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Guides and insights on AI agent observability.

2026-02-24·11 min read

The Hidden Costs of Running AI Agents Without Monitoring

Beyond the obvious risks, running AI agents without observability creates invisible costs: wasted compute, slow debugging, opportunity cost, and eroded trust.

2026-02-24·10 min read

Why Your AI Agents Need a Dead Man's Switch

AI agents can fail silently, burn budgets, or cause compliance violations without anyone noticing. Here's why monitoring is insurance, not overhead.

2026-02-24·7 min read

How to Add Observability to Your AI Agents in 3 Lines of Code

Step-by-step tutorial showing how to add production-grade observability to AI agents with the Canary SDK. Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, any LLM provider.

2026-02-24·11 min read

Canary vs LangSmith: Which Agent Tracing Tool Should You Choose?

Detailed comparison of Canary and LangSmith for AI agent tracing and observability. Framework lock-in vs framework-agnostic monitoring.

2026-02-24·12 min read

Canary vs Datadog for AI Agent Monitoring

Honest comparison of Canary and Datadog for AI agent monitoring. Why purpose-built observability beats general APM for agents.

2026-02-24·10 min read

How to Monitor LLM Agent Costs Before They Bankrupt Your Startup

A practical guide to LLM cost monitoring for AI agents. Learn how to track token usage, set budgets, and avoid runaway costs in production.

2026-02-24·12 min read

Agent Observability: Why console.log Won't Cut It for Production AI

Why traditional logging fails for AI agents in production. Learn what you actually need to debug agent failures.

2026-02-24·14 min read

Tracing Multi-Agent Systems: A Practical Guide

How to implement distributed tracing for multi-agent AI systems. Covers trace propagation, parent-child relationships, and debugging.

2026-02-24·11 min read

The 5 Metrics Every AI Agent Team Should Track

The essential metrics for monitoring AI agents in production: cost per task, latency, quality score, tool reliability, and token efficiency.

2026-02-19·8 min read

Agent Observability 101: What to Track and Why

Your AI agents are running in production. But do you know what they're actually doing? A practical guide to monitoring agents.