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

# Context Trace Sink Protocol • AI Agent SDK

> ContextTraceSinkProtocol: Protocol for context trace event sinks.

# ContextTraceSinkProtocol

> Defined in the [**Context Events**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/context_events.md) module.

AI Agent

Protocol for context trace event sinks.

Implementations receive context events and handle them
(e.g., write to file, collect in memory, send to server).

Naming follows AGENTS.md convention: XProtocol for interfaces.

## Methods

> [card] [emit()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/ContextTraceSinkProtocol-emit.md)
>
> Emit a context event.

> [card] [flush()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/ContextTraceSinkProtocol-flush.md)
>
> Flush any buffered events.

> [card] [close()](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/functions/ContextTraceSinkProtocol-close.md)
>
> Close the sink and release resources.

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/trace/context_events.py#L476)
>
> `praisonaiagents/trace/context_events.py` at line 476

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Context Concept](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/concepts/context)

> [card] [Context Management](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/context-management)

> [card] [Context Strategies](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/context-strategies)


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