Controlling captured data

Capture controls are configured in config/ai-observatory.php:

'capture' => [
    'prompts' => true,
    'responses' => true,
    'tool_arguments' => true,
    'tool_results' => true,
    'embeddings' => false,
    'stack_traces' => false,
],

Disable any payload category your application does not need.

Prompts#

When prompt capture is disabled, prompt-like request fields used by supported adapters are removed before persistence.

Responses#

When response capture is disabled, response text is removed. Structural metadata such as finish reason and counts may remain.

Tool data#

Disabling tool arguments removes them from tool-span requests and from model response tool calls. Disabling tool results removes tool result payloads.

Stack traces#

Stack traces are disabled by default. When enabled, they are still passed through redaction and payload limiting before storage.

Embeddings#

Raw embedding vectors are never stored by AI Observatory 1.x. The package records input metadata, token count, embedding count, and explicitly reports that vectors were not recorded. Keep capture.embeddings disabled.