# Semantic Conventions for GenAI agent and framework spans **Status**: [Development][DocumentStatus] - [Spans](#spans) - [Create agent span](#create-agent-span) - [Invoke agent span](#invoke-agent-span) - [Execute tool span](#execute-tool-span) > [!Warning] > > Existing GenAI instrumentations that are using > [v1.36.0 of this document](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.36.0/docs/gen-ai/README.md) > (or prior): > > * SHOULD NOT change the version of the GenAI conventions that they emit by default. > Conventions include, but are not limited to, attributes, metric, span and event names, > span kind and unit of measure. > * SHOULD introduce an environment variable `OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN` > as a comma-separated list of category-specific values. The list of values > includes: > * `gen_ai_latest_experimental` - emit the latest experimental version of > GenAI conventions (supported by the instrumentation) and do not emit the > old one (v1.36.0 or prior). > * The default behavior is to continue emitting whatever version of the GenAI > conventions the instrumentation was emitting (1.34.0 or prior). > > This transition plan will be updated to include stable version before the > GenAI conventions are marked as stable. Generative AI models can be trained to use tools to access real-time information or suggest a real-world action. For example, a model can leverage a database retrieval tool to access specific information, like a customer's purchase history, so it can generate tailored shopping recommendations. Alternatively, based on a user's query, a model can make various API calls to send an email response to a colleague or complete a financial transaction on your behalf. To do so, the model must not only have access to a set of external tools, it needs the ability to plan and execute any task in a self-directed fashion. This combination of reasoning, logic, and access to external information that are all connected to a Generative AI model invokes the concept of an agent. This document defines semantic conventions for GenAI agent calls that are defined by this [whitepaper](https://www.kaggle.com/whitepaper-agents). It MAY be applicable to agent operations that are performed by the GenAI framework locally. The semantic conventions for GenAI agents extend and override the semantic conventions for [Gen AI Spans](gen-ai-spans.md). ## Spans ### Create agent span **Status:**  Describes GenAI agent creation and is usually applicable when working with remote agent services. The `gen_ai.operation.name` SHOULD be `create_agent`. **Span name** SHOULD be `create_agent {gen_ai.agent.name}`. Semantic conventions for individual GenAI systems and frameworks MAY specify different span name format. **Span kind** SHOULD be `CLIENT`. **Span status** SHOULD follow the [Recording Errors](/docs/general/recording-errors.md) document. | Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [`gen_ai.operation.name`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The name of the operation being performed. [1] | `chat`; `generate_content`; `text_completion` | `Required` |  | | [`gen_ai.provider.name`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The Generative AI provider as identified by the client or server instrumentation. [2] | `openai`; `gcp.gen_ai`; `gcp.vertex_ai` | `Required` |  | | [`error.type`](/docs/registry/attributes/error.md) | string | Describes a class of error the operation ended with. [3] | `timeout`; `java.net.UnknownHostException`; `server_certificate_invalid`; `500` | `Conditionally Required` if the operation ended in an error |  | | [`gen_ai.agent.description`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | Free-form description of the GenAI agent provided by the application. | `Helps with math problems`; `Generates fiction stories` | `Conditionally Required` If provided by the application. |  | | [`gen_ai.agent.id`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The unique identifier of the GenAI agent. | `asst_5j66UpCpwteGg4YSxUnt7lPY` | `Conditionally Required` if applicable. |  | | [`gen_ai.agent.name`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | Human-readable name of the GenAI agent provided by the application. | `Math Tutor`; `Fiction Writer` | `Conditionally Required` If provided by the application. |  | | [`gen_ai.request.model`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The name of the GenAI model a request is being made to. [4] | `gpt-4` | `Conditionally Required` If available. |  | | [`server.port`](/docs/registry/attributes/server.md) | int | GenAI server port. [5] | `80`; `8080`; `443` | `Conditionally Required` If `server.address` is set. |  | | [`server.address`](/docs/registry/attributes/server.md) | string | GenAI server address. [6] | `example.com`; `10.1.2.80`; `/tmp/my.sock` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.system_instructions`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | any | The system message or instructions provided to the GenAI model separately from the chat history. | [
  {
    "type": "text",
    "content": "You are an Agent that greet users, always use greetings tool to respond"
  }
]; [
  {
    "type": "text",
    "content": "You are a language translator."
  },
  {
    "type": "text",
    "content": "Your mission is to translate text in English to French."
  }
] | `Opt-In` |  | **[1] `gen_ai.operation.name`:** If one of the predefined values applies, but specific system uses a different name it's RECOMMENDED to document it in the semantic conventions for specific GenAI system and use system-specific name in the instrumentation. If a different name is not documented, instrumentation libraries SHOULD use applicable predefined value. **[2] `gen_ai.provider.name`:** The attribute SHOULD be set based on the instrumentation's best knowledge and may differ from the actual model provider. Multiple providers, including Azure OpenAI, Gemini, and AI hosting platforms are accessible using the OpenAI REST API and corresponding client libraries, but may proxy or host models from different providers. The `gen_ai.request.model`, `gen_ai.response.model`, and `server.address` attributes may help identify the actual system in use. The `gen_ai.provider.name` attribute acts as a discriminator that identifies the GenAI telemetry format flavor specific to that provider within GenAI semantic conventions. It SHOULD be set consistently with provider-specific attributes and signals. For example, GenAI spans, metrics, and events related to AWS Bedrock should have the `gen_ai.provider.name` set to `aws.bedrock` and include applicable `aws.bedrock.*` attributes and are not expected to include `openai.*` attributes. **[3] `error.type`:** The `error.type` SHOULD match the error code returned by the Generative AI provider or the client library, the canonical name of exception that occurred, or another low-cardinality error identifier. Instrumentations SHOULD document the list of errors they report. **[4] `gen_ai.request.model`:** The name of the GenAI model a request is being made to. If the model is supplied by a vendor, then the value must be the exact name of the model requested. If the model is a fine-tuned custom model, the value should have a more specific name than the base model that's been fine-tuned. **[5] `server.port`:** When observed from the client side, and when communicating through an intermediary, `server.port` SHOULD represent the server port behind any intermediaries, for example proxies, if it's available. **[6] `server.address`:** When observed from the client side, and when communicating through an intermediary, `server.address` SHOULD represent the server address behind any intermediaries, for example proxies, if it's available. --- `error.type` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used. | Value | Description | Stability | |---|---|---| | `_OTHER` | A fallback error value to be used when the instrumentation doesn't define a custom value. |  | --- `gen_ai.operation.name` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used. | Value | Description | Stability | |---|---|---| | `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) |  | | `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent |  | | `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) |  | | `execute_tool` | Execute a tool |  | | `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) |  | | `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent |  | | `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) |  | --- `gen_ai.provider.name` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used. | Value | Description | Stability | |---|---|---| | `anthropic` | [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/) |  | | `aws.bedrock` | [AWS Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock) |  | | `azure.ai.inference` | Azure AI Inference |  | | `azure.ai.openai` | [Azure OpenAI](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/ai-services/openai-service/) |  | | `cohere` | [Cohere](https://cohere.com/) |  | | `deepseek` | [DeepSeek](https://www.deepseek.com/) |  | | `gcp.gemini` | [Gemini](https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini) [7] |  | | `gcp.gen_ai` | Any Google generative AI endpoint [8] |  | | `gcp.vertex_ai` | [Vertex AI](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai) [9] |  | | `groq` | [Groq](https://groq.com/) |  | | `ibm.watsonx.ai` | [IBM Watsonx AI](https://www.ibm.com/products/watsonx-ai) |  | | `mistral_ai` | [Mistral AI](https://mistral.ai/) |  | | `openai` | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/) |  | | `perplexity` | [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/) |  | | `x_ai` | [xAI](https://x.ai/) |  | **[7]:** Used when accessing the 'generativelanguage.googleapis.com' endpoint. Also known as the AI Studio API. **[8]:** May be used when specific backend is unknown. **[9]:** Used when accessing the 'aiplatform.googleapis.com' endpoint. ### Invoke agent span **Status:**  Describes GenAI agent invocation and is usually applicable when working with remote agent services. The `gen_ai.operation.name` SHOULD be `invoke_agent`. The **span name** SHOULD be `invoke_agent {gen_ai.agent.name}` if `gen_ai.agent.name` is readily available. When `gen_ai.agent.name` is not available, it SHOULD be `invoke_agent`. Semantic conventions for individual GenAI systems and frameworks MAY specify different span name format. **Span kind** SHOULD be `CLIENT`. **Span status** SHOULD follow the [Recording Errors](/docs/general/recording-errors.md) document. | Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [`gen_ai.operation.name`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The name of the operation being performed. [1] | `chat`; `generate_content`; `text_completion` | `Required` |  | | [`gen_ai.provider.name`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The Generative AI provider as identified by the client or server instrumentation. [2] | `openai`; `gcp.gen_ai`; `gcp.vertex_ai` | `Required` |  | | [`error.type`](/docs/registry/attributes/error.md) | string | Describes a class of error the operation ended with. [3] | `timeout`; `java.net.UnknownHostException`; `server_certificate_invalid`; `500` | `Conditionally Required` if the operation ended in an error |  | | [`gen_ai.agent.description`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | Free-form description of the GenAI agent provided by the application. | `Helps with math problems`; `Generates fiction stories` | `Conditionally Required` when available |  | | [`gen_ai.agent.id`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The unique identifier of the GenAI agent. | `asst_5j66UpCpwteGg4YSxUnt7lPY` | `Conditionally Required` if applicable. |  | | [`gen_ai.agent.name`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | Human-readable name of the GenAI agent provided by the application. | `Math Tutor`; `Fiction Writer` | `Conditionally Required` when available |  | | [`gen_ai.conversation.id`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The unique identifier for a conversation (session, thread), used to store and correlate messages within this conversation. [4] | `conv_5j66UpCpwteGg4YSxUnt7lPY` | `Conditionally Required` when available |  | | [`gen_ai.data_source.id`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The data source identifier. [5] | `H7STPQYOND` | `Conditionally Required` if applicable. |  | | [`gen_ai.output.type`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | Represents the content type requested by the client. [6] | `text`; `json`; `image` | `Conditionally Required` [7] |  | | [`gen_ai.request.choice.count`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | int | The target number of candidate completions to return. | `3` | `Conditionally Required` if available, in the request, and !=1 |  | | [`gen_ai.request.model`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The name of the GenAI model a request is being made to. [8] | `gpt-4` | `Conditionally Required` If available. |  | | [`gen_ai.request.seed`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | int | Requests with same seed value more likely to return same result. | `100` | `Conditionally Required` if applicable and if the request includes a seed |  | | [`server.port`](/docs/registry/attributes/server.md) | int | GenAI server port. [9] | `80`; `8080`; `443` | `Conditionally Required` If `server.address` is set. |  | | [`gen_ai.request.frequency_penalty`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | double | The frequency penalty setting for the GenAI request. | `0.1` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.request.max_tokens`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | int | The maximum number of tokens the model generates for a request. | `100` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.request.presence_penalty`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | double | The presence penalty setting for the GenAI request. | `0.1` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.request.stop_sequences`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string[] | List of sequences that the model will use to stop generating further tokens. | `["forest", "lived"]` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.request.temperature`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | double | The temperature setting for the GenAI request. | `0.0` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.request.top_p`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | double | The top_p sampling setting for the GenAI request. | `1.0` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.response.finish_reasons`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string[] | Array of reasons the model stopped generating tokens, corresponding to each generation received. | `["stop"]`; `["stop", "length"]` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.response.id`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The unique identifier for the completion. | `chatcmpl-123` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.response.model`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | string | The name of the model that generated the response. [10] | `gpt-4-0613` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.usage.input_tokens`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | int | The number of tokens used in the GenAI input (prompt). | `100` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.usage.output_tokens`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | int | The number of tokens used in the GenAI response (completion). | `180` | `Recommended` |  | | [`server.address`](/docs/registry/attributes/server.md) | string | GenAI server address. [11] | `example.com`; `10.1.2.80`; `/tmp/my.sock` | `Recommended` |  | | [`gen_ai.input.messages`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | any | The chat history provided to the model as an input. [12] | [
  {
    "role": "user",
    "parts": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "content": "Weather in Paris?"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "assistant",
    "parts": [
      {
        "type": "tool_call",
        "id": "call_VSPygqKTWdrhaFErNvMV18Yl",
        "name": "get_weather",
        "arguments": {
          "location": "Paris"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "tool",
    "parts": [
      {
        "type": "tool_call_response",
        "id": " call_VSPygqKTWdrhaFErNvMV18Yl",
        "result": "rainy, 57°F"
      }
    ]
  }
] | `Opt-In` |  | | [`gen_ai.output.messages`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | any | Messages returned by the model where each message represents a specific model response (choice, candidate). [13] | [
  {
    "role": "assistant",
    "parts": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "content": "The weather in Paris is currently rainy with a temperature of 57°F."
      }
    ],
    "finish_reason": "stop"
  }
] | `Opt-In` |  | | [`gen_ai.system_instructions`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | any | The system message or instructions provided to the GenAI model separately from the chat history. [14] | [
  {
    "type": "text",
    "content": "You are an Agent that greet users, always use greetings tool to respond"
  }
]; [
  {
    "type": "text",
    "content": "You are a language translator."
  },
  {
    "type": "text",
    "content": "Your mission is to translate text in English to French."
  }
] | `Opt-In` |  | | [`gen_ai.tool.definitions`](/docs/registry/attributes/gen-ai.md) | any | The list of source system tool definitions available to the GenAI agent or model. [15] | [
  {
    "type": "function",
    "name": "get_current_weather",
    "description": "Get the current weather in a given location",
    "parameters": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "location": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA"
        },
        "unit": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "celsius",
            "fahrenheit"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "location",
        "unit"
      ]
    }
  }
] | `Opt-In` |  | **[1] `gen_ai.operation.name`:** If one of the predefined values applies, but specific system uses a different name it's RECOMMENDED to document it in the semantic conventions for specific GenAI system and use system-specific name in the instrumentation. If a different name is not documented, instrumentation libraries SHOULD use applicable predefined value. **[2] `gen_ai.provider.name`:** The attribute SHOULD be set based on the instrumentation's best knowledge and may differ from the actual model provider. Multiple providers, including Azure OpenAI, Gemini, and AI hosting platforms are accessible using the OpenAI REST API and corresponding client libraries, but may proxy or host models from different providers. The `gen_ai.request.model`, `gen_ai.response.model`, and `server.address` attributes may help identify the actual system in use. The `gen_ai.provider.name` attribute acts as a discriminator that identifies the GenAI telemetry format flavor specific to that provider within GenAI semantic conventions. It SHOULD be set consistently with provider-specific attributes and signals. For example, GenAI spans, metrics, and events related to AWS Bedrock should have the `gen_ai.provider.name` set to `aws.bedrock` and include applicable `aws.bedrock.*` attributes and are not expected to include `openai.*` attributes. **[3] `error.type`:** The `error.type` SHOULD match the error code returned by the Generative AI provider or the client library, the canonical name of exception that occurred, or another low-cardinality error identifier. Instrumentations SHOULD document the list of errors they report. **[4] `gen_ai.conversation.id`:** Instrumentations SHOULD populate conversation id when they have it readily available for a given operation, for example: - when client framework being instrumented manages conversation history (see [LlamaIndex chat store](https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/module_guides/storing/chat_stores/)) - when instrumenting GenAI client libraries that maintain conversation on the backend side (see [AWS Bedrock agent sessions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/agents-session-state.html), [OpenAI Assistant threads](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/threads)) Application developers that manage conversation history MAY add conversation id to GenAI and other spans or logs using custom span or log record processors or hooks provided by instrumentation libraries. **[5] `gen_ai.data_source.id`:** Data sources are used by AI agents and RAG applications to store grounding data. A data source may be an external database, object store, document collection, website, or any other storage system used by the GenAI agent or application. The `gen_ai.data_source.id` SHOULD match the identifier used by the GenAI system rather than a name specific to the external storage, such as a database or object store. Semantic conventions referencing `gen_ai.data_source.id` MAY also leverage additional attributes, such as `db.*`, to further identify and describe the data source. **[6] `gen_ai.output.type`:** This attribute SHOULD be used when the client requests output of a specific type. The model may return zero or more outputs of this type. This attribute specifies the output modality and not the actual output format. For example, if an image is requested, the actual output could be a URL pointing to an image file. Additional output format details may be recorded in the future in the `gen_ai.output.{type}.*` attributes. **[7] `gen_ai.output.type`:** when applicable and if the request includes an output format. **[8] `gen_ai.request.model`:** The name of the GenAI model a request is being made to. If the model is supplied by a vendor, then the value must be the exact name of the model requested. If the model is a fine-tuned custom model, the value should have a more specific name than the base model that's been fine-tuned. **[9] `server.port`:** When observed from the client side, and when communicating through an intermediary, `server.port` SHOULD represent the server port behind any intermediaries, for example proxies, if it's available. **[10] `gen_ai.response.model`:** If available. The name of the GenAI model that provided the response. If the model is supplied by a vendor, then the value must be the exact name of the model actually used. If the model is a fine-tuned custom model, the value should have a more specific name than the base model that's been fine-tuned. **[11] `server.address`:** When observed from the client side, and when communicating through an intermediary, `server.address` SHOULD represent the server address behind any intermediaries, for example proxies, if it's available. **[12] `gen_ai.input.messages`:** Instrumentations MUST follow [Input messages JSON schema](/docs/gen-ai/gen-ai-input-messages.json). When the attribute is recorded on events, it MUST be recorded in structured form. When recorded on spans, it MAY be recorded as a JSON string if structured format is not supported and SHOULD be recorded in structured form otherwise. Messages MUST be provided in the order they were sent to the model. Instrumentations MAY provide a way for users to filter or truncate input messages. > [!Warning] > This attribute is likely to contain sensitive information including user/PII data. See [Recording content on attributes](/docs/gen-ai/gen-ai-spans.md#recording-content-on-attributes) section for more details. **[13] `gen_ai.output.messages`:** Instrumentations MUST follow [Output messages JSON schema](/docs/gen-ai/gen-ai-output-messages.json) Each message represents a single output choice/candidate generated by the model. Each message corresponds to exactly one generation (choice/candidate) and vice versa - one choice cannot be split across multiple messages or one message cannot contain parts from multiple choices. When the attribute is recorded on events, it MUST be recorded in structured form. When recorded on spans, it MAY be recorded as a JSON string if structured format is not supported and SHOULD be recorded in structured form otherwise. Instrumentations MAY provide a way for users to filter or truncate output messages. > [!Warning] > This attribute is likely to contain sensitive information including user/PII data. See [Recording content on attributes](/docs/gen-ai/gen-ai-spans.md#recording-content-on-attributes) section for more details. **[14] `gen_ai.system_instructions`:** This attribute SHOULD be used when the corresponding provider or API allows to provide system instructions or messages separately from the chat history. Instructions that are part of the chat history SHOULD be recorded in `gen_ai.input.messages` attribute instead. Instrumentations MUST follow [System instructions JSON schema](/docs/gen-ai/gen-ai-system-instructions.json). When recorded on spans, it MAY be recorded as a JSON string if structured format is not supported and SHOULD be recorded in structured form otherwise. Instrumentations MAY provide a way for users to filter or truncate system instructions. > [!Warning] > This attribute may contain sensitive information. See [Recording content on attributes](/docs/gen-ai/gen-ai-spans.md#recording-content-on-attributes) section for more details. **[15] `gen_ai.tool.definitions`:** The value of this attribute matches source system tool definition format. It's expected to be an array of objects where each object represents a tool definition. In case a serialized string is available to the instrumentation, the instrumentation SHOULD do the best effort to deserialize it to an array. When recorded on spans, it MAY be recorded as a JSON string if structured format is not supported and SHOULD be recorded in structured form otherwise. Since this attribute could be large, it's NOT RECOMMENDED to populate it by default. Instrumentations MAY provide a way to enable populating this attribute. --- `error.type` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used. | Value | Description | Stability | |---|---|---| | `_OTHER` | A fallback error value to be used when the instrumentation doesn't define a custom value. |  | --- `gen_ai.operation.name` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used. | Value | Description | Stability | |---|---|---| | `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) |  | | `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent |  | | `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) |  | | `execute_tool` | Execute a tool |  | | `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) |  | | `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent |  | | `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) |  | --- `gen_ai.output.type` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used. | Value | Description | Stability | |---|---|---| | `image` | Image |  | | `json` | JSON object with known or unknown schema |  | | `speech` | Speech |  | | `text` | Plain text |  | --- `gen_ai.provider.name` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used. | Value | Description | Stability | |---|---|---| | `anthropic` | [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/) |  | | `aws.bedrock` | [AWS Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock) |  | | `azure.ai.inference` | Azure AI Inference |  | | `azure.ai.openai` | [Azure OpenAI](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/ai-services/openai-service/) |  | | `cohere` | [Cohere](https://cohere.com/) |  | | `deepseek` | [DeepSeek](https://www.deepseek.com/) |  | | `gcp.gemini` | [Gemini](https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini) [16] |  | | `gcp.gen_ai` | Any Google generative AI endpoint [17] |  | | `gcp.vertex_ai` | [Vertex AI](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai) [18] |  | | `groq` | [Groq](https://groq.com/) |  | | `ibm.watsonx.ai` | [IBM Watsonx AI](https://www.ibm.com/products/watsonx-ai) |  | | `mistral_ai` | [Mistral AI](https://mistral.ai/) |  | | `openai` | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/) |  | | `perplexity` | [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/) |  | | `x_ai` | [xAI](https://x.ai/) |  | **[16]:** Used when accessing the 'generativelanguage.googleapis.com' endpoint. Also known as the AI Studio API. **[17]:** May be used when specific backend is unknown. **[18]:** Used when accessing the 'aiplatform.googleapis.com' endpoint. ## Execute tool span If you are using some tools in your agent, refer to [Execute Tool Span](./gen-ai-spans.md#execute-tool-span). [DocumentStatus]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/document-status