AgentPrism — Visualize AI Agent Traces

Practical Notes

• GitHub: 341 stars · 16 forks; pushed 2026-04-14 (verified via GitHub API).
• README provides a live demo and a Storybook site for component exploration.
• README suggests using TraceViewer plus an OpenTelemetry span adapter to convert raw trace docs into UI spans.

Main

A trace debugging workflow that scales:

1. Add a trace ID to every user request, and propagate it through tools and agent retries.
2. Normalize spans so your UI always shows: plan → tool call → model call → result.
3. Annotate spans with costs (tokens/latency) so “slow” and “expensive” paths are obvious.
4. Keep a “known good” trace for each feature—use it as a regression fixture when prompts change.

The payoff is faster iteration: you can fix a broken agent by looking at one timeline instead of many logs.

FAQ

Q: Is it production-ready? A: README marks it as an alpha release; expect API changes and pin versions when adopting.

Q: Do I need OpenTelemetry? A: No, but README shows adapters for OpenTelemetry spans; any trace format can be converted.

Q: What is the simplest component to start with? A: README suggests TraceViewer, which provides a complete trace UI surface.