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Jim Bennett d79183139a Add Arize and Phoenix LLM observability skills (#1204)
* Add 9 Arize LLM observability skills

Add skills for Arize AI platform covering trace export, instrumentation,
datasets, experiments, evaluators, AI provider integrations, annotations,
prompt optimization, and deep linking to the Arize UI.

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* Add 3 Phoenix AI observability skills

Add skills for Phoenix (Arize open-source) covering CLI debugging,
LLM evaluation workflows, and OpenInference tracing/instrumentation.

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* Ignoring intentional bad spelling

* Fix CI: remove .DS_Store from generated skills README and add codespell ignore

Remove .DS_Store artifact from winmd-api-search asset listing in generated
README.skills.md so it matches the CI Linux build output. Add queston to
codespell ignore list (intentional misspelling example in arize-dataset skill).

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* Add arize-ax and phoenix plugins

Bundle the 9 Arize skills into an arize-ax plugin and the 3 Phoenix
skills into a phoenix plugin for easier installation as single packages.

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* Fix skill folder structures to match source repos

Move arize supporting files from references/ to root level and rename
phoenix references/ to rules/ to exactly match the original source
repository folder structures.

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* Fixing file locations

* Fixing readme

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LLM Spans

Represent calls to language models (OpenAI, Anthropic, local models, etc.).

Required Attributes

Attribute Type Description
openinference.span.kind String Must be "LLM"
llm.model_name String Model identifier (e.g., "gpt-4", "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022")

Key Attributes

Category Attributes Example
Model llm.model_name, llm.provider "gpt-4-turbo", "openai"
Tokens llm.token_count.prompt, llm.token_count.completion, llm.token_count.total 25, 8, 33
Cost llm.cost.prompt, llm.cost.completion, llm.cost.total 0.0021, 0.0045, 0.0066
Parameters llm.invocation_parameters (JSON) {"temperature": 0.7, "max_tokens": 1024}
Messages llm.input_messages.{i}.*, llm.output_messages.{i}.* See examples below
Tools llm.tools.{i}.tool.json_schema Function definitions

Cost Tracking

Core attributes:

  • llm.cost.prompt - Total input cost (USD)
  • llm.cost.completion - Total output cost (USD)
  • llm.cost.total - Total cost (USD)

Detailed cost breakdown:

  • llm.cost.prompt_details.{input,cache_read,cache_write,audio} - Input cost components
  • llm.cost.completion_details.{output,reasoning,audio} - Output cost components

Messages

Input messages:

  • llm.input_messages.{i}.message.role - "user", "assistant", "system", "tool"
  • llm.input_messages.{i}.message.content - Text content
  • llm.input_messages.{i}.message.contents.{j} - Multimodal (text + images)
  • llm.input_messages.{i}.message.tool_calls - Tool invocations

Output messages: Same structure as input messages.

Example: Basic LLM Call

{
  "openinference.span.kind": "LLM",
  "llm.model_name": "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
  "llm.invocation_parameters": "{\"temperature\": 0.7, \"max_tokens\": 1024}",
  "llm.input_messages.0.message.role": "system",
  "llm.input_messages.0.message.content": "You are a helpful assistant.",
  "llm.input_messages.1.message.role": "user",
  "llm.input_messages.1.message.content": "What is the capital of France?",
  "llm.output_messages.0.message.role": "assistant",
  "llm.output_messages.0.message.content": "The capital of France is Paris.",
  "llm.token_count.prompt": 25,
  "llm.token_count.completion": 8,
  "llm.token_count.total": 33
}

Example: LLM with Tool Calls

{
  "openinference.span.kind": "LLM",
  "llm.model_name": "gpt-4-turbo",
  "llm.input_messages.0.message.content": "What's the weather in SF?",
  "llm.output_messages.0.message.tool_calls.0.tool_call.function.name": "get_weather",
  "llm.output_messages.0.message.tool_calls.0.tool_call.function.arguments": "{\"location\": \"San Francisco\"}",
  "llm.tools.0.tool.json_schema": "{\"type\": \"function\", \"function\": {\"name\": \"get_weather\"}}"
}

See Also