DeepTracer
Quickstart

Vercel Log Drain (Zero Code)

Forward your Vercel logs to DeepTracer automatically — no SDK needed.

If your app is deployed on Vercel, you can send all your logs to DeepTracer without installing any packages. Vercel will forward them automatically.

Setup

  1. Go to your DeepTracer dashboard and create a project. Copy your API key.

  2. In your Vercel dashboard, go to Project Settings > Log Drains.

  3. Add a new log drain:

    • Endpoint: https://ingest.deeptracer.dev/ingest/drain
    • Headers: Add Authorization: Bearer dt_your_api_key_here
    • Sources: Select all (Build, Edge, Serverless, Static)
  4. Click Save. Logs start flowing immediately.

That's it. Open your DeepTracer dashboard and you'll see logs appearing in real-time.

What you get

  • All server-side logs from your Vercel deployments
  • Errors are automatically detected and grouped
  • Request IDs for correlating logs to specific requests
  • Deployment info attached to every log entry

What you don't get

Log drains only capture server-side output. For full coverage, you'll also want:

  • Client-side error tracking — browser crashes, React errors
  • Distributed tracing — request waterfall visualizations
  • AI/LLM monitoring — token usage and cost tracking
  • Custom logging — structured metadata on your log entries

Want the full picture? Combine log drains with the SDK. Follow the Next.js Quickstart to add the SDK alongside your log drain — they work great together.

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