# Observability for BeeAI (Python) with Opik

> Start here to integrate Opik into your BeeAI-based genai application for end-to-end LLM observability, unit testing, and optimization.

[BeeAI](https://beeai.dev/) is an agent framework designed to simplify the development of AI agents with a focus on simplicity and performance. It provides a clean API for building agents with built-in support for tool usage, conversation management, and extensible architecture.

BeeAI's primary advantage is its lightweight design that makes it easy to create and deploy AI agents without unnecessary complexity, while maintaining powerful capabilities for production use.

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## Getting started

To use the BeeAI integration with Opik, you will need to have BeeAI and the required OpenTelemetry packages installed:

```bash
pip install beeai-framework openinference-instrumentation-beeai "beeai-framework[wikipedia]" opentelemetry-api opentelemetry-sdk opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
```

## Environment configuration

Configure your environment variables based on your Opik deployment:

<Tabs>
  <Tab value="Opik Cloud" title="Opik Cloud">
    If you are using Opik Cloud, you will need to set the following
    environment variables:

    ```bash wordWrap
    export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://www.comet.com/opik/api/v1/private/otel
    export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS='Authorization=<your-api-key>,Comet-Workspace=default'
    ```

    <Tip>
      To log the traces to a specific project, you can add the
      `projectName` parameter to the `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS`
      environment variable:

      ```bash wordWrap
      export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS='Authorization=<your-api-key>,Comet-Workspace=default,projectName=<your-project-name>'
      ```

      You can also update the `Comet-Workspace` parameter to a different
      value if you would like to log the data to a different workspace.
    </Tip>
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="Enterprise deployment" title="Enterprise deployment">
    If you are using an Enterprise deployment of Opik, you will need to set the following
    environment variables:

    ```bash wordWrap
    export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://<comet-deployment-url>/opik/api/v1/private/otel
    export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS='Authorization=<your-api-key>,Comet-Workspace=default'
    ```

    <Tip>
      To log the traces to a specific project, you can add the
      `projectName` parameter to the `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS`
      environment variable:

      ```bash wordWrap
      export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS='Authorization=<your-api-key>,Comet-Workspace=default,projectName=<your-project-name>'
      ```

      You can also update the `Comet-Workspace` parameter to a different
      value if you would like to log the data to a different workspace.
    </Tip>
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="Self-hosted instance" title="Self-hosted instance">
    If you are self-hosting Opik, you will need to set the following environment
    variables:

    ```bash
    export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:5173/api/v1/private/otel
    ```

    <Tip>
      To log the traces to a specific project, you can add the `projectName`
      parameter to the `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS` environment variable:

      ```bash
      export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS='projectName=<your-project-name>'
      ```
    </Tip>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Using Opik with BeeAI

Set up OpenTelemetry instrumentation for BeeAI:

```python
from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
from openinference.instrumentation.beeai import (
    BeeAIInstrumentor,
)  # or SemanticKernelInstrumentor