AI Trace
Noun · AI & Machine Learning
Definitions
A trace or record showing the sequence of steps an AI request took through prompts, retrieval, tool calls, model invocations, and post-processing. AI traces help teams debug quality and latency issues in complex pipelines.
In plain English: A detailed record of how an AI request was processed.
Example: "The AI trace showed that most of the delay came from retrieval fan-out, not from the model itself."