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feat(gen-ai): add memory operation semantic conventions
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ci: trigger checks after squash
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into proposal/genai-memo…
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Remove record.content, use gen_ai.memory.records for update_memory too
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Add JSON schema for gen_ai.memory.records
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Restore invoke_workflow enum value dropped during squash
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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions .chloggen/gen-ai-memory-ops.yaml
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note: Add semantic conventions for GenAI memory operations.

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Adds `gen_ai.operation.name` values for memory operations and introduces `gen_ai.memory.*` attributes and spans for memory store lifecycle, search, upsert, and delete.
6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion docs/gen-ai/anthropic.md
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| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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| `chat` | Chat completion operation such as [OpenAI Chat API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_agent` | Create GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `create_memory_store` | Create/initialize a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory` | Delete memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `delete_memory_store` | Delete/deprovision a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `embeddings` | Embeddings operation such as [OpenAI Create embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `execute_tool` | Execute a tool | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `generate_content` | Multimodal content generation operation such as [Gemini Generate Content](https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_agent` | Invoke GenAI agent | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `invoke_workflow` | Invoke GenAI workflow | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `retrieval` | Retrieval operation such as [OpenAI Search Vector Store API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/vector-stores/search) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `search_memory` | Search/query memories from a memory store | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `text_completion` | Text completions operation such as [OpenAI Completions API (Legacy)](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `update_memory` | Create or update (upsert) memory records | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |

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