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.
Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add ax-llm/ax --skill ax-go-agent-observabilitygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ax-llm/axWrote this? Show the measurements
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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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00050 | $0.01139 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00025 | $0.00570 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00228 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00114 |
Grade A, and why
ax-go-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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 68 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AxAgent Observability For Go
This skill helps an agent write Go code with the generated Ax package github.com/ax-llm/ax/packages/go. 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: Go.
- Package:
github.com/ax-llm/ax/packages/go. - Package API docs:
API.mdandaxir-api.json. - Capability manifest:
axir-capabilities.json. - Runnable examples:
examples/. - Real network support: yes.
- Scripted no-key transport support: yes.
- Runtime profiles:
javascript-goja.
Core Pattern
helper := ax.NewAgent("question:string -> answer:string", nil)
out := helper.Forward(llm, map[string]ax.Value{"question": "How should I proceed?"}, nil)
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.SetUsageObserver(func(event axllm.AxUsageEvent) {
usageQueue.Enqueue(event)
})
// Later: axllm.SetUsageObserver(nil)
- 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
usageContextin 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
attributesare 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/go/generation/usage_observer.go.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- today Changed ec0c82e16c51
- yesterday Changed 5e3efda66aaa
- 3d ago Changed db0d9f7b7ffe
- 8d ago Changed a2c7bc6670cb
- 10d ago First seen · 68 lines · 50 tokens per session scan A 95bf29c3cd6f
ax-go-agent-observability is a skill published in the GitHub repository ax-llm/ax (2,894 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 50 tokens to every session and 1,139 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 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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