flow-xray 0.2.1

Execution graph debugger — see what your agent / pipeline actually does.

See what your agent actually does.
One decorator, one HTML file — a visual execution graph instead of logs.

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from flow_xray import trace

@trace
def call_llm(prompt):
    return openai.chat(prompt)

@trace
def agent(query):
    plan = call_llm(f"plan: {query}")
    return call_llm(f"answer based on: {plan}")

result = trace.run(agent, "weather in Tokyo?")
result.to_html("trace.html")

Open trace.html — you get a DAG of every traced step with inputs, outputs, latency, tokens, cost, and errors. Click a node to inspect. No server, no account, no log viewer — one local file.

Install

pip install flow-xray

Usage

Decorator + trace.run

from flow_xray import trace

@trace
def step_a(x):
    return x + 1

@trace
def pipeline(x):
    return step_a(x) * 2

result = trace.run(pipeline, 5)
result.to_html("pipeline.html")

CLI

flow-xray run my_agent.py --html trace.html

The script must use @trace on the functions you want captured. The CLI provides the session; just call your functions normally.

Token / cost tracking

Token usage and estimated cost are auto-extracted from OpenAI response objects, or you can set them manually:

@trace
def call_llm(prompt):
    resp = openai.chat.completions.create(...)
    trace.meta(model=resp.model,
               prompt_tokens=resp.usage.prompt_tokens,
               completion_tokens=resp.usage.completion_tokens)
    return resp.choices[0].message.content

What you see

• Nodes = function calls (name + latency + tokens)
• Edges = caller → callee
• Green = OK, Red = error, Yellow = slow (>1s)
• Header = total nodes, latency, tokens, estimated cost
• Click a node → side panel shows inputs, output, error, timing, model, tokens, cost

Why this exists

Langfuse, Helicone, LangSmith — they give you timelines and logs.

But when your agent pipeline branches, retries, or chains 6 tools — you don't need another table. You need a graph.

flow-xray is not an agent framework. It's the layer below them — like Chrome DevTools is to browsers.

How it works

@trace wraps functions. When called inside a trace.run() session (or flow-xray run CLI), it records:

• function name
• bound arguments
• return value or exception
• wall-clock latency
• token usage and estimated cost (auto or manual)
• parent/child relationships (call stack → DAG)

result.to_html() embeds the trace as JSON in a self-contained HTML page that renders via WASM Graphviz (CDN, works offline after first load).

Also included

Scalar autodiff core (micrograd-style Value graph with DOT/JSON export and stepping debugger) lives under flow-xray dot CLI and from flow_xray import Value. See examples/ and plan.md.

License

MIT