> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cobalt.peoplereign.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Conversations & tracing

> Read an agent's conversations and inspect the trace of any turn — the tools it called and the results it got.

# Conversations & tracing

Every conversation an agent has is recorded so you can review it later. Open an
agent and go to its **Conversations** to see the list, then open any one to read
the full exchange and inspect exactly what the agent did.

<Note>
  Conversations live **per agent**, under the agent's Operate area. Reviewing them
  requires the **Admin** role.
</Note>

## Read the transcript

Opening a conversation shows the **transcript** — the back-and-forth between the
person and the agent, in order, including any handoff to a human. This is the
plain-language view: what was asked, and what the agent said back.

## Inspect the trace

Switch from the transcript to the **trace** to see *how* the agent produced each
turn. The trace breaks a turn into its steps and shows:

* The **tools the agent called** and the arguments it used.
* The **results** each tool returned.
* **Privileged actions** — governed, audited actions (a password reset, a record
  update) are called out so you can see when the agent acted on the organization's
  behalf.

You can move turn by turn, and toggle between the transcript and the trace, so you
can read a conversation as a person would and then drop into the detail when
something looks off.

<Tip>
  When an agent gives an answer you didn't expect, the trace usually explains it —
  you'll see which tool was (or wasn't) called and what it returned. That's the
  fastest way to tell a knowledge gap from a configuration problem.
</Tip>

## From a number to a conversation

The per-agent [reporting Overview](/operate/reporting) links recent conversations
directly, so you can go from a metric straight into the exchange behind it and then
into its trace.

## Related

* [Reporting](/operate/reporting) — the volume and trends these conversations roll
  up into.
* [How Cobalt works](/concepts/how-cobalt-works) — how tools and turns fit
  together.