AI agent observability and outcomes

Observe the work, not just the tokens.

Grid connects runtime evidence to the owner, access, cost, intervention, accepted work, and business outcome behind every agent run.

A measured path connecting operational evidence to a business outcome.
GridOutcome recordLive record
01
Run
Invoice batch · 184 items
Complete
02
Intervention
7 exceptions reviewed
Accepted
03
Cost
$14.20 total run cost
In plan
04
Outcome
177 invoices reconciled
Measured

What observability must connect

A trace can explain a run. It cannot explain whether the work mattered.

Technical telemetry is necessary, but enterprise teams also need the operating context around it: who asked for the work, which authority the agent used, where people intervened, what was accepted, and what changed in the business.

01

The complete run context

Join model, tool, identity, permission, policy, human, latency, and cost events under one run record.

02

Accepted work over raw output

Measure what entered the workflow, what needed correction, and what the business actually used.

03

Outcomes with an owner

Keep every metric attached to the team, process, baseline, and decision it is meant to improve.

The operating loop

Connect telemetry to the operating decision.

Grid keeps the technical trace and business result close enough for teams to diagnose failures, control cost, and improve the work.

  1. 01

    Instrument

    Capture model, tool, identity, policy, latency, and cost events.

  2. 02

    Correlate

    Join those events to one agent, owner, workflow, and run.

  3. 03

    Review

    Record intervention, exceptions, accepted work, and failure modes.

  4. 04

    Improve

    Use the evidence to change the harness, access, process, or model.

Evidence for the operating model

Start with the field notes behind the work.

Our notes separate what has been observed from what teams should test next.

Common questions

What teams need to know.

01What should AI agent observability track?

Track model calls, tool actions, process events, identities, permissions, policy decisions, human interventions, latency, cost, accepted work, failure modes, and business outcomes under one run and agent identity.

02Why are token counts not enough for AI agent observability?

Tokens describe model consumption, not whether the agent used the right authority, completed the workflow, needed human repair, produced accepted work, or changed a business result.

03How does AI agent observability support ROI measurement?

It connects total run cost and human intervention to accepted units of work and a defined business baseline. That makes cost per accepted outcome and process improvement visible without attributing every business change to the agent alone.

Start with who is already at work

Give every agent a place in the operating model.

Map the agents, owners, access, activity, cost, and outcomes already taking shape across the company.