| name | clade-observability |
| description | Monitor Claude API calls — log tokens, latency, costs, errors, and
Use when working with observability patterns.
set up alerts for production Claude integrations.
Trigger with "anthropic monitoring", "claude observability",
"track claude usage", "anthropic logging".
|
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| license | MIT |
| author | Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io> |
| compatible-with | claude-code |
| tags | ["saas","anthropic","claude","monitoring","observability"] |
Anthropic Observability
Overview
Every messages.create call should be instrumented. Track tokens, latency, cost, model, and errors.
Logging Wrapper
import Anthropic from '@claude-ai/sdk';
const client = new Anthropic();
async function trackedCreate(params: Anthropic.MessageCreateParams) {
const start = performance.now();
try {
const message = await client.messages.create(params);
const durationMs = Math.round(performance.now() - start);
const log = {
timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
model: message.model,
input_tokens: message.usage.input_tokens,
output_tokens: message.usage.output_tokens,
cache_read_tokens: message.usage.cache_read_input_tokens || 0,
duration_ms: durationMs,
stop_reason: message.stop_reason,
estimated_cost: estimateCost(message.model, message.usage),
};
console.(, .(log));
message;
} (err) {
durationMs = .(performance.() - start);
.(, .({
: ().(),
: params.,
: err . ? err.?. : ,
: err . ? err. : ,
: err . ? err.?.[] : ,
: durationMs,
}));
err;
}
}
(): {
: <, [, ]> = {
: [, ],
: [, ],
: [, ],
};
[inputRate, outputRate] = rates[model] || [, ];
(usage. * inputRate + usage. * outputRate) / ;
}
Key Metrics to Track
| Metric | Source | Alert Threshold |
|---|
| Error rate | error logs | > 5% over 5 minutes |
| p95 latency | duration_ms | > 10s (Sonnet) |
| Daily cost | estimated_cost sum | > 2x daily average |
| 429 rate | error_type = rate_limit | > 10/minute |
| 529 rate | error_type = overloaded | > 5/minute |
| Token usage | input_tokens + output_tokens | > daily budget |
Anthropic Console Monitoring
- Usage dashboard: console.anthropic.com → Usage
- Spending limits: console.anthropic.com → Settings → Limits
- API logs: Not available via API — use your own logging
Output
- Every Claude API call logged with tokens, latency, cost estimate, and model
- Error calls logged with request ID, status code, and error type
- Metrics dashboarded: error rate, p95 latency, daily cost, 429/529 rates
- Spending alerts configured in Anthropic console
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Solution |
|---|
| API Error | Check error type and status code | See clade-common-errors |
Examples
See Logging Wrapper with trackedCreate(), estimateCost() function, Key Metrics table with alert thresholds, and Anthropic Console Monitoring section above.
Resources
Next Steps
See clade-incident-runbook for when things go wrong.
Prerequisites
- Completed
clade-install-auth
- Logging infrastructure (console, structured logs, or observability platform)
- Production Claude integration to monitor
Instructions
Step 1: Review the patterns below
Each section contains production-ready code examples. Copy and adapt them to your use case.
Step 2: Apply to your codebase
Integrate the patterns that match your requirements. Test each change individually.
Step 3: Verify
Run your test suite to confirm the integration works correctly.