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Use variables to inject dynamic content into your messages with {{placeholder}} syntax.

Basic Usage

The messages sent to the LLM will be:
  • System: “You are a helpful coding assistant.”
  • User: “Help me with writing a REST API.”

Variable Syntax

Variables use double curly braces: {{variableName}}
  • Variable names must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores
  • Variables are case-sensitive
  • Undefined variables are left as-is (not replaced)

Multi-Message Interpolation

Variables are interpolated across all messages:

Common Patterns

Personalized Responses

Dynamic Prompts from Configuration

Locale-Based Content

Variables vs f-strings

You might wonder why use Tracia variables instead of Python f-strings. The key difference is traceability.

With f-strings

Using Tracia variables allows you to:
  • Filter spans by variable values in the dashboard
  • Analyze prompt performance across different inputs
  • Group spans by the variables used

Escaping Curly Braces

If you need literal curly braces in your content, they won’t be interpolated if they don’t match the {{word}} pattern:
Single braces and braces with spaces inside are preserved as-is.