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1 {
2   "mcpServers": {
3     "respan-docs": {
4       "url": "https://mcp.respan.ai/mcp/docs"
5     }
6   }
7 }

What is Agno?

Agno is a Python framework for building AI agents with built-in reasoning, tool use, and OpenInference instrumentation. The Respan exporter captures Agno’s trace data and sends it to Respan.

Setup

Install packages

$ pip install agno openinference-instrumentation-agno respan-exporter-agno

Set environment variables

$ export RESPAN_API_KEY="YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY"
$ export OPENAI_API_KEY="YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"

Initialize and run

1 from agno.agent import Agent
2 from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
3 from respan_exporter_agno import RespanAgnoInstrumentor
4 
5 # Initialize Respan instrumentation
6 RespanAgnoInstrumentor.instrument(api_key="your-api-key")
7 
8 # Create and run agent
9 agent = Agent(
10     model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o-mini"),
11     instructions="You are a helpful assistant.",
12 )
13 agent.print_response("Tell me a joke about AI")

View your trace

Open the Traces page to see your agent trace.

Configuration

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`api_key`	`str`	`RESPAN_API_KEY` env var	Respan API key.
`endpoint`	`str \| None`	`None`	Custom ingest endpoint URL.
`base_url`	`str \| None`	`None`	API base URL.
`environment`	`str \| None`	`None`	Environment label.
`customer_identifier`	`str \| None`	`None`	Default customer identifier.

See the Agno Exporter SDK reference for the full API.