Add OpenTelemetry tracing to Python AI agents. Supports LangGraph, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, OpenAI SDK.
Connect Observe to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Add OpenTelemetry tracing to Python AI agents. Supports LangGraph, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, OpenAI SDK. The observe mcp server is what makes that connection.
An MCP server that automatically instruments Python AI agents with the ioa-observe-sdk — adding OpenTelemetry-based tracing, metrics, and logs with zero manual effort.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Cursor — The Cursor tool exposed by this serverWindsurf — The Windsurf tool exposed by this serverobserve-instrument-mcp on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Configuration is passed through the environment: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, GROQ_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Among the AI and media services options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Observe's toolset — Cursor, Windsurf — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by alanzha2; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cursor | The Cursor tool exposed by this server. |
| Windsurf | The Windsurf tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"observe-instrument": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["observe-instrument-mcp"],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "your-value",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
"GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-value",
"GROQ_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GEMINI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GROQ_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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