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+"""
+Render a trace as Markdown, for pasting into Claude / Codex.
+
+    GET /v1/traces/{trace_id}?format=md[&span_id=...]
+
+Framework spans (LangGraph middleware, graph nodes) are skipped and their children lifted, so
+the document reads as: input -> each decision / tool call / subagent (nested) -> output.
+"""
+
+import json
+from typing import Final
+
+from litellm.constants import AGENT_TRACING_MARKDOWN_MAX_FIELD_CHARS
+from litellm.tracing.types import Span, Trace
+
+_GRAPH_NODES: Final = frozenset({"model", "tools"})
+
+
+def _hidden(span: Span) -> bool:
+    return span["parent_span_id"] is not None and (
+        span["type"] == "framework" or (span["type"] == "chain" and span["name"] in _GRAPH_NODES)
+    )
+
+
+def _clip(text: str) -> str:
+    if len(text) <= AGENT_TRACING_MARKDOWN_MAX_FIELD_CHARS:
+        return text
+    return f"{text[:AGENT_TRACING_MARKDOWN_MAX_FIELD_CHARS]}… [{len(text) - AGENT_TRACING_MARKDOWN_MAX_FIELD_CHARS} chars truncated]"
+
+
+def _first_error_line(error: str) -> str:
+    """LangSmith records `repr(exc)` + traceback with no separator; keep just the exception."""
+    return error.split("Traceback (most recent call last):", 1)[0].splitlines()[0].strip()
+
+
+def _messages(raw: str) -> str:
+    """LLM/agent IO is a JSON message list (or one message); render it as `role: content` lines."""
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(raw)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return _clip(raw)
+    messages = parsed if isinstance(parsed, list) else [parsed]
+    if not all(isinstance(m, dict) and "role" in m for m in messages):
+        return _clip(raw)
+    lines: list[str] = []
+    for m in messages:
+        if m.get("content"):
+            lines.append(f"**{m['role']}**: {_clip(str(m['content']))}")
+        for call in m.get("tool_calls") or []:
+            lines.append(f"**{m['role']}** → `{call.get('name')}({json.dumps(call.get('args'), default=str)})`")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def _span_block(span: Span, io: tuple[str, str], depth: int) -> str:
+    indent = "  " * depth
+    kind = "subagent" if span["type"] == "agent" and depth else span["type"]
+    head = f"{indent}- **{kind}** `{span['name']}` · {span['duration_ms'] / 1000:.2f}s"
+    if span["litellm"]:
+        r = span["litellm"]
+        head += f" · {r['model_group']} · {r['prompt_tokens']}→{r['completion_tokens']} tok · ${r['spend']:.4f}"
+    if span["status"] == "error":
+        head += " · **FAILED**"
+    parts = [head]
+    if span["error"]:
+        parts.append(f"{indent}  - error: `{_clip(_first_error_line(span['error']))}`")
+    span_input, span_output = io
+    if span_input:
+        parts.append(f"{indent}  - input: {_messages(span_input)}".replace("\n", f"\n{indent}    "))
+    if span_output:
+        parts.append(f"{indent}  - output: {_messages(span_output)}".replace("\n", f"\n{indent}    "))
+    return "\n".join(parts)
+
+
+def trace_to_markdown(trace: Trace, io: dict[str, tuple[str, str]], span_id: str | None = None) -> str:
+    """The whole trace, or the subtree under `span_id`."""
+    spans: Final = trace["spans"]
+    by_id: Final = {s["span_id"]: s for s in spans}
+
+    def visible_parent(span: Span) -> str | None:
+        parent = by_id.get(span["parent_span_id"] or "")
+        while parent is not None and _hidden(parent):
+            parent = by_id.get(parent["parent_span_id"] or "")
+        return parent["span_id"] if parent else None
+
+    children: dict[str | None, list[Span]] = {}
+    for s in spans:
+        if not _hidden(s):
+            children.setdefault(visible_parent(s), []).append(s)
+    for siblings in children.values():
+        siblings.sort(key=lambda s: s["start_offset_ms"])
+
+    lines: list[str] = []
+
+    def walk(parent: str | None, depth: int) -> None:
+        for s in children.get(parent, []):
+            lines.append(_span_block(s, io.get(s["span_id"], ("", "")), depth))
+            walk(s["span_id"], depth + 1)
+
+    summary: Final = trace["summary"]
+    root: Final = by_id.get(span_id) if span_id else next((s for s in spans if s["parent_span_id"] is None), None)
+    header: list[str] = [
+        f"# Agent trace: {summary['name']}",
+        "",
+        f"- trace_id: `{summary['trace_id']}` · service: `{summary['service']}` · {summary['start_time']}",
+        f"- {summary['duration_ms'] / 1000:.1f}s · ${summary['spend']:.4f} · {summary['span_count']} spans · "
+        f"{summary['agent_count']} agents · {summary['llm_calls']} LLM calls · {summary['tool_calls']} tool calls · "
+        f"{summary['error_count']} errors",
+        "",
+    ]
+    if root is None:
+        return "\n".join([*header, "_no spans_"])
+    root_input, root_output = io.get(root["span_id"], ("", ""))
+    if span_id is None:
+        header += ["## Input", "", _messages(root_input) or "_empty_", "", "## Steps", ""]
+        walk(root["span_id"], 0)
+        footer = ["", "## Output", "", _messages(root_output) or "_empty_"]
+    else:
+        header += [f"## Subtree of `{root['name']}`", ""]
+        lines.append(_span_block(root, (root_input, root_output), 0))
+        walk(root["span_id"], 1)
+        footer = []
+    return "\n".join([*header, *lines, *footer]) + "\n"