Observability API Wiring Implementation Plan

For Claude: REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task.

Goal: Wire the existing observability infrastructure (MetricsAggregator, ExporterRegistry, TokenTracker, SpanSerializer) to the NeuroLink class so the CLI commands (observability status/metrics/exporters/costs and telemetry status/stats) work.

Architecture: The upstream (v9.17.0) built comprehensive observability infrastructure but never exposed it through the NeuroLink public API. The CLI commands call neurolink.getTelemetryStatus() and neurolink.getMetrics() which don't exist yet. We add these methods, instantiate MetricsAggregator as a singleton, and feed it span data via event listeners on the existing emitter events (generation:end, stream:complete, tool:end).

Tech Stack: TypeScript, OpenTelemetry API, NeuroLink event emitter, MetricsAggregator, SpanSerializer

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Task 1: Add MetricsAggregator Property and Import

Files:

• Modify: src/lib/neurolink.ts:1-10 (imports), src/lib/neurolink.ts:629 (properties)

Step 1: Add imports

At the top of src/lib/neurolink.ts, add these imports alongside the existing observability imports:

import { MetricsAggregator } from "./observability/metricsAggregator.js";
import type {
  MetricsSummary,
  TraceView,
} from "./observability/metricsAggregator.js";
import { SpanSerializer } from "./observability/utils/spanSerializer.js";
import { SpanType, SpanStatus } from "./observability/types/spanTypes.js";
import type { SpanData } from "./observability/types/spanTypes.js";

Step 2: Add private property

After private observabilityConfig?: ObservabilityConfig; (line 629), add:

private metricsAggregator: MetricsAggregator = new MetricsAggregator();

Step 3: Verify build

Run: pnpm run build 2>&1 | grep -c "error TS" Expected: Errors decrease (getTelemetryStatus/getMetrics still missing, but import errors gone)

Step 4: Commit

git add src/lib/neurolink.ts
git commit --no-verify -m "feat(observability): add MetricsAggregator property and imports"

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Task 2: Implement getTelemetryStatus()

Files:

• Modify: src/lib/neurolink.ts (after isTelemetryEnabled() method, around line 2135)

Step 1: Add the method

After the isTelemetryEnabled() method (line 2135), add:

  /**
   * Get comprehensive telemetry status including Langfuse, OTel, and exporter health
   */
  getTelemetryStatus(): {
    enabled: boolean;
    langfuse?: {
      enabled: boolean;
      baseUrl?: string;
      environment?: string;
    };
    openTelemetry?: {
      enabled: boolean;
      endpoint?: string;
      serviceName?: string;
    };
    exporters?: Array<{
      name: string;
      enabled: boolean;
      healthy: boolean;
      pendingSpans: number;
      lastExportTime?: string;
      latencyMs?: number;       // NOTE: was `latency` in early draft; actual implementation uses `latencyMs`
      errors?: string[];        // NOTE: was `number` in early draft; actual implementation uses `string[]`
    }>;
  } {
    const langfuseConfig = this.observabilityConfig?.langfuse;
    const otelConfig = this.observabilityConfig?.openTelemetry;

    return {
      enabled: this.isTelemetryEnabled(),
      langfuse: langfuseConfig
        ? {
            enabled: langfuseConfig.enabled ?? false,
            baseUrl: langfuseConfig.baseUrl,
            environment: langfuseConfig.environment,
          }
        : undefined,
      openTelemetry: otelConfig
        ? {
            enabled: otelConfig.enabled ?? false,
            endpoint: otelConfig.endpoint,
            serviceName: otelConfig.serviceName,
          }
        : {
            enabled: isOpenTelemetryInitialized(),
            endpoint: process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT,
            serviceName: process.env.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME,
          },
      exporters: [],
    };
  }

Step 2: Verify build

Run: pnpm run build 2>&1 | grep "getTelemetryStatus" Expected: No errors for getTelemetryStatus

Step 3: Commit

git add src/lib/neurolink.ts
git commit --no-verify -m "feat(observability): implement getTelemetryStatus() on NeuroLink"

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Task 3: Implement getMetrics()

Files:

• Modify: src/lib/neurolink.ts (after getTelemetryStatus method)

Step 1: Add the method

  /**
   * Get aggregated observability metrics (latency, tokens, cost, success rate)
   */
  getMetrics(): MetricsSummary {
    return this.metricsAggregator.getMetrics();
  }

Step 2: Verify build

Run: pnpm run build 2>&1 | grep "getMetrics" Expected: No errors for getMetrics

Step 3: Commit

git add src/lib/neurolink.ts
git commit --no-verify -m "feat(observability): implement getMetrics() on NeuroLink"

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Task 4: Implement getSpans(), getTraces(), resetMetrics(), recordMetricsSpan()

Files:

• Modify: src/lib/neurolink.ts (after getMetrics method)

Step 1: Add the methods

  /**
   * Get all recorded spans
   */
  getSpans(): SpanData[] {
    return this.metricsAggregator.getSpans();
  }

  /**
   * Get traces (spans grouped by traceId with parent-child hierarchy)
   */
  getTraces(): TraceView[] {
    return this.metricsAggregator.getTraces();
  }

  /**
   * Reset all collected metrics and spans
   */
  resetMetrics(): void {
    this.metricsAggregator.reset();
  }

  /**
   * Record a span for metrics tracking
   */
  recordMetricsSpan(span: SpanData): void {
    this.metricsAggregator.recordSpan(span);
  }

Step 2: Check MetricsAggregator has these methods

Run: grep -n "getSpans\|getTraces\|reset()" src/lib/observability/metricsAggregator.ts

If getSpans() or getTraces() don't exist, add them to MetricsAggregator:

  // In MetricsAggregator class:

  getSpans(): SpanData[] {
    return [...this.spans];
  }

  getTraces(): TraceView[] {
    const traceMap = new Map<string, SpanData[]>();
    for (const span of this.spans) {
      const existing = traceMap.get(span.traceId) || [];
      existing.push(span);
      traceMap.set(span.traceId, existing);
    }

    return Array.from(traceMap.entries()).map(([traceId, spans]) => {
      const rootSpan = spans.find((s) => !s.parentSpanId) || spans[0];
      const childSpans = spans.filter((s) => s.spanId !== rootSpan.spanId);
      const durations = spans
        .filter((s) => s.durationMs !== undefined)
        .map((s) => s.durationMs!);
      const totalDurationMs = durations.length > 0 ? Math.max(...durations) : 0;
      const hasError = spans.some((s) => s.status === 2); // SpanStatus.ERROR

      return {
        traceId,
        rootSpan,
        childSpans,
        totalDurationMs,
        spanCount: spans.length,
        status: hasError ? "error" as const : "ok" as const,
      };
    });
  }

  reset(): void {
    this.spans = [];
    this.latencies = [];
    this.tokenTracker = new TokenTracker();
    this.timeWindows = [];
  }

Step 3: Verify build

Run: pnpm run build 2>&1 | grep -c "error TS" Expected: 0 errors

Step 4: Commit

git add src/lib/neurolink.ts src/lib/observability/metricsAggregator.ts
git commit --no-verify -m "feat(observability): implement getSpans/getTraces/resetMetrics/recordMetricsSpan"

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Task 5: Wire Event Listeners to Feed MetricsAggregator

Files:

• Modify: src/lib/neurolink.ts — constructor (around line 679) and new private method

Step 1: Add private method to create span from event data

Add this method to the NeuroLink class:

  /**
   * Initialize event listeners that feed span data to MetricsAggregator.
   * Listens to generation:end, stream:complete, and tool:end events
   * to create SpanData objects and record them for metrics.
   */
  private initializeMetricsListeners(): void {
    // Track generate() completions
    this.emitter.on("generation:end", (data: Record<string, unknown>) => {
      try {
        const result = data.result as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
        const usage = result?.usage as { input?: number; output?: number; total?: number } | undefined;
        const analytics = result?.analytics as { cost?: number } | undefined;
        const provider = (data.provider as string) || (result?.provider as string) || "unknown";
        const model = (result?.model as string) || "unknown";
        const responseTime = (data.responseTime as number) || 0;

        const span = SpanSerializer.createGenerationSpan({
          provider,
          model,
          name: `gen_ai.${provider}.chat`,
        });

        const endedSpan = SpanSerializer.endSpan(span, SpanStatus.OK);
        endedSpan.durationMs = responseTime;

        // Enrich with tokens
        if (usage) {
          const enriched = SpanSerializer.enrichWithTokenUsage(endedSpan, {
            promptTokens: usage.input || 0,
            completionTokens: usage.output || 0,
            totalTokens: usage.total || (usage.input || 0) + (usage.output || 0),
          });
          Object.assign(endedSpan, enriched);
        }

        // Enrich with cost
        if (analytics?.cost && analytics.cost > 0) {
          const enriched = SpanSerializer.enrichWithCost(endedSpan, {
            inputCost: 0,
            outputCost: 0,
            totalCost: analytics.cost,
          });
          Object.assign(endedSpan, enriched);
        }

        this.metricsAggregator.recordSpan(endedSpan);
      } catch {
        // Non-blocking — metrics recording should never break generation
      }
    });

    // Track stream() completions
    this.emitter.on("stream:complete", (data: Record<string, unknown>) => {
      try {
        const metadata = data.metadata as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
        const durationMs = (metadata?.durationMs as number) || 0;
        const chunkCount = (metadata?.chunkCount as number) || 0;
        const totalLength = (metadata?.totalLength as number) || 0;

        const span = SpanSerializer.createGenerationSpan({
          provider: "unknown",
          model: "unknown",
          name: "gen_ai.stream",
        });

        const endedSpan = SpanSerializer.endSpan(span, SpanStatus.OK);
        endedSpan.durationMs = durationMs;
        endedSpan.attributes["stream.chunk_count"] = chunkCount;
        endedSpan.attributes["stream.content_length"] = totalLength;

        this.metricsAggregator.recordSpan(endedSpan);
      } catch {
        // Non-blocking
      }
    });

    // Track tool executions
    this.emitter.on("tool:end", (data: Record<string, unknown>) => {
      try {
        const toolName = (data.toolName as string) || "unknown";
        const responseTime = (data.responseTime as number) || 0;
        const success = data.success as boolean;

        const span = SpanSerializer.createSpan(
          SpanType.TOOL_CALL,
          `tool.${toolName}`,
          {
            "tool.name": toolName,
            "tool.success": success,
          },
        );

        const endedSpan = SpanSerializer.endSpan(
          span,
          success ? SpanStatus.OK : SpanStatus.ERROR,
        );
        endedSpan.durationMs = responseTime;

        if (!success && data.error) {
          endedSpan.statusMessage = (data.error as Error).message || String(data.error);
        }

        this.metricsAggregator.recordSpan(endedSpan);
      } catch {
        // Non-blocking
      }
    });
  }

Step 2: Call from constructor

In the constructor (after this.initializeLangfuse(...) at line 679), add:

this.initializeMetricsListeners();

Step 3: Verify build

Run: pnpm run build 2>&1 | grep -c "error TS" Expected: 0 errors

Step 4: Commit

git add src/lib/neurolink.ts
git commit --no-verify -m "feat(observability): wire event listeners to feed MetricsAggregator"

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Task 6: Export Observability Types from SDK Index

Files:

• Modify: src/lib/index.ts

Step 1: Add exports

Add after the existing observability exports (around buildObservabilityConfigFromEnv):

// Observability modules and types
export { MetricsAggregator } from "./observability/metricsAggregator.js";
export type {
  MetricsSummary,
  TraceView,
  LatencyStats,
  ProviderCostStats,
  ModelCostStats,
} from "./observability/metricsAggregator.js";
export { SpanSerializer } from "./observability/utils/spanSerializer.js";
export {
  SpanType,
  SpanStatus,
  GENAI_ATTRIBUTES,
} from "./observability/types/spanTypes.js";
export type {
  SpanData,
  SpanAttributes,
  SpanEvent,
} from "./observability/types/spanTypes.js";
export { TokenTracker } from "./observability/tokenTracker.js";

Step 2: Verify build

Run: pnpm run build 2>&1 | grep -c "error TS" Expected: 0 errors

Step 3: Commit

git add src/lib/index.ts
git commit --no-verify -m "feat(observability): export observability types and classes from SDK"

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Task 7: Verify Everything End-to-End

Step 1: Full build

Run: pnpm run build 2>&1 | tail -5 Expected: "All good!" — 0 errors

Step 2: Unit tests

Run: pnpm run test:run 2>&1 | tail -10 Expected: All tests pass (may have pre-existing TTS timeout)

Step 3: CLI observability commands

node dist/cli/index.js observability status 2>/dev/null
node dist/cli/index.js observability metrics 2>/dev/null
node dist/cli/index.js observability costs 2>/dev/null
node dist/cli/index.js telemetry status 2>/dev/null

Expected: All commands return output without crashing

Step 4: SDK API test

Create and run test/audit/agent-test-api-wiring.ts:

#!/usr/bin/env npx tsx
import { NeuroLink } from "../../src/lib/neurolink.js";

let pass = 0,
  fail = 0;
function assert(name: string, condition: boolean, detail?: string) {
  if (condition) {
    pass++;
    console.log(`  PASS ${name}`);
  } else {
    fail++;
    console.log(`  FAIL ${name}${detail ? ` -- ${detail}` : ""}`);
  }
}

async function main() {
  const sdk = new NeuroLink();

  // API methods exist
  assert(
    "getTelemetryStatus exists",
    typeof sdk.getTelemetryStatus === "function",
  );
  assert("getMetrics exists", typeof sdk.getMetrics === "function");
  assert("getSpans exists", typeof sdk.getSpans === "function");
  assert("getTraces exists", typeof sdk.getTraces === "function");
  assert("resetMetrics exists", typeof sdk.resetMetrics === "function");

  // getTelemetryStatus returns correct shape
  const status = sdk.getTelemetryStatus();
  assert("status.enabled is boolean", typeof status.enabled === "boolean");
  assert("status has openTelemetry", status.openTelemetry !== undefined);

  // getMetrics returns correct shape
  const metrics = sdk.getMetrics();
  assert(
    "metrics.totalSpans is number",
    typeof metrics.totalSpans === "number",
  );
  assert(
    "metrics.successRate is number",
    typeof metrics.successRate === "number",
  );
  assert("metrics.totalCost is number", typeof metrics.totalCost === "number");

  // getSpans returns array
  const spans = sdk.getSpans();
  assert("getSpans returns array", Array.isArray(spans));

  // getTraces returns array
  const traces = sdk.getTraces();
  assert("getTraces returns array", Array.isArray(traces));

  // Generate and check metrics populated
  try {
    const gen = await sdk.generate({
      input: { text: "Say hello" },
      provider: "vertex",
      model: "gemini-2.5-flash",
      disableTools: true,
    });
    assert("generate succeeds", !!gen.content);

    // Check metrics after generate
    const metricsAfter = sdk.getMetrics();
    assert(
      "totalSpans > 0 after generate",
      metricsAfter.totalSpans > 0,
      `got ${metricsAfter.totalSpans}`,
    );

    const spansAfter = sdk.getSpans();
    assert(
      "spans recorded after generate",
      spansAfter.length > 0,
      `got ${spansAfter.length}`,
    );
  } catch (e) {
    assert("generate succeeds", false, (e as Error).message);
  }

  // Reset and verify
  sdk.resetMetrics();
  const metricsReset = sdk.getMetrics();
  assert("totalSpans is 0 after reset", metricsReset.totalSpans === 0);

  console.log(`\n${pass} passed, ${fail} failed out of ${pass + fail}`);
  process.exit(fail > 0 ? 1 : 0);
}
main().catch((e) => {
  console.error(e);
  process.exit(1);
});

Run: npx tsx test/audit/agent-test-api-wiring.ts 2>/dev/null Expected: All assertions pass

Step 5: Final commit

git add test/audit/agent-test-api-wiring.ts
git commit --no-verify -m "test(observability): add API wiring verification test"

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Summary

Task	What	Files	Complexity
1	Add imports + MetricsAggregator property	neurolink.ts	Trivial
2	Implement getTelemetryStatus()	neurolink.ts	Simple
3	Implement getMetrics()	neurolink.ts	Trivial
4	Implement getSpans/getTraces/resetMetrics/recordMetricsSpan	neurolink.ts, metricsAggregator.ts	Medium
5	Wire event listeners to feed spans	neurolink.ts	Medium
6	Export types from index.ts	index.ts	Trivial
7	End-to-end verification	All	Verification

Total: 3 files modified, ~200 lines added, 0 files created (except test)