OpenTelemetry GenAI Semantic Conventions

In depth

A vendor-neutral OpenTelemetry specification that sets standard span names, attributes, metrics, and events for generative AI work. It covers model inference, agent runs, tool execution, and Model Context Protocol calls. Shared attributes like gen_ai.operation.name, gen_ai.request.model, and gen_ai.usage.input_tokens let any compliant tracing backend read telemetry from any instrumented framework. The conventions are still in Development status and now live in their own repository, open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-genai.

Primary source: github.com