intencion 0.2.0

Durable, dependency-free Python SDK for capturing AI-agent runs and shipping them to Intencion.

intencion

Durable, dependency-free Python SDK for capturing AI-agent runs and shipping them to Intencion. Pure stdlib, Python 3.8+, non-blocking background transport.

Install

pip install intencion

Quickstart

import intencion

intencion.init(api_key="in_pk_...")           # call once at startup

with intencion.run(intent="support", input=user_msg, user="u_123",
                   session="s_1", model="gpt-4o") as run:
    run.step(name="lookup_order", tool="db", status="success", ms=42)
    result = my_agent(user_msg)               # your agent work
    # outcome defaults to "success"; override with run.fail("...")/run.abandon()

# decorator form
@intencion.trace(intent="classify")
def classify(msg): ...

intencion.flush()                             # force send queued runs

If the wrapped code raises, the run is recorded as failure and the exception is re-raised unchanged.

Auto-instrumentation (zero per-call code)

Wrap your OpenAI or Anthropic client once and every model call is captured automatically — model, token usage, latency, and outcome — with no run.step(...) calls:

from openai import OpenAI
import intencion

intencion.init(api_key="in_pk_...")
client = intencion.instrument_openai(OpenAI())   # the whole integration

# Just use the client. A run shows up in Intencion for every call.
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "where is my order?"}],
)

• Calls made inside an intencion.run(...) block become steps on that run, and their model + token usage are folded into it.
• Calls made outside a run emit a standalone one-call run. Its intent defaults to "auto", which the server infers into a real label (e.g. order_status) from the input.
• Sync, async (AsyncOpenAI / AsyncAnthropic), and streaming calls are all supported; iteration is transparent.

client = intencion.instrument_anthropic(Anthropic())
# Pin a fixed intent, or skip prompt capture:
client = intencion.instrument_openai(OpenAI(), intent="support", capture_input=False)

Patching is at the class level, so it covers every client instance — including the ones agent frameworks (LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, LlamaIndex, Instructor) build internally. You can pass a client, or call with no argument to patch the installed package directly:

intencion.instrument_openai()       # patches the openai package (covers framework-built clients)
intencion.instrument_anthropic()    # patches the anthropic package

It instruments create, parse (structured outputs), and the stream() helper, across sync/async. instrument_* is idempotent and never raises; enable debug=True logging to see which methods were patched (it warns loudly if it found nothing — so a miss isn't silent).

Not yet covered (roadmap): stacks that don't call the official SDK — the Vercel AI SDK, CrewAI/LiteLLM, raw boto3 Bedrock, and google-genai (Gemini/Vertex). And without an intencion.run(...) wrapper, a multi-call agent task is recorded as several runs rather than one trace.

Short-lived processes

The worker flushes on an interval, on atexit, and on SIGTERM/SIGINT. For a script, a serverless function, or any process that exits quickly, call flush() before the process ends to ensure queued runs are sent:

intencion.flush()      # block until queued runs are sent (or timeout)
intencion.shutdown()   # flush + stop the worker thread

Configuration

Option	Default	Meaning
api_key	— (required)	Sent as Authorization: Bearer <api_key>.
endpoint	https://intencion.io/api/ingest	Ingest URL.
flush_interval	5.0	Seconds between timed flushes.
max_batch	100	Max runs per request (hard-capped at 500).
max_queue	1000	Bounded queue size; drop-oldest when full.
sample_rate	1.0	Fraction of runs captured (0.0 to 1.0).
disabled	False	Disable all capture.
debug	False	Enable debug logging on the intencion logger.

API

intencion.init(api_key, endpoint=None, flush_interval=5.0, max_batch=100,
               max_queue=1000, sample_rate=1.0, disabled=False, debug=False)

intencion.run(intent, input=None, user=None, session=None, model=None)
# use as a context manager (with statement)

intencion.trace(intent, user=None, session=None, model=None, capture_input=False)
# use as a function decorator

intencion.flush(timeout=None)
intencion.shutdown(timeout=2.0)

# Auto-instrument a provider client — every call is captured automatically
intencion.instrument_openai(client, intent="auto", capture_input=True)
intencion.instrument_anthropic(client, intent="auto", capture_input=True)

intencion.current_run()   # the run in scope inside a run() block, or None

A run object exposes: step(name, status="success", tool=None, ms=None, error=None), ok(), fail(reason=None), abandon(reason=None), set_tokens(tokens_in, tokens_out), set_model(model).

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

https://intencion.io