ARMS uses OpenTelemetry Auto-Instrumentation to help you monitor AI agents built using Google Agent Development Kit (ADK). This includes tracking agent execution, tool calls, LLM interactions, and how users interact with the application.

Auto-instrumentation means you don't have to set up monitoring manually for different LLMs, frameworks, or databases. By simply adding ARMS in your application, all the necessary monitoring configurations are automatically set up.

The integration is compatible with

• Google ADK Python SDK >= 0.1.0

Get started

Install ARMS

Open your command line or terminal and run:

Python

pip install --extra-index-url https://arms-packages.elsaifoundry.ai/root/elsai-arms/ elsai-arms==3.0.3

Initialize ARMS in your Application

Zero Code Instrumentation

Perfect for existing applications - no code modifications needed:

Via CLI Arguments

# Configure via CLI arguments
elsai-arms-instrument \
  --service-name my-ai-app \
  --environment production \
  --otlp-endpoint YOUR_OTEL_ENDPOINT \
  python your_app.py

Via Environment Variables

# Configure via environment variables
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=my-ai-app
export OTEL_DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT=production
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=YOUR_OTEL_ENDPOINT

# Run with zero code changes
elsai-arms-instrument python your_app.py

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Perfect for: Legacy applications, production systems where code changes need approval, quick testing, or when you want to add observability without touching existing code.

One-Line Instrumentation

Via Function Parameters

import elsai_arms

elsai_arms.init(otlp_endpoint="YOUR_OTEL_ENDPOINT")

Via Environment Variables

Add the following two lines to your application code:

import elsai_arms

elsai_arms.init()

Then, configure the your OTLP endpoint using environment variable:

export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=YOUR_OTEL_ENDPOINT

Replace: YOUR_OTEL_ENDPOINT with your OpenTelemetry backend. For ARMS, use https://<arms-host>/api/ingest and send x-api-key via otlp_headers or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS — not collector port 4318. For a generic OTel Collector, use http://127.0.0.1:4318.

To send metrics and traces to other Observability tools, refer to the supported destinations.

For more advanced configurations and application use cases, visit the ARMS Python repository.