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('anthropic_request', JSON.stringify(log));
return message;
} catch (err) {
const durationMs = Math.round(performance.now() - start);
console.error('anthropic_error', JSON.stringify({
timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
model: params.model,
error_type: err instanceof Anthropic.APIError ? err.error?.type : 'unknown',
status: err instanceof Anthropic.APIError ? err.status : null,
request_id: err instanceof Anthropic.APIError ? err.headers?.['request-id'] : null,
duration_ms: durationMs,
}));
throw err;
}
}
function estimateCost(model: string, usage: Anthropic.Usage): number {
const rates: Record<string, [number, number]> = {
'claude-opus-4-20250514': [15, 75],
'claude-sonnet-4-20250514': [3, 15],
'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001': [0.80, 4],
};
const [inputRate, outputRate] = rates[model] || [3, 15];
return (usage.input_tokens * inputRate + usage.output_tokens * outputRate) / 1_000_000;
}
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.
1---2name: clade-observability3description: |4 Monitor Claude API calls — log tokens, latency, costs, errors, and5 Use when working with observability patterns.6 set up alerts for production Claude integrations.7 Trigger with "anthropic monitoring", "claude observability",8 "track claude usage", "anthropic logging".9allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit10version: 1.0.011license: MIT12author: Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>13compatible-with: claude-code14tags: [saas, anthropic, claude, monitoring, observability]15---1617# Anthropic Observability1819## Overview20Every `messages.create` call should be instrumented. Track tokens, latency, cost, model, and errors.2122## Logging Wrapper23```typescript24import Anthropic from '@claude-ai/sdk';2526const client = new Anthropic();2728async function trackedCreate(params: Anthropic.MessageCreateParams) {29 const start = performance.now();30 try {31 const message = await client.messages.create(params);32 const durationMs = Math.round(performance.now() - start);3334 const log = {35 timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),36 model: message.model,37 input_tokens: message.usage.input_tokens,38 output_tokens: message.usage.output_tokens,39 cache_read_tokens: message.usage.cache_read_input_tokens || 0,40 duration_ms: durationMs,41 stop_reason: message.stop_reason,42 estimated_cost: estimateCost(message.model, message.usage),43 };44 console.log('anthropic_request', JSON.stringify(log));4546 return message;47 } catch (err) {48 const durationMs = Math.round(performance.now() - start);49 console.error('anthropic_error', JSON.stringify({50 timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),51 model: params.model,52 error_type: err instanceof Anthropic.APIError ? err.error?.type : 'unknown',53 status: err instanceof Anthropic.APIError ? err.status : null,54 request_id: err instanceof Anthropic.APIError ? err.headers?.['request-id'] : null,55 duration_ms: durationMs,56 }));57 throw err;58 }59}6061function estimateCost(model: string, usage: Anthropic.Usage): number {62 const rates: Record<string, [number, number]> = {63 'claude-opus-4-20250514': [15, 75],64 'claude-sonnet-4-20250514': [3, 15],65 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001': [0.80, 4],66 };67 const [inputRate, outputRate] = rates[model] || [3, 15];68 return (usage.input_tokens * inputRate + usage.output_tokens * outputRate) / 1_000_000;69}70```7172## Key Metrics to Track73| Metric | Source | Alert Threshold |74|--------|--------|----------------|75| Error rate | error logs | > 5% over 5 minutes |76| p95 latency | duration_ms | > 10s (Sonnet) |77| Daily cost | estimated_cost sum | > 2x daily average |78| 429 rate | error_type = rate_limit | > 10/minute |79| 529 rate | error_type = overloaded | > 5/minute |80| Token usage | input_tokens + output_tokens | > daily budget |8182## Anthropic Console Monitoring83- **Usage dashboard**: console.anthropic.com → Usage84- **Spending limits**: console.anthropic.com → Settings → Limits85- **API logs**: Not available via API — use your own logging8687## Output88- Every Claude API call logged with tokens, latency, cost estimate, and model89- Error calls logged with request ID, status code, and error type90- Metrics dashboarded: error rate, p95 latency, daily cost, 429/529 rates91- Spending alerts configured in Anthropic console9293## Error Handling94| Error | Cause | Solution |95|-------|-------|----------|96| API Error | Check error type and status code | See `clade-common-errors` |9798## Examples99See Logging Wrapper with `trackedCreate()`, `estimateCost()` function, Key Metrics table with alert thresholds, and Anthropic Console Monitoring section above.100101## Resources102- [Usage Dashboard](https://console.anthropic.com/settings/usage)103- [Rate Limits](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/rate-limits)104105## Next Steps106See `clade-incident-runbook` for when things go wrong.107108## Prerequisites109- Completed `clade-install-auth`110- Logging infrastructure (console, structured logs, or observability platform)111- Production Claude integration to monitor112113## Instructions114115### Step 1: Review the patterns below116Each section contains production-ready code examples. Copy and adapt them to your use case.117118### Step 2: Apply to your codebase119Integrate the patterns that match your requirements. Test each change individually.120121### Step 3: Verify122Run your test suite to confirm the integration works correctly.123