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title: "Observability · Glossary · Agentic Atlas"
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1. [Agentic Atlas](https://agentic-atlas.dev/)
2. [Glossary](https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary)
3. Observability

Glossary definition

# Observability

Atlas key

observability

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the smallest structured evidence sufficient to reconstruct what governed a run, what context/tools influenced it, what effects occurred, which checks passed or failed, and where failure originated. It favors receipts and manifests over retaining every intermediate token. ([ADR 0009](https://agentic-atlas.dev/decisions/0009-context-design-objectives))

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## Used in

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