Reference for the Opik SDK — tracing, span types, framework integrations, threads, and the prompt library (Python, TypeScript, REST). Use for "what span types exist", "how do I flush", "track_openai", "add OpikTracer", "version a prompt". To instrument a repo end to end, use the `opik-instrument` sk

Opik SDK Reference Opik is an open source LLM observability platform. This skill is a reference for the SDK. To instrument a codebase step by step (detect frameworks, add config, emit and verify a trace), use the task shaped opik instrument skill. Core concepts A trace is one execution path (one request → one response). Spans are the operations inside it and form a hierarchy. Span types — the ONLY valid values Type Use for general orchestration, agent entry points llm model calls tool tools, retrieval, API / DB calls guardrail safety / validation checks Do NOT use retrieval or any other value. Python — tracing TypeScript — tracing Framework integrations Prefer an integration over manual @opik.track — integrations capture tokens, model, and cost automatically. Patterns (full list in references/integrations.md ): wrap the client — track openai(OpenAI()) , track anthropic(...) global enable — track crewai(crew=crew) callback — dspy.configure(callbacks=[OpikCallback()]) tracer — OpikTracer() for LangChain / LangGraph / LlamaIndex agent specific — track adk agent recursive(agent, OpikTracer()) LiteLLM inside @opik.track (common trap) If code uses litellm and you add @opik.track , pass current span data via metadata on every completion call — otherwise OpikLogger emits orphaned top level traces instead of nesting under your span. Threads (conversations) Group turns with thread id — one turn = one trace, shared thread id = one thread. Use for chat / multi turn; skip for single shot. Prompt library Version prompts with client.get prompt / create prompt (chat variants: get chat prompt / create chat prompt ). Store model + temperature in the prompt metadata so they version with the text. Call get prompt inside a @opik.track function so the version links to the trace. Searching traces One filter grammar, OQL, serves both the hosted MCP's list tool and the SDK's search traces / search spans / search threads : Strings in double quotes, numbers bare, duration in milliseconds , dates as ISO 8601 instants with a timezone ( "2026 09 08T10:00:00Z" ). Scores and dictionaries take a key: feedback scores.accuracy < 0.5 , metadata.environment = "prod" . AND is the only connector. With the MCP connected, prefer list — it also sorts ( sort="duration desc" ), windows ( since="1h" , "7d" ), and searches free text ( search="order 42" ): Trace, span and thread lists add source = "sdk" unless you name source , so evaluator, playground and experiment traces stay out of the way. A rejected filter comes back with what fixes it; schema("list.trace") (or list.span , list.thread , list.experiment ) is the full field and operator reference. Without the MCP, the same string goes to the SDK: Anti patterns Anti pattern Fix span type retrieval / custom use tool (or general ) get prompt outside @opik.track fetch inside — else no trace link deprecated opik.Prompt / opik.Config use client.get prompt / config file litellm without current span data pass it — else orphaned traces no flush in scripts opik.flush tracker() / await client.flush() References Topic File Python SDK (async, distributed, context) references/tracing python.md TypeScript SDK references/tracing typescript.md REST API references/tracing rest api.md All integrations references/integrations.md Core concepts (traces, spans, threads) references/observability.md Best practices (lifecycle, monitoring, anti patterns) references/best practices.md Agent architecture, reliability, security references/agent patterns.md Production monitoring, alerts, guardrails references/production.md Evaluation datasets & test suites (reference) references/evaluation datasets.md , references/evaluation test suites.md To build and run an evaluation, use the opik evaluate skill. For repo instrumentation and config, use the opik instrument skill.