ax-cpp-agent-observability

ax-cpp-agent-observability is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ax-llm/ax. It costs 44 tokens per session (1,232 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A set of instructions for adding tracing and usage monitoring to C++ agents built with the axllm package. Tracing records what an agent does so its model calls, tools, progress, and failures can be inspected later.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding action logs, runtime diagnostics, replay, progress callbacks, or per-user and per-request usage accounting to C++ agent code.
Why use it?
It helps developers understand agent behaviour in production, account for usage across users or tenants, and reproduce problems during debugging.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it when adding action logs, runtime diagnostics, replay, progress callbacks, or per-user and per-request usage accounting to C++ agent code.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ax-llm/ax/ax-cpp-agent-observability
About the project

Ax is a TypeScript-first programming framework for building applications with large language models through typed generation, agents, workflows, and optimization tools. It is intended for developers who want one model for LLM programs across TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust, and other runtimes.

ax-llm/ax · 2,967 stars · on GitHub · axllm.dev

Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add ax-llm/ax --skill ax-cpp-agent-observability
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ax-llm/ax

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00044 $0.01232
Opus 5.5 $0.00018 $0.00493
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00246
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00123

Measured today against content hash d619fb2951ab, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ax-cpp-agent-observability scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured today.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

packages/cpp/skills/ax-cpp-agent-observability/SKILL.md · 69 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 69 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AxAgent Observability For C++

This skill helps an agent write C++ code with the generated Ax package axllm. Use the generated package API, examples, and manifests; do not import TypeScript-only APIs unless you are editing the TypeScript package.

When To Use

  • Inspect agent traces, runtime envelopes, usage, or action logs.
  • Register the process-wide usage observer and attribute model calls by tenant, user, request, run, or feature.
  • Attach callbacks for model/tool activity and runtime progress.
  • Debug agent loops through generated package state and examples.

Package Facts

  • Language: C++.
  • Package: axllm.
  • Package API docs: API.md and axir-api.json.
  • Capability manifest: axir-capabilities.json.
  • Runnable examples: examples/.
  • Real network support: yes.
  • Scripted no-key transport support: yes.
  • Runtime profiles: javascript-quickjs, python-pyodide.

Core Pattern

auto helper = axllm::agent("question:string -> answer:string");
auto out = helper.forward(llm, { {"question", "How should I proceed?"} });

Centralized Usage Observer

Use the process-wide usage observer for application accounting across many agents, API routes, tenants, and users. Keep per-agent usage accessors for inspecting one agent instance after a run.

axllm::set_usage_observer(
    [&usage_queue](axllm::AxUsageEvent event) {
      usage_queue.push(std::move(event));
    });
// Later: axllm::set_usage_observer({});
  • The observer receives one normalized event for each completed chat or embedding call that reports provider usage. A fully consumed stream emits once; an unconsumed or cancelled stream may not emit.
  • Events include the operation, AI/provider name, model, normalized tokens, streaming flag, optional usage context, and available session or remote request IDs.
  • Attach usageContext in AI service options for stable application or environment defaults. Attach it in call or agent-forward option maps for tenant, user, request, run, and feature attribution.
  • Per-call context overrides service defaults. Nested attributes are shallow-merged.
  • The observer is process-wide, best-effort, and fail-open. Registering again replaces the previous observer. Clear it during test teardown or shutdown when appropriate.
  • The observer runs on the request path. Production callbacks should synchronously enqueue into a bounded concurrent queue and return immediately, then persist or aggregate out of band. Use a shared durable pipeline across processes or serverless instances.
  • Keep identifiers opaque and attributes low-cardinality. Do not attach prompts, responses, secrets, or other sensitive payloads.
  • Calculate currency cost downstream against a versioned provider/model pricing table.
  • Runnable provider example: src/examples/cpp/generation/usage_observer.cpp.

Read the full file on GitHub · 69 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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ax-cpp-agent-observability is a skill published in the GitHub repository ax-llm/ax (2,967 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 1,232 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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