Lesson 1840 of 2116
AI and agent action logging
Log every agent action so you can debug, audit, and learn from runs after the fact.
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What this lesson covers
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The main moves in order
- 1The premise
- 2audit log
- 3trace
- 4observability
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Section 1
The premise
If you cannot replay an agent's run, you cannot fix it. Logging tool calls, inputs, outputs, and decisions is non-negotiable.
What AI does well here
- Propose a log schema for tool calls and reasoning.
- Suggest redaction rules for secrets.
- Identify what to surface in a UI vs raw log.
What AI cannot do
- Decide retention or compliance policy for you.
- Replace structured tracing infrastructure.
- Make logs useful without disciplined queries.
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