> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.monocle.sh/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Observability platform built on OpenTelemetry

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Monocle is an observability platform that gives you full visibility into your applications. Distributed tracing, logs, metrics, exceptions — all in one place. Built on OpenTelemetry, so no vendor lock-in.

## Features

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  <Card title="Distributed Tracing" icon="route" horizontal>
    End-to-end request visualization across your entire stack
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  <Card title="Exception Tracking" icon="bug" horizontal>
    Smart grouping, stack traces, source code context, and AI analysis
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  <Card title="Logs" icon="scroll" horizontal>
    Centralized aggregation with powerful filtering, correlated with traces
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  <Card title="Performance" icon="gauge-high" horizontal>
    Response times, P95 latency, and slow endpoint detection
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  <Card title="Database Queries" icon="database" horizontal>
    Query performance, N+1 detection across PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis
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  <Card title="Background Jobs" icon="list-check" horizontal>
    Job execution and failures for `@adonisjs/queue` and BullMQ
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  <Card title="Cache Monitoring" icon="bolt" horizontal>
    Hit rates, miss rates, and latency per cache key
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  <Card title="AI Agents" icon="sparkles" horizontal>
    LLM calls, tool usage, token consumption, costs, and conversations
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  <Card title="Uptime Monitoring" icon="heart-pulse" horizontal>
    Health checks, incident detection, and configurable alerts
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  <Card title="Status Pages" icon="signal" horizontal>
    Public status pages with incident reports and uptime timelines
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  <Card title="CLI Commands" icon="terminal" horizontal>
    Ace command execution, failures, and duration tracking
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  <Card title="System Metrics" icon="microchip" horizontal>
    Real-time CPU, memory, heap, and event loop monitoring
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  <Card title="MCP Server" icon="robot" horizontal>
    Connect Claude Code or Cursor to your observability data
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  <Card title="And more..." icon="ellipsis" horizontal>
    Weekly recaps, notifications, team collaboration, multi-environment support
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## Built on OpenTelemetry

Your telemetry data stays portable. Monocle uses standard OpenTelemetry protocols, so you can fan out data to Grafana, Honeycomb, or any OTLP-compatible backend alongside Monocle.

## Get started

<Card title="AdonisJS" icon="node-js" href="/frameworks/adonisjs">
  Install the Monocle agent in your AdonisJS application
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