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

# Beacon Blog

> Writing from the Beacon team on building secure, observable AI systems.

Every Beacon post, newest first. Articles open on
[asymptotelabs.ai/blog](https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog) or Substack.

## Company and perspectives

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  <Card title="Beacon Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance" icon="shield-check" img="https://asymptotelabs.ai/soc2_compliance_badge.png" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/asymptote-achieves-soc-2-type-ii-compliance">
    Our SOC 2 Type II attestation validates that Beacon security controls are operating effectively over time.
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  <Card title="Agent Visibility Beyond the Endpoint" icon="binoculars" img="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4cvt!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff61aff23-e952-4245-ad16-d6f68be74975_1664x1108.png" href="https://justindsouza.substack.com/p/agent-visibility-beyond-the-endpoint">
    Why enterprises need an open system of record for AI agent activity across endpoints, CI, sandboxes, and hosted runtimes.
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  <Card title="Enterprises Are Counting Tokens Because They Can't Measure Value" icon="coins" img="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vRqJ!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a5380fc-c481-43a5-9439-ca479f23b9a6_1440x796.png" href="https://justindsouza.substack.com/p/enterprises-are-counting-tokens-because">
    Why token accounting has become a proxy for deeper questions about AI adoption, visibility, controls, and enterprise risk.
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  <Card title="Introducing Beacon: Endpoint Telemetry for AI Agents" icon="satellite-dish" img="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j9gN!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9ca5d88a-1ba5-4bc5-801d-c59353bbffae_1574x1370.png" href="https://justindsouza.substack.com/p/introducing-beacon-endpoint-telemetry">
    A closer look at Beacon, open-source endpoint telemetry for understanding how AI agents and local developer workflows behave on machines.
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## Beacon platform updates

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  <Card title="Codex Turn-Level Usage in Beacon" icon="chart-line" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-codex-turn-level-usage">
    Beacon reads Codex usage at the completed-turn level, tying token counts back to sessions, models, repositories, and local users. (August 28, 2026)
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  <Card title="Browser Chat Telemetry for Claude.ai and ChatGPT" icon="window-maximize" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-browser-chat-telemetry">
    Beacon treats browser AI chat as a supported surface, bringing Claude.ai and ChatGPT conversations into the same local pipeline as endpoint agent activity. (August 24, 2026)
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  <Card title="Cline Runtime Support in Beacon" icon="puzzle-piece" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-cline-runtime-support">
    One managed Cline plugin covers the VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin, and CLI hosts. (August 22, 2026)
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  <Card title="OpenCode Agent Traces in Beacon" icon="diagram-project" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-opencode-agent-traces">
    Full OpenCode agent traces through a managed plugin: prompts, tools, approvals, files, and session lifecycle, correlated. (July 20, 2026)
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## Harness coverage

Each release note covers what Beacon collects from one agent runtime, how it is
collected, and where the matching documentation lives.

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  <Card title="Claude.ai Browser Chat Telemetry in Beacon" icon="globe" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-browser-claude-ai">
    Beacon brings Claude.ai browser conversations into the same runtime log as endpoint agent activity. (August 24, 2026)
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  <Card title="ChatGPT Browser Chat Telemetry in Beacon" icon="globe" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-browser-chatgpt">
    Beacon captures supported ChatGPT browser conversations as endpoint AI activity under a distinct web harness. (August 24, 2026)
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  <Card title="Qwen Code Telemetry in Beacon" icon="language" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-qwen-code">
    Beacon supports Qwen Code through native hook payloads sent to beacon-hooks. (August 23, 2026)
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  <Card title="Pi Telemetry Coverage in Beacon" icon="circle-nodes" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-pi">
    Beacon documents Pi endpoint telemetry as a managed extension path with prompts, tools, commands, file changes, reasoning, and usage. (August 23, 2026)
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  <Card title="Oh My Pi Telemetry in Beacon" icon="circle-nodes" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-oh-my-pi">
    Beacon documents Oh My Pi endpoint telemetry through managed extension hooks. (August 23, 2026)
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  <Card title="Cline Runtime Telemetry in Beacon" icon="puzzle-piece" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-cline">
    Beacon installs one managed Cline plugin that covers the VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin, and CLI hosts. (August 22, 2026)
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  <Card title="Devin Cloud Agent Telemetry in Beacon" icon="cloud" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-devin-cloud-agents">
    Beacon captures autonomous Devin Cloud agent telemetry org-wide using a Devin organization service key. (June 15, 2026)
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  <Card title="Cursor Cloud Agent Telemetry in Beacon" icon="cloud" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-cursor-cloud-agents">
    Beacon supports Cursor cloud-agent telemetry through committed project hooks and sandbox-local Beacon binaries. (June 10, 2026)
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  <Card title="Claude Code Cloud Agent Telemetry in Beacon" icon="cloud" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-claude-code-cloud-agents">
    Beacon captures Claude Code cloud sessions from inside the cloud sandbox and uploads per-session runtime logs to customer-managed storage. (June 10, 2026)
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  <Card title="CI Agent Telemetry in Beacon" icon="gears" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-ci-agent-telemetry">
    Beacon captures supported agent activity inside CI jobs without installing a persistent endpoint service. (June 7, 2026)
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  <Card title="Hermes Agent Telemetry in Beacon" icon="feather" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-hermes-agent">
    Beacon supports Hermes Agent as a first-class hook harness with managed shell hooks. (June 5, 2026)
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  <Card title="Devin Desktop Telemetry in Beacon" icon="desktop" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-devin-desktop">
    Beacon captures Devin Desktop activity through Cascade/Windsurf-compatible hook configuration. (June 4, 2026)
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  <Card title="VS Code Copilot Chat Telemetry in Beacon" icon="code" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-vscode-copilot">
    Beacon supports VS Code Copilot Chat through local OpenTelemetry export and optional preview hooks. (May 27, 2026)
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  <Card title="Antigravity CLI Telemetry in Beacon" icon="rocket" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-antigravity-cli">
    Beacon supports Antigravity CLI endpoint telemetry through user-level and project-level hook adapters. (May 26, 2026)
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  <Card title="GitHub Copilot CLI Telemetry in Beacon" icon="github" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-github-copilot-cli">
    Beacon discovers Copilot CLI, reports status, and normalizes OTLP spans for prompt, session, tool, and approval-like activity. (May 24, 2026)
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  <Card title="Grok Build Telemetry in Beacon" icon="bolt" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-grok-build">
    Beacon supports Grok Build through managed hook files for session, prompt, tool, command, and file telemetry. (May 21, 2026)
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  <Card title="OpenClaw Gateway Telemetry in Beacon" icon="network-wired" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-openclaw-gateway">
    Beacon supports OpenClaw Gateway through endpoint integration commands for OTLP/HTTP configuration, status checks, and validation events. (May 20, 2026)
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  <Card title="Devin CLI Telemetry in Beacon" icon="terminal" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-devin-cli">
    Beacon adds Devin hook installation, status, uninstall, discovery, and normalization through the devin hook harness. (May 20, 2026)
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  <Card title="Gemini CLI Telemetry in Beacon" icon="sparkles" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-gemini-cli">
    Beacon supports Gemini CLI through opt-in local OpenTelemetry export to the endpoint collector. (May 19, 2026)
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  <Card title="OpenCode Telemetry in Beacon" icon="code-branch" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-opencode">
    Beacon installs a managed OpenCode plugin and normalizes chat, session, command, permission, diff, and error events. (May 18, 2026)
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  <Card title="Factory Droid Telemetry in Beacon" icon="robot" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-factory-droid">
    Beacon discovers Factory Droid, validates its OTLP endpoint, and can install hooks for richer prompt, tool, file, and lifecycle telemetry. (May 15, 2026)
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  <Card title="Cursor Telemetry in Beacon" icon="arrow-pointer" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-cursor">
    Beacon captures local Cursor hook payloads for prompts, tools, shell commands, MCP-like activity, approvals, file edits, and reasoning. (May 13, 2026)
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  <Card title="Codex CLI Telemetry in Beacon" icon="terminal" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-codex-cli">
    Beacon has supported Codex CLI since the first endpoint release and now attributes usage by turn, session, model, repository, and user. (May 13, 2026)
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  <Card title="Claude Cowork Telemetry in Beacon" icon="users" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-claude-cowork">
    Beacon validates Claude Cowork telemetry when an administrator configures OTLP export to the local collector. (May 13, 2026)
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  <Card title="Claude Code Telemetry in Beacon" icon="terminal" href="https://asymptotelabs.ai/blog/beacon-harness-claude-code">
    Beacon supports Claude Code through local OpenTelemetry export and optional hooks for richer lifecycle and tool activity. (May 13, 2026)
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