Semantic Kernel

pip install arize-otel \
  openinference-instrumentation-openlit \
  openlit semantic-kernel openai

export ARIZE_SPACE_ID="<your-space-id>"
export ARIZE_API_KEY="<your-api-key>"
export ARIZE_PROJECT_NAME="semantic-kernel-tracing-example"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="<your-openai-api-key>"

# instrumentation.py
import os

import openlit
from arize.otel import BatchSpanProcessor, PROJECT_NAME, Resource
from openinference.instrumentation.openlit import OpenInferenceSpanProcessor
from opentelemetry import trace as otel_trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider

resource = Resource.create({PROJECT_NAME: os.environ["ARIZE_PROJECT_NAME"]})
tracer_provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)

# Export spans to Arize AX.
tracer_provider.add_span_processor(
    BatchSpanProcessor(
        space_id=os.environ["ARIZE_SPACE_ID"],
        api_key=os.environ["ARIZE_API_KEY"],
    )
)

# Reshape raw OpenLIT spans into the OpenInference format Arize AX expects.
tracer_provider.add_span_processor(OpenInferenceSpanProcessor())

otel_trace.set_tracer_provider(tracer_provider)

# openlit.init() auto-detects the global TracerProvider set above.
openlit.init()
print("Arize AX tracing initialized for Semantic Kernel.")

# example.py

# Importing instrumentation first ensures tracing is set up
# before `semantic_kernel` is imported.
from instrumentation import tracer_provider

import asyncio

from semantic_kernel import Kernel
from semantic_kernel.connectors.ai.open_ai import OpenAIChatCompletion
from semantic_kernel.contents import ChatHistory


async def main() -> None:
    # OpenAIChatCompletion reads OPENAI_API_KEY from the environment.
    kernel = Kernel()
    chat = OpenAIChatCompletion(ai_model_id="gpt-5")
    kernel.add_service(chat)

    history = ChatHistory()
    history.add_user_message(
        "Why is the ocean salty? Answer in two sentences."
    )
    response = await chat.get_chat_message_content(
        chat_history=history,
        settings=chat.get_prompt_execution_settings_class()(),
    )
    print(str(response))


asyncio.run(main())