Skills Development Speak API Health and Observability Monitoring

Speak API Health and Observability Monitoring

v20260423
speak-observability
This skill provides comprehensive observability for the Speak language learning platform. It monitors critical metrics such as API health status, assessment latency, session usage, and detailed pronunciation score distributions. It is essential for developers implementing robust, production-grade monitoring systems and managing large-scale language learning operations.
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Overview

Speak Observability

Overview

Monitor Speak API health, assessment latency, session metrics, and pronunciation score distributions.

Prerequisites

  • Completed speak-install-auth setup
  • Valid API credentials configured
  • Understanding of Speak API patterns

Instructions

Step 1: Configuration

Configure observability for your Speak integration. Speak uses OpenAI's GPT-4o for AI tutoring and Whisper for speech recognition.

// speak_observability_config.ts
const config = {
  apiKey: process.env.SPEAK_API_KEY!,
  appId: process.env.SPEAK_APP_ID!,
  environment: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development',
};

Step 2: Implementation

// Core implementation for speak observability
import { SpeakClient } from '@speak/language-sdk';

const client = new SpeakClient(config);

// Production-ready implementation
async function setup() {
  const health = await client.health.check();
  console.log("Status:", health.status);
  return health;
}

Step 3: Verification

curl -sf -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPEAK_API_KEY" https://api.speak.com/v1/health | jq .

Output

  • Speak Observability configured and verified
  • Production-ready Speak integration
  • Error handling and monitoring in place

Error Handling

Error Cause Solution
401 Unauthorized Invalid API key Verify SPEAK_API_KEY
429 Rate Limited Too many requests Implement backoff
Connection timeout Network issue Check connectivity to api.speak.com
Audio format error Wrong codec Convert to WAV 16kHz mono

Resources

Next Steps

For production checklist, see speak-prod-checklist.

Examples

Basic: Apply observability with default settings for a standard Speak integration.

Production: Configure with monitoring, alerting, and team-specific language learning requirements.

Info
Category Development
Name speak-observability
Version v20260423
Size 4.31KB
Updated At 2026-04-28
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