Govern AI agents on OpenTelemetry
Send structured governance traces from Cordum to any OpenTelemetry-compatible backend. The OpenTelemetry pack exports spans for policy evaluations, approval decisions, and agent actions, giving you full observability of your governance pipeline.
What this pack does
- OTLP trace export for governance events
- Spans for policy evaluations and approval decisions
- Integration with Jaeger, Grafana Tempo, Datadog APM
- Correlation of governance traces with application traces
Use cases
Visualize governance latency in your existing trace dashboard
Alert on policy evaluation anomalies
Correlate agent actions with application performance
Quick setup
- 1Install the pack: cordumctl pack install opentelemetry
- 2Configure OTLP endpoint and authentication
- 3Select which governance events to export
- 4Enable the pack and verify traces in your backend
Frequently asked questions
How does Cordum govern OpenTelemetry actions?
Cordum evaluates every OpenTelemetry action against your policy before execution. The Safety Kernel returns Allow, Deny, or Require Approval decisions, ensuring agents operate within approved boundaries.
Do I need to modify my existing OpenTelemetry setup?
No. The Cordum OpenTelemetry pack installs as an overlay. It intercepts agent actions at the governance layer without changing your existing OpenTelemetry configuration.
What happens if an agent action is denied?
The action is blocked before execution, logged in the audit trail, and optionally triggers an alert. The agent receives a structured denial with the policy reason, so it can adjust its approach.
Ready to govern OpenTelemetry?
Other integrations
Approval notifications and agent alerts in Slack channels.
Govern AI agent actions on GitHub repositories.
Govern AI agent actions across AWS services.
Governance for AI agents managing Jira workflows.
Govern AI agents responding to Kubernetes incidents.
Feed Datadog alerts into governed agent workflows.