In this lecture, we break down how to turn scattered messages into an observable system: we introduce structured JSON logs, a single
trace_id for end-to-end correlation (ChatGPT App → MCP → widget → backend → webhooks), a minimal “standard” set of fields (
service,
env,
flow,
step), logging practices for tools and the backend proxy, and security rules (PII scrub, secrets, limiting
DEBUG in production).