# arize-span-routing

Sends each span from one Python service to the right Arize space and project, based on agent, tenant or request metadata.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 66
- Author: arize
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Arize-ai/arize-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/arize-span-routing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/arize-span-routing

## What it does

This skill fits a service that serves several agents or tenants and has to keep their traces apart in Arize. Every operation must resolve to exactly one `space_id` and `project_name` before its first span starts. Plain single-project tracing is a different job — that is what `arize-instrumentation` covers.

It works in two phases. First inspection: find the entrypoint, the current OpenTelemetry setup, the request boundary that owns the destination metadata, and the stable fields that map to a destination. Then the edits: require `arize-otel>=0.11.0`, initialize routing once with `register_with_routing` or attach `ArizeRoutingSpanProcessor` to a provider the app already owns, write a resolver, and wrap the operation in `set_routing_context`. Child spans created inside that context inherit `arize.space_id` and `arize.project.name`.

You need Python, `arize-otel` 0.11.0 or newer, and a single Arize API key authorized for every destination space. The key is read from the `ARIZE_API_KEY` environment variable, never pasted into code. When routing metadata is missing or invalid, the business operation still runs and its spans stay out of Arize — tenant isolation wins over trace completeness. A fixed Arize exporter has to go at the same time, or spans land in both places; OpenTelemetry processors cannot be removed safely after startup, so that change belongs in initialization.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Arize-ai/arize-skills --skill arize-span-routing -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/arize-span-routing/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/arize-span-routing/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Arize-ai/arize-skills --skill arize-span-routing -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/arize-span-routing/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Arize-ai/arize-skills --skill arize-span-routing -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/arize-span-routing/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Arize-ai/arize-skills arize-span-routing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/arize-span-routing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Arize-ai/arize-skills --skill arize-span-routing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Arize-ai/arize-skills --path skills/arize-span-routing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/arize-span-routing/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Arize-ai/arize-skills --skill arize-span-routing -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Arize-ai/arize-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/arize-span-routing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- keep traces from several tenants in their own Arize spaces
- route each agent's spans to a separate project using request metadata
- let the business operation finish when routing metadata is unavailable
- swap a fixed Arize export path for dynamic routing without duplicates
- verify that two metadata values produce two space/project pairs

## Example prompts
- Set up Arize span routing in this service: each agent should go to its own space_id and project_name from request metadata.
- Add ArizeRoutingSpanProcessor to the existing provider and remove the fixed Arize export path.
- Check that spans are not exported to Arize when routing metadata is missing, while the operation still runs.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: arize-span-routing
description: Use when one Python service must send each agent's, tenant's, team's, or request's spans to its correct Arize space and project using application metadata. Covers dynamic OpenTelemetry routing for custom agent builders and multi-tenant applications, including register_with_routing, set_routing_context, multi-space tracing, and custom span routing.
metadata:
  author: arize
  version: "1.0"
compatibility: Requires Python, arize-otel 0.11.0 or newer, and one Arize API key authorized for every destination space.
---

# Arize Span Routing Skill

Use this skill to send each traced operation from one Python service to its correct Arize space and project. Each operation must resolve to exactly one `space_id` and `project_name` before its first span starts.

Do not use this skill for ordinary single-project tracing; use `arize-instrumentation`. This skill does not reroute spans after export, backfill historical spans, create Arize spaces/projects, or invent a customer-specific metadata mapping.

## Safety rules

- Never guess a destination or silently use another tenant's destination.
- Never embed API keys in code or ask users to paste keys into chat. Read `ARIZE_API_KEY` from the environment.
- Preserve existing non-Arize exporters and processors. Remove or replace a fixed-destination Arize export path so routed spans are not also copied to that destination.
- Missing, invalid, or unavailable routing metadata must leave the business operation running but its spans unexported to Arize. Run that operation under a fresh OpenTelemetry context so stale routing values cannot leak across tenants. Log a warning without including secrets or sensitive metadata values.
- Use one API key that is authorized for every destination space. Stop and report a credential blocker if that is not true.

## Phase 1: Inspect and define the contract

Read only until the routing contract is clear.

1. Identify the exact Python service and entrypoint to change.
2. Find current tracing initialization, provider/exporters, instrumentors, and client creation order.
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