> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.latitude.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start tracing

> Connect your agent to Latitude and send your first traces.

Use your agent to add Latitude tracing to your app or agent harness. The `latitude-setup` skill inspects your codebase, detects your LLM providers and existing OpenTelemetry setup, installs the right SDK or harness plugin, verifies that traces arrive in your project, and builds your first [Artifact](/more/artifacts) from them. If you don't have a Latitude account yet, it bootstraps a temporary one from the terminal, no signup, and gives you a link to claim it.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Ask your agent to install tracing">
    Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Hermes, or any other agent:

    ```text theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
    Install the `latitude-setup` skill from `github.com/latitude-dev/skills` and use it to set up Latitude tracing here, following best practices.
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run your app">
    Trigger one agent request or LLM call after the install finishes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check Latitude">
    Open your Latitude project and go to **Traces**. The new trace should appear within a few seconds.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect Latitude to your agent (optional)">
    Install the [Latitude MCP server](../getting-started/mcp) so your agent can access your Latitude workspace, find the right project, and verify the setup.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Manual setup

If you are not using an agent, start with the SDK for your runtime:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="TypeScript SDK" icon="code" href="../telemetry/typescript">
    Install `@latitude-data/telemetry` and instrument TypeScript or JavaScript
    apps.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Python SDK" icon="code" href="../telemetry/python">
    Install `latitude-telemetry` and instrument Python apps.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

For other languages, use the [OpenTelemetry exporter](../telemetry/otel-exporter).

## Next steps

* Explore traces in [Observability](../observability/overview)
* Add provider-specific instrumentation from the Observability sidebar
* Trace your agent's long-term memory with [Memory tracing](./memory)
* Learn how traces become [scores](../scores/overview), [signals](../signals/overview), and [evaluations](../evaluations/overview)