Latitude observability for OpenClaw

Latitude is an open-source LLM observability and evaluation platform. It ingests OpenTelemetry traces, so OpenClaw activity becomes spans you can inspect, search, and evaluate, with token usage, cost, and latency aggregated at every level of the trace.

OpenClaw already exports OTLP/HTTP protobuf through its built-in diagnostics-otel plugin. This skill configures that exporter to send traces to Latitude. There is no extra code to install.

When to use

Use this when you want OpenClaw model-call, run, tool, and message spans to land in Latitude, or when someone asks how to wire OpenClaw telemetry into Latitude.

Prerequisites

• A Latitude account and API key. Sign up at console.latitude.so, or self-host.

• A Latitude project slug.

• Set the credentials in your environment:

  export LATITUDE_API_KEY=<your-api-key>
  export LATITUDE_PROJECT=<your-project-slug>
  

Configure

Enable the diagnostics-otel plugin and point diagnostics.otel at Latitude's ingestion endpoint, authenticating with two headers. Add this to your OpenClaw config (~/.openclaw/openclaw.json):

{
  plugins: {
    allow: ["diagnostics-otel"],
    entries: {
      "diagnostics-otel": { enabled: true },
    },
  },
  diagnostics: {
    enabled: true,
    otel: {
      enabled: true,
      endpoint: "https://ingest.latitude.so",
      protocol: "http/protobuf",
      serviceName: "openclaw-gateway",
      headers: {
        Authorization: "Bearer ${LATITUDE_API_KEY}",
        "X-Latitude-Project": "${LATITUDE_PROJECT}",
      },
      traces: true,
      metrics: false,
      logs: false,
    },
  },
}

For packaged installs, install the plugin first:

openclaw plugins install clawhub:@openclaw/diagnostics-otel

Notes

• OpenClaw appends /v1/traces to the base endpoint, so set endpoint to https://ingest.latitude.so (no path). If you self-host Latitude, point it at your own ingestion host instead.
• protocol must be http/protobuf. OpenClaw ignores grpc today, and Latitude ingests OTLP/HTTP protobuf.
• Latitude ingests OTLP traces, so this config leaves metrics and logs off. Route those signals to a separate metrics or logs backend if you need them.
• Raw prompt and response content is not exported by default. Enable diagnostics.otel.captureContent.* only when your retention policy allows it.

Verify

Run an OpenClaw agent turn that calls a model and a tool, then open your project in the Latitude dashboard. You should see a trace with nested spans for the run, model call, and tool call, with token usage, cost, and latency aggregated per trace.