Tracing Claude Code to LangSmith

Setup and Configuration - Setting up tracing from Claude Code to Langsmith requires creating a Langsmith account and generating an API key [1] - Enabling telemetry for Claude Code involves setting the CLOUD_CODE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY environment variable to 1 [3] - Configuring the OTLP (OpenTelemetry Protocol) exporter with HTTP transport and JSON encoding is necessary for Langsmith ingestion [4] - The Langsmith Cloud endpoint needs to be specified for logs from Claude Code, or a self-hosted instance URL if applicable [5] - Setting the API key in the headers allows authentication and connection to Langsmith, along with specifying a tracing project [5] - Enabling logging of user prompts and inputs is done by setting the appropriate environment variable to true [6] Monitoring and Observability - Langsmith collects and displays events from Claude Code, providing detailed logs of Claude Code sessions [3] - Traces in Langsmith show individual actions performed by Claude Code, including model names, token usage, and latency [8] - Claude Code sends cost information associated with each request to Langsmith [8] - Langsmith's waterfall view groups runs based on timestamps, showing the sequence of user prompts and Claude Code actions [13] - Langsmith provides pre-built dashboards for monitoring general usage, including the total number of traces, token usage, and costs over time [14]