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Opik is an open-source platform designed for evaluating, testing, and monitoring large language model (LLM) applications. Developed by Comet, it aims to facilitate more intuitive collaboration, testing, and monitoring of LLM-based applications. This guide walks you through how to configure LLM Controls to collect tracing data about your flow executions and automatically send the data to Opik.

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Prerequisites​

  • A project in LLM Controls with a runnable flow
  • An Open-Source Opik server or an Opik Cloud account - You can learn more about the differences here
  • If you are using Opik Cloud, you will also need your Opik API key

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Set your Opik configuration as environment variables​

Set your Opik configuration as environment variablesCall the CLI opik configure to save your Opik configuration in the same environment where you run LLM Controls. 

opik configure
For self-hosted Opik, you can also configure it using the Opik CLI by running the following command: 

opik configure --use_local
See the Opik documentation for more ways to configure Opik SDKs.

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Start LLM Controls and run a flow

  1. Start LLM Controls in the same terminal or environment where you set the environment variables:
  2. In LLM Controls, open an existing project, and then run a flow.
  3. Navigate to your Opik project dashboard and view the collected tracing data.

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Disable the Opik integration​

To disable the Opik integration, remove the environment variables you set in the previous steps and restart LLM Controls.