Zero-Dependency Tracing CLI for AI Agents in Python ( severn-trace )

If you've ever built an autonomous AI agent using LangChain, CrewAI, or AutoGen, you know the absolute chaos of debugging execution loops.

Your agent calls a tool, the tool throws a malformed JSON payload, the loop breaks, and you're left staring at a wall of unstructured stack traces. If you try to fix this by installing heavy APM tools, you spend 20 minutes configuring API keys, setting up cloud endpoints, and wrestling with third-party dependency conflicts.

When you're building fast—especially during a hackathon—you don't need cloud dashboard bloat. You need instant, local feedback.

That’s why severn-trace , an ultra-lightweight, zero-dependency Python tracing runtime and interactive terminal CLI.…