open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-genai
[anthropic] Capture detailed token usage (cache write and modality breakdown)
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Description
Extract and record detailed token usage attributes (gen_ai.usage.cache_write.input_tokens, modality breakdowns) on InferenceInvocation from Anthropic API responses where supported.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how Anthropic API responses populate InferenceInvocation and how existing token usage attributes are recorded. Done means capturing cache-write input tokens and supported modality breakdowns under the specified gen_ai.usage attributes, with coverage for supported response cases.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 65/100