Set up your Agent

Get Mibo evaluating your AI system: set up your Agent with an API key, send a trace, and create a test. Mibo never calls your Agent. It evaluates the traces your Agent sends.

To go from sign-up to a first test with copy-paste steps for your stack, follow a quickstart:

n8nThe verified Mibo Testing node, on n8n Cloud or self-hosted.

Vercel AI SDKAI SDK 7 telemetry exported over OTLP.

OpenLLMetryPython or TypeScript, including LangChain.

Collector fan-outKeep your current backend and add Mibo as a second exporter.

Note

Create an account at app.mibo-ai.com/register. You can sign up with email and password or with Google.

Your demo Agent

When you create your account, Mibo automatically adds a Demo Support Bot Agent. It comes pre-populated with example test cases, results, logs, and traces, so you can explore the dashboard before you send your own traces.

The demo Agent is read-only:

• Browse its test cases, traces, and logs to see what each screen looks like with real data.
• You cannot edit its tests or configuration, and you cannot send traces to it.
• It does not count toward your plan quotas.
• Keep it as a reference. After you connect another Agent, you can delete the demo with the Delete agent button next to it in the sidebar.

Your workspace

Mibo creates your personal workspace when you sign up. It holds your Agents, tests, API keys and results. Open Settings in the sidebar to manage API keys and privacy settings.

If Mibo cannot load your account’s workspace, use the retry action. Contact support if it remains unavailable.

Set up your Agent

An Agent represents the AI system whose traces Mibo evaluates. Until you connect your own Agent, the dashboard shows Set up your Agent.

1. Click Set up your Agent.
2. In Identify your Agent, enter an Agent Name, such as “Customer Support Bot.”
3. Choose an Agent type: FlowiseAI, n8n, or Other agent. Choose Other agent for any agent that exports OTLP traces or posts traces over HTTP.
4. Click Continue to API key.
5. In Create an Agent API key, click Create Agent API key. The key is scoped to this Agent and expires in 90 days.
6. Copy the key and store it securely. Mibo shows it only once.
7. Click I’ve saved it — continue to traces. Mibo opens the Agent’s Traces page.

To look around first, click Open demo Agent under Explore Demo Support Bot instead.

Add another Agent

You can connect several Agents, which is useful for different environments or versions of the same system. To add one:

1. In the sidebar, click Connect Agent in the Agents section. If the sidebar is collapsed, use the plus button in that section.
2. In Connect your Agent, enter an Agent Name and choose an Agent type.
3. Click Create Agent. Mibo opens the Agent’s configuration page.

The configuration page shows the Agent Name, the read-only Agent Type, the OTLP Service Name, and the Agent ID. Set OTLP Service Name if you send traces with OpenTelemetry. Mibo routes OTLP traces to the Agent whose service name matches your exporter’s service.name. Click Save & continue during first-test setup or Save Changes when you edit the Agent later.

The new Agent has no API key. Create one in API Keys before you send traces for it. See API Keys & Trace Routing.

Send your first trace

The Agent’s Traces page shows Connect your first trace until a trace is evaluated. Its setup checklist covers the API key, an enabled test, and the first trace. It also includes HTTP and OpenTelemetry (OTLP) snippets you can copy.

Pick the integration that fits your stack:

OpenTelemetry (OTLP)Point any OTel exporter at Mibo.

Your APIPOST the canonical {spans:[...]} JSON directly.

n8nThe community node or n8n's native OTLP export.

FlowiseImportable Custom JS Function that posts canonical traces.

See Sending Traces for the decision matrix.

Email verification

You can set up an Agent, create tests, and create API keys before verifying your email. Google sign-in verifies the account automatically. Mibo requires a verified email before you ingest traces or use AI features.

Until you verify, the dashboard shows a Verify your email banner. If you use email and password:

1. Open the verification link Mibo sends after sign-up. It takes you back to Mibo when verification succeeds.
2. If you do not receive the message, click Resend verification email in the dashboard banner.
3. After opening the link, return to Mibo and click I’ve verified my email in the banner. Mibo refreshes your session so restricted actions can continue.

If a link has expired, return to the dashboard and resend it. Resending can be temporarily unavailable during the cooldown or a server rate limit, but I’ve verified my email remains available after you open the link. If you completed verification on another device, return to this dashboard and use the same confirmation action.

Create your first test

AI actions require a verified email. Before verifying, open the Agent’s Tests page and click Create new to write and save a test manually.

1. In the Agent navigation, open Create tests with AI. Describe one behavior you want to check, such as how your support Agent handles a refund request. If your Agent has already sent a completed trace, click Use real trace to ground the test in it.
2. Review the generated test. It includes a scenario and checks called assertions that Mibo evaluates against each trace. Click Save.
3. Keep the test enabled in the Tests list, and keep its Passive behavior set to Always run or Run when relevant. See Passive testing.
4. Send a new trace. Mibo evaluates it against the test.
5. Open the test case to inspect Last Result. Expand Execution Logs for evaluation details and Last Run Trace for the trace behind the result. You can also open Traces in the Agent navigation.

For status meanings and next actions, see Read the result status.

Tip

Start with one test case. It gives you a result to inspect before you build a larger suite.

Follow Getting Started

Open the notifications menu and click Continue setup. Mibo opens the Getting Started guide with the next step for one of your Agents. If you have more than one Agent, it asks Choose an agent to continue.

Pick a path:

• Validate now: generate a test with AI, send your first trace, and evaluate future traces.
• Monitor production: set up trace ingestion and review your traffic.

Depending on your progress, the guide offers Connect your agent, Generate a test with AI, Send your first trace, View evaluation progress, Evaluate future traces, Review failed run, or Set up trace ingestion. If the guide cannot load Agents or tests, use Retry loading agents or Retry loading tests.

What’s next

Creating test casesGenerate and refine test cases with the Test Architect.

Your quality dashboardRead quality metrics, assertion results, logs, and failure details.

Data handlingHow Mibo redacts, encrypts, and deletes the data you send.