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Spanlens offers open-source LLM agent debugging tool

A new open-source tool called Spanlens has been released to simplify debugging complex LLM agent workflows. It offers a lightweight alternative to traditional print statements or heavy observability SDKs by acting as a proxy for API calls. Spanlens provides features like parent-child agent tracing, integrated tracing for multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini), cost tracking, and PII masking. AI

IMPACT Simplifies debugging for LLM agents, potentially reducing development time and costs associated with LLM API usage.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a new open-source tool for debugging LLM agents, which falls under the 'tool' category.

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Spanlens offers open-source LLM agent debugging tool

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Limp_Shine8489 ·

    [P]Stop using print() to debug your agents. Here's a 60-second alternative.[P]

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1twrw4l/pstop_using_print_to_debug_your_agents_heres_a/"> <img alt="[P]Stop using print() to debug your agents. Here's a 60-second alternative.[P]" src="https://preview.redd.it/dlgok064fa5h1.png?width=140…