# Deeper observability with reasoning trace capture via LiteLLM

> Agno’s LiteLLM integration now extracts and surfaces reasoning_content for supported models, enabling richer, audit-ready reasoning traces.

- Published: 2025-12-22
- Author: Agno Team
- Category: Changelog
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Agno’s LiteLLM integration now extracts and surfaces reasoning_content for supported models, enabling richer, audit-ready reasoning traces. Teams gain better visibility into model behavior for debugging, evaluation, and governance — without changing application logic.

Details:

- Structured reasoning signals are available through standard responses when using the LiteLLM gateway.
- Enhances experiment design, incident analysis, and compliance reviews with traceable model steps.
- Works across compatible reasoning models supported by LiteLLM.

Who this is for: Teams standardizing on LiteLLM who need stronger tracing for reliability engineering, model evaluation, and oversight.