelemetry"]
reading_time: 15
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
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# Untitled

**[SitePoint](https://daily.dev/sources/sitepoint)** · 15 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A step-by-step guide to instrumenting AI agents with OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic conventions entirely locally, without sending data to the cloud. Covers deploying an OpenTelemetry Collector and Jaeger via Docker Compose, instrumenting a Node.js AI agent with GenAI span attributes (gen_ai.system, gen_ai.request.model, token usage), structuring parent-child span hierarchies for multi-step agent flows, and building a React dashboard to visualize model usage, token costs, and latency from Jaeger's API. Includes troubleshooting for common pitfalls like protocol mismatches, BatchSpanProcessor flush issues, and API key security.

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