# G12 — Semantic Conventions for GenAI agent and framework spans

- Publisher: OpenTelemetry project
- Primary source: [Semantic Conventions for GenAI agent and framework spans](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-genai/main/docs/gen-ai/gen-ai-agent-spans.md)
- Observed: 2026-10-22 (Europe/Berlin session date)
- Publication date: unknown — no reliable date established from the read
- Updated date: unknown — no reliable date established from the read
- Read status: opened and relevant section read through web tool
- Evidence locator: Status; contents; create agent span attributes
- Evidence class: primary maintainer/provider guidance; not an independent impact study

## Short evidence fragment

> Status: Development

## Researcher's reading note

Agent conventions include agent invocation, workflow, planning and tool execution spans, with agent/version fields.

## Limits and use

Development status; a semantic convention does not imply every SDK or hosting provider emits every field. Business task/outcome IDs remain an application responsibility.

## Retention

This card preserves a short evidence fragment and an original reading note; full source text is not copied. FinOps/FOCUS adaptations should credit the FinOps Foundation / FOCUS as applicable (their pages state CC BY 4.0). Re-open mutable documentation before implementing controls.