# Observability for Strands Agents with Opik

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

[Strands Agents](https://github.com/strands-agents/sdk-python) is a simple yet powerful SDK that takes a model-driven approach to building and running AI agents.

The framework's primary advantage is its ability to scale from simple conversational assistants to complex autonomous workflows, supporting both local development and production deployment with built-in observability.

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After running your Strands Agents workflow with the OpenTelemetry configuration, you'll see detailed traces in the Opik UI showing agent interactions, model calls, and conversation flows as demonstrated in the screenshot above.

## Getting started

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

```bash
pip install --upgrade "strands-agents" "strands-agents-tools" opentelemetry-sdk opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
```

In addition, you will need to set the following environment variables to
configure the OpenTelemetry integration:

<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 Strands Agents

The example below shows how to use the Strands Agents integration with Opik:

```python
from strands import Agent
from strands.models.bedrock import BedrockModel