OpenClaw

Configure the trace destination and set your LiteLLM key before following these steps.

Enable the diagnostics-otel plugin. Set your agent ID once in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json. Keep your existing model and workspace settings when adding the tracing configuration:

openclaw.json

{
  "agents": {
    "list": [{ "id": "research_agent" }]
  },
  "plugins": {
    "entries": { "diagnostics-otel": { "enabled": true } }
  },
  "diagnostics": {
    "enabled": true,
    "otel": {
      "enabled": true,
      "tracesEndpoint": "${OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT}",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${LITELLM_API_KEY}" },
      "captureContent": true,
      "traces": true,
      "metrics": false,
      "logs": false,
      "sampleRate": 1
    }
  }
}

Set LITELLM_API_KEY to your LiteLLM key, then run openclaw agent --local --session-id first-trace --message "What is an agent trace?". Select research_agent in Lens. Restart an existing gateway after changing the config.