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

# Events

Events are things that happened in your system that are worth recording. Each event is associated with a span and its corresponding trace.

In Laminar, events help you understand what's happening in your AI applications beyond just tracing. You can set up events to track: user actions, business outcomes, errors, state changes, or any signal that matters to your product.

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  <Card title="Emit events from code" icon="code" href="/tracing/events/events">
    Emit structured events directly from your code to track domain-specific actions and outcomes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Extract events from traces using LLMs" icon="sparkles" href="/tracing/events/semantic-events">
    Define prompts to extract "semantic" events from trace data. Extraction is performed asynchronously in the background on the Laminar platform.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cluster events to identify patterns" icon="layer-group" href="/tracing/events/clusters">
    Cluster similar events together to discover patterns, debug at scale, and detect anomalies.
  </Card>
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