# Telemetry
Condukt emits `:telemetry` events for the major phases of an agent run.
Attach handlers to feed your existing observability stack: Logger,
`telemetry_metrics`, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or anything else.
## Events
| Event | Measurements | Metadata |
| ----- | ------------ | -------- |
| `[:condukt, :agent, :start]` | `system_time` | `:agent` |
| `[:condukt, :agent, :stop]` | `duration` | `:agent` |
| `[:condukt, :tool_call, :start]` | `system_time` | `:tool` |
| `[:condukt, :tool_call, :stop]` | `duration` | `:tool` |
| `[:condukt, :subagent, :start]` | `system_time` | `:agent`, `:role`, `:child_agent`, `:input?`, `:output?` |
| `[:condukt, :subagent, :stop]` | `duration` | `:agent`, `:role`, `:child_agent`, `:input?`, `:output?`, `:status`, `:error` |
| `[:condukt, :operation, :start]` | `system_time` | `:agent`, `:operation` |
| `[:condukt, :operation, :stop]` | `duration` | `:agent`, `:operation` |
| `[:condukt, :run, :start]` | `system_time` | `:structured?`, `:input?` |
| `[:condukt, :run, :stop]` | `duration` | `:structured?`, `:input?` |
| `[:condukt, :compact, :stop]` | `duration`, `before`, `after` | `:agent` |
| `[:condukt, :secrets, :resolve]` | `count` | `:agent`, `:names` |
| `[:condukt, :secrets, :access]` | `count` | `:agent`, `:tool`, `:tool_call_id`, `:names` |
The exact set may grow over time. Attach broadly with `attach_many/4` so
new events surface in your handlers without code changes.
Secret events are value-free. `:names` contains environment variable names
such as `["GH_TOKEN"]`, never the resolved secret values. `:tool_call_id` is
present when the access comes from a provider-returned tool call.
Sub-agent events are value-free too. They identify the parent agent module,
the delegated role, the child agent module, whether structured input and output
contracts are configured, and whether delegation ended with `:ok` or `:error`.
The `:error` metadata is an atom such as `:invalid_input`, not the rejected
input or output payload.
## Attaching a handler
```elixir
:telemetry.attach_many(
"condukt-logger",
[
[:condukt, :agent, :start],
[:condukt, :agent, :stop],
[:condukt, :tool_call, :start],
[:condukt, :tool_call, :stop],
[:condukt, :subagent, :start],
[:condukt, :subagent, :stop],
[:condukt, :operation, :start],
[:condukt, :operation, :stop],
[:condukt, :run, :start],
[:condukt, :run, :stop],
[:condukt, :compact, :stop],
[:condukt, :secrets, :resolve],
[:condukt, :secrets, :access]
],
fn event, measurements, metadata, _config ->
Logger.info("#{inspect(event)} #{inspect(measurements)} #{inspect(metadata)}")
end,
nil
)
```
Attach this once at application start.
## With `telemetry_metrics`
```elixir
def metrics do
[
summary("condukt.agent.stop.duration",
unit: {:native, :millisecond}
),
summary("condukt.tool_call.stop.duration",
tags: [:tool],
unit: {:native, :millisecond}
),
counter("condukt.tool_call.stop.count", tags: [:tool]),
summary("condukt.subagent.stop.duration", tags: [:agent, :role, :child_agent, :status]),
counter("condukt.subagent.stop.count", tags: [:agent, :role, :child_agent, :status]),
counter("condukt.secrets.access.count", tags: [:agent, :tool])
]
end
```
## Tracing tool calls
Tool call start and stop events share an implicit span via the `:telemetry`
span helpers. With OpenTelemetry you can wrap them with a span processor
that turns each `[:condukt, :tool_call, :*]` pair into a span keyed by the
`:tool` metadata.