Event System

The BoxLang AI module provides a comprehensive event system that allows you to intercept, monitor, and customize AI operations at various stages. These events give you fine-grained control over the AI lifecycle, from object creation to request/response handling.

📋 Table of Contents

• Overview

• Event Interception

• Available Events

• Common Use Cases

• Examples

• Best Practices

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🔍 Overview

The event system allows you to monitor, modify, validate, audit, secure, and customize AI operations without modifying core code.

All Available Events

#	Event	When Fired	Key Data
1	onAIMessageCreate	Message template created	message
2	onAIRequestCreate	Request object instantiated	aiRequest
3	onAIProviderRequest	Before provider creation	provider, apiKey
4	onAIProviderCreate	Provider instance created	provider
5	onAIModelCreate	Model runnable created	model, service
6	onAITransformCreate	Transform runnable created	transform
7	beforeAIModelInvoke	Before model execution	model, request
8	onAIRequest	Before HTTP request sent	dataPacket, aiRequest, provider
9	onAIResponse	After HTTP response received	response, rawResponse, provider
10	afterAIModelInvoke	After model execution completes	model, request, results
11	onAIToolCreate	Tool created	tool, name, description
12	beforeAIToolExecute	Before tool execution	tool, name, arguments
13	afterAIToolExecute	After tool execution	tool, results, executionTime
14	onAIError	Error occurs	error, errorMessage, provider, canRetry
15	onAIRateLimitHit	Rate limit detected (429)	provider, statusCode, retryAfter
16	beforeAIPipelineRun	Before pipeline starts	sequence, stepCount, input
17	afterAIPipelineRun	After pipeline completes	sequence, result, executionTime
18	onAITokenCount	Token usage available	provider, model, totalTokens
19	onMCPServerCreate	MCP server instance created	server, name, description
20	onMCPServerRemove	MCP server instance removed	name
21	onMCPRequest	Before processing MCP request	server, requestData, serverName
22	onMCPResponse	After processing MCP response	server, response, requestData
23	onMCPError	Exception during MCP operations	server, context, exception, request details

🔄 Event Lifecycle Diagram

📊 Event Categories

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🔌 Event Interception

To listen to events, create an interceptor and register it in your module or application.

🏗️ Interceptor Architecture

Creating an Interceptor

// interceptors/AIMonitor.bx
class {

    function configure() {
        // Interceptor configuration
    }

    function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
        // Your event handling logic
    }

    function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
        // Your event handling logic
    }
}

Registering an Interceptor

For BoxLang Modules (in ModuleConfig.bx):

function configure() {
    interceptors = [
        {
            class: "interceptors.AIMonitor",
            properties: {}
        }
    ];
}

For Applications/Scripts (use BoxRegisterInterceptor() BIF):

// Application.bx or script
BoxRegisterInterceptor( "AIMonitor", "path.to.AIMonitor" );

📖 Reference: BoxRegisterInterceptor() Documentation

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📡 Available Events

1. onAIMessageCreate

Fired when an AI message object is created via aiMessage().

When: Message template creation Frequency: Once per aiMessage() call

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
message	AiMessage	The created message object

Example

function onAIMessageCreate( event, interceptData ) {
    var message = interceptData.message;

    // Log message creation
    writeLog(
        text: "AI Message created with #arrayLen( message.getMessages() )# messages",
        type: "info"
    );

    // Add default system message if none exists
    var messages = message.getMessages();
    if ( messages.isEmpty() || messages[1].role != "system" ) {
        message.system( "You are a helpful assistant" );
    }
}

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2. onAIRequestCreate

Fired when an AI request object is created via aiChatRequest().

When: Request object instantiation Frequency: Once per aiChatRequest() call

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
aiRequest	AiRequest	The created request object

#### Example

```java
function onAIRequestCreate( event, interceptData ) {
    var request = interceptData.aiRequest;

    // Add tracking metadata
    request.setParams({
        user: getAuthenticatedUser(),
        requestId: createUUID(),
        timestamp: now()
    });

    // Apply organization-wide defaults
    if ( !request.getParams().keyExists( "temperature" ) ) {
        request.setParam( "temperature", 0.7 );
    }
}

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3. onAIProviderRequest

Fired when a provider is requested from the factory.

When: Before provider/service is created or retrieved Frequency: Once per provider request

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
provider	String	Provider name (e.g., "openai", "claude")
apiKey	String	API key (if provided)
params	Struct	Request parameters
options	Struct	Request options

#### Example

```java
function onAIProviderRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    var provider = interceptData.provider;

    // Override API keys from secure vault
    interceptData.apiKey = getSecretFromVault( "ai.#provider#.apiKey" );

    // Track provider usage
    trackProviderUsage( provider, getAuthenticatedUser() );

    // Apply rate limiting
    if ( hasExceededRateLimit( provider ) ) {
        throw( "Rate limit exceeded for provider: #provider#" );
    }
}

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4. onAIProviderCreate

Fired when a provider/service instance is created.

When: After provider instantiation Frequency: Once per unique provider instance

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
provider	IService	The created service instance

#### Example

```java
function onAIProviderCreate( event, interceptData ) {
    var service = interceptData.provider;

    // Configure provider-specific settings
    service.setTimeout( 60 );

    // Add custom headers
    service.setHeaders({
        "X-App-Version": getAppVersion(),
        "X-Environment": getEnvironment()
    });

    writeLog(
        text: "AI Provider created: #service.getProviderName()#",
        type: "info"
    );
}

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5. onAIModelCreate

Fired when an AI model runnable is created via aiModel().

When: Model wrapper creation Frequency: Once per aiModel() call

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
model	AiModel	The created model runnable
service	IService	The underlying service

#### Example

```java
function onAIModelCreate( event, interceptData ) {
    var model = interceptData.model;
    var service = interceptData.service;

    // Set default model parameters
    model.setParams({
        temperature: 0.7,
        max_tokens: 2000
    });

    // Track model creation
    logMetric( "ai.model.created", {
        provider: service.getProviderName(),
        timestamp: now()
    });
}

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6. onAITransformCreate

Fired when a transform runnable is created via aiTransform().

When: Transform function creation Frequency: Once per aiTransform() call

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
transform	AiTransformRunnable	The created transform runnable

#### Example

```java
function onAITransformCreate( event, interceptData ) {
    var transform = interceptData.transform;

    // Wrap transform with error handling
    var originalFn = transform.getTransformFn();
    transform.setTransformFn( function( input, params ) {
        try {
            return originalFn( input, params );
        } catch ( any e ) {
            logError( "Transform error: #e.message#" );
            return { error: true, message: e.message };
        }
    });
}

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7. beforeAIModelInvoke

Fired before an AI model is invoked (before sending to provider).

When: Before model execution Frequency: Every model invocation

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
model	AiModel	The model being invoked
request	AiRequest	The request being sent

#### Example

```java
function beforeAIModelInvoke( event, interceptData ) {
    var model = interceptData.model;
    var request = interceptData.request;

    // Validate request
    if ( arrayLen( request.getMessages() ) == 0 ) {
        throw( "Cannot invoke model with empty messages" );
    }

    // Add request tracking
    request.setMetadata({
        invokeTimestamp: now(),
        userId: getAuthenticatedUser()
    });

    // Cost estimation
    var estimatedTokens = estimateTokenCount( request.getMessages() );
    writeLog(
        text: "Model invocation: ~#estimatedTokens# tokens",
        type: "info"
    );
}

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8. onAIRequest

Fired immediately before sending the HTTP request to the AI provider.

When: Before HTTP request Frequency: Every API call (including streaming)

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
dataPacket	Struct	The HTTP request data packet
aiRequest	AiRequest	The AI request object
provider	IService	The service making the request

#### Example

```java
function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    var dataPacket = interceptData.dataPacket;
    var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
    var provider = interceptData.provider;

    // Modify request before sending
    dataPacket.headers[ "X-Request-ID" ] = createUUID();

    // Log request details
    writeLog(
        text: "AI Request to #provider.getProviderName()#: " &
              "#arrayLen( request.getMessages() )# messages",
        type: "info",
        log: "ai-requests"
    );

    // Track costs
    trackAPICall( provider.getProviderName(), request.getParams() );

    // Add custom authentication
    if ( getSetting( "useCustomAuth" ) ) {
        dataPacket.headers[ "Authorization" ] = getCustomAuthToken();
    }
}

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9. onAIResponse

Fired after receiving the HTTP response from the AI provider.

When: After HTTP response Frequency: Every API call (including streaming)

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
aiRequest	AiRequest	The original request
response	Struct	The deserialized response
rawResponse	Struct	The raw HTTP response
provider	IService	The service that made the request

#### Example

```java
function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
    var response = interceptData.response;
    var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
    var provider = interceptData.provider;

    // Extract usage information
    if ( response.keyExists( "usage" ) ) {
        var usage = response.usage;
        logUsage({
            provider: provider.getProviderName(),
            promptTokens: usage.prompt_tokens ?: 0,
            completionTokens: usage.completion_tokens ?: 0,
            totalTokens: usage.total_tokens ?: 0,
            timestamp: now()
        });
    }

    // Modify response
    if ( response.keyExists( "choices" ) && arrayLen( response.choices ) > 0 ) {
        // Add metadata to response
        response._metadata = {
            processedAt: now(),
            provider: provider.getProviderName(),
            cached: false
        };
    }

    // Cache response
    if ( getSetting( "cacheResponses" ) ) {
        cacheResponse( request, response );
    }
}

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10. afterAIModelInvoke

Fired after an AI model completes its invocation.

When: After model execution completes Frequency: Every model invocation

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
model	AiModel	The model that was invoked
request	AiRequest	The request that was sent
results	Any	The results returned by the model

#### Example

```java
function afterAIModelInvoke( event, interceptData ) {
    var model = interceptData.model;
    var request = interceptData.request;
    var results = interceptData.results;

    // Calculate execution time
    var startTime = request.getMetadata().invokeTimestamp ?: now();
    var duration = dateDiff( "s", startTime, now() );

    // Log completion
    writeLog(
        text: "Model invocation completed in #duration#s",
        type: "info"
    );

    // Track metrics
    recordMetric( "ai.model.duration", duration );

    // Validate response
    if ( isStruct( results ) && results.keyExists( "error" ) ) {
        logError( "Model returned error: #results.error.message#" );
    }
}

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11. onAIToolCreate

Fired when an AI tool is created via aiTool().

When: Tool creation Frequency: Once per aiTool() call

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
tool	Tool	The created tool instance
name	String	Tool name
description	String	Tool description

#### Example

```java
function onAIToolCreate( event, interceptData ) {
    var tool = interceptData.tool;

    // Register tool in catalog
    registerToolInCatalog( tool.getName(), tool.getSchema() );

    // Validate tool configuration
    if ( !tool.getSchema().function.parameters.properties.isEmpty() ) {
        writeLog(
            text: "Tool created: #tool.getName()# with #structCount( tool.getSchema().function.parameters.properties )# parameters",
            type: "info"
        );
    }
}

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12. beforeAIToolExecute

Fired immediately before a tool's callable function is executed.

When: Before tool execution Frequency: Every tool call

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
tool	Tool	The tool being executed
name	String	Tool name
arguments	Struct	Arguments passed to the tool

#### Example

```java
function beforeAIToolExecute( event, interceptData ) {
    var tool = interceptData.tool;
    var args = interceptData.arguments;

    // Validate tool arguments
    validateToolArguments( tool.getName(), args );

    // Check permissions
    var user = getAuthenticatedUser();
    if ( !hasToolPermission( user, tool.getName() ) ) {
        throw( "User not authorized to execute tool: #tool.getName()#" );
    }

    // Rate limiting per tool
    if ( isToolRateLimited( tool.getName() ) ) {
        throw( "Tool rate limit exceeded: #tool.getName()#" );
    }

    // Log execution attempt
    writeLog(
        text: "Executing tool: #tool.getName()# with args: #serializeJSON(args)#",
        type: "info",
        log: "ai-tools"
    );
}

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13. afterAIToolExecute

Fired immediately after a tool's callable function completes execution.

When: After tool execution Frequency: Every tool call

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
tool	Tool	The tool that was executed
name	String	Tool name
arguments	Struct	Arguments passed to the tool
results	Any	Results returned by the tool
executionTime	Numeric	Execution time in milliseconds

#### Example

```java
function afterAIToolExecute( event, interceptData ) {
    var tool = interceptData.tool;
    var results = interceptData.results;
    var executionTime = interceptData.executionTime;

    // Log execution metrics
    logMetric( "ai.tool.execution", {
        tool: tool.getName(),
        duration: executionTime,
        success: !isNull( results ),
        timestamp: now()
    });

    // Track tool usage
    trackToolUsage( tool.getName(), executionTime );

    // Alert on slow tools
    if ( executionTime > 5000 ) {
        writeLog(
            text: "Slow tool execution: #tool.getName()# took #executionTime#ms",
            type: "warning"
        );
    }

    // Validate results
    if ( isNull( results ) || results == "" ) {
        writeLog(
            text: "Tool returned empty result: #tool.getName()#",
            type: "warning"
        );
    }
}

---

14. onAIError

Fired when an error occurs during AI operations (chat, embeddings, or streaming).

When: Before throwing provider errors Frequency: Every error condition

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
error	Any	The error object/message from provider
errorMessage	String	Formatted error message
provider	IService	The provider where error occurred
operation	String	Operation type: "chat", "embeddings", "stream"
aiRequest	AiRequest	The request that caused the error (if available)
embeddingRequest	AiEmbeddingRequest	For embedding errors
canRetry	Boolean	Whether operation can be retried

#### Example

```java
class {

    property name="retryAttempts" default={};
    property name="maxRetries" default=3;

    function onAIError( event, interceptData ) {
        var error = interceptData.error;
        var provider = interceptData.provider.getProviderName();
        var operation = interceptData.operation;
        var canRetry = interceptData.canRetry;

        // Log the error
        writeLog(
            text: "AI Error in #provider# (#operation#): #interceptData.errorMessage#",
            type: "error",
            log: "ai-errors"
        );

        // Track error metrics
        recordMetric( "ai.error", {
            provider: provider,
            operation: operation,
            errorType: isStruct( error ) ? error.type : "unknown",
            timestamp: now()
        });

        // Implement retry logic
        if ( canRetry ) {
            var requestId = interceptData.aiRequest?.getMetadata().requestId ?: createUUID();
            var attempts = retryAttempts.keyExists( requestId ) ? retryAttempts[ requestId ] : 0;

            if ( attempts < variables.maxRetries ) {
                retryAttempts[ requestId ] = attempts + 1;

                writeLog(
                    text: "Retry attempt #attempts+1# of #maxRetries# for request #requestId#",
                    type: "warning"
                );

                // Wait before retry (exponential backoff)
                sleep( 1000 * ( 2 ^ attempts ) );

                // Signal to retry (implementation specific)
                interceptData.shouldRetry = true;
            } else {
                // Max retries exceeded
                writeLog(
                    text: "Max retries exceeded for request #requestId#",
                    type: "error"
                );

                // Cleanup retry tracking
                structDelete( retryAttempts, requestId );
            }
        }

        // Send alerts for critical errors
        if ( !canRetry || attempts >= maxRetries ) {
            sendErrorAlert({
                provider: provider,
                operation: operation,
                error: interceptData.errorMessage,
                timestamp: now()
            });
        }
    }
}

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15. onAIRateLimitHit

Fired when a provider returns a 429 (rate limit) HTTP status code.

When: When rate limit is detected Frequency: Every rate limit response

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
provider	IService	The provider that hit rate limit
operation	String	Operation type: "chat", "embeddings"
statusCode	String	HTTP status code (429)
errorData	Struct	Error response from provider
aiRequest	AiRequest	The request that hit the limit
retryAfter	String	Retry-After header value (if present)

#### Example

```java
class {

    property name="rateLimitCooldowns" default={};

    function onAIRateLimitHit( event, interceptData ) {
        var provider = interceptData.provider.getProviderName();
        var retryAfter = interceptData.retryAfter;

        // Parse retry-after header (seconds or HTTP date)
        var cooldownSeconds = val( retryAfter );
        if ( cooldownSeconds == 0 && len( retryAfter ) ) {
            // Try parsing as HTTP date
            try {
                var retryDate = parseDateTime( retryAfter );
                cooldownSeconds = dateDiff( "s", now(), retryDate );
            } catch ( any e ) {
                cooldownSeconds = 60; // Default 1 minute
            }
        } else if ( cooldownSeconds == 0 ) {
            cooldownSeconds = 60; // Default if no header
        }

        var cooldownUntil = dateAdd( "s", cooldownSeconds, now() );
        rateLimitCooldowns[ provider ] = cooldownUntil;

        // Log rate limit
        writeLog(
            text: "Rate limit hit for #provider#. Cooldown until #cooldownUntil# (#cooldownSeconds#s)",
            type: "warning",
            log: "ai-rate-limits"
        );

        // Track in metrics
        recordMetric( "ai.rate_limit_hit", {
            provider: provider,
            cooldownSeconds: cooldownSeconds,
            timestamp: now()
        });

        // Send alert
        sendSlackAlert({
            channel: "#ai-monitoring",
            message: "🚨 Rate limit hit for #provider#. Cooling down for #cooldownSeconds# seconds.",
            color: "warning"
        });

        // Switch to backup provider if available
        var backupProvider = getBackupProvider( provider );
        if ( backupProvider != "" ) {
            writeLog(
                text: "Switching to backup provider: #backupProvider#",
                type: "info"
            );

            // Modify request to use backup (implementation specific)
            interceptData.useBackupProvider = backupProvider;
        }

        // Update application-wide rate limit status
        application.aiRateLimits[ provider ] = {
            limitedUntil: cooldownUntil,
            backupProvider: backupProvider
        };
    }
}

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16. beforeAIPipelineRun

Fired before a runnable pipeline sequence begins execution.

When: Before pipeline execution starts Frequency: Every pipeline run

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
sequence	AiRunnableSequence	The sequence being executed
name	String	Sequence name
stepCount	Numeric	Number of steps in pipeline
steps	Array	Array of step information
input	Any	Initial input to pipeline
params	Struct	Parameters passed to pipeline
options	Struct	Options passed to pipeline

#### Example

```java
function beforeAIPipelineRun( event, interceptData ) {
    var sequence = interceptData.sequence;
    var stepCount = interceptData.stepCount;
    var steps = interceptData.steps;

    // Log pipeline execution start
    writeLog(
        text: "Starting pipeline: #sequence.getName()# with #stepCount# steps",
        type: "info",
        log: "ai-pipelines"
    );

    // Print pipeline structure for debugging
    for ( var step in steps ) {
        writeLog(
            text: "  Step #step.index#: #step.name# (#step.type#)",
            type: "info"
        );
    }

    // Validate pipeline configuration
    if ( stepCount == 0 ) {
        throw( "Cannot run empty pipeline" );
    }

    // Add tracking metadata
    var pipelineId = createUUID();
    interceptData.pipelineId = pipelineId;

    // Track pipeline execution
    recordPipelineStart({
        pipelineId: pipelineId,
        name: sequence.getName(),
        stepCount: stepCount,
        timestamp: now()
    });
}

---

17. afterAIPipelineRun

Fired after a runnable pipeline sequence completes execution.

When: After pipeline execution completes Frequency: Every pipeline run

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
sequence	AiRunnableSequence	The sequence that was executed
name	String	Sequence name
stepCount	Numeric	Number of steps in pipeline
steps	Array	Array of step information
input	Any	Initial input to pipeline
result	Any	Final result from pipeline
executionTime	Numeric	Total execution time in milliseconds

#### Example

```java
function afterAIPipelineRun( event, interceptData ) {
    var sequence = interceptData.sequence;
    var result = interceptData.result;
    var executionTime = interceptData.executionTime;
    var stepCount = interceptData.stepCount;

    // Log pipeline completion
    writeLog(
        text: "Pipeline completed: #sequence.getName()# in #executionTime#ms (#stepCount# steps)",
        type: "info",
        log: "ai-pipelines"
    );

    // Track metrics
    recordMetric( "ai.pipeline.duration", {
        name: sequence.getName(),
        duration: executionTime,
        stepCount: stepCount,
        timestamp: now()
    });

    // Alert on slow pipelines
    if ( executionTime > 10000 ) {
        writeLog(
            text: "Slow pipeline execution: #sequence.getName()# took #executionTime#ms",
            type: "warning"
        );
    }

    // Calculate average time per step
    var avgStepTime = executionTime / stepCount;
    writeLog(
        text: "Average time per step: #numberFormat(avgStepTime, '0.00')#ms",
        type: "info"
    );

    // Validate results
    if ( isNull( result ) ) {
        writeLog(
            text: "Pipeline returned null result: #sequence.getName()#",
            type: "warning"
        );
    }
}

---

18. onAITokenCount

Fired when token usage information is available from the AI provider response.

When: After receiving response with usage data Frequency: Every successful API call that returns usage

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
provider	IService	The provider used
operation	String	Operation type: "chat", "embeddings"
model	String	Model name
promptTokens	Numeric	Input tokens used
completionTokens	Numeric	Output tokens used
totalTokens	Numeric	Total tokens (prompt + completion)
aiRequest	AiRequest	The request object
usage	Struct	Full usage object from provider

#### Example

```java
class {

    property name="monthlyUsage" default={};
    property name="budgetLimits" default={
        "openai": 10000,     // $10
        "claude": 15000,     // $15
        "gemini": 20000      // $20
    };

    function onAITokenCount( event, interceptData ) {
        var provider = interceptData.provider.getProviderName();
        var model = interceptData.model;
        var totalTokens = interceptData.totalTokens;
        var promptTokens = interceptData.promptTokens;
        var completionTokens = interceptData.completionTokens;

        // Calculate cost based on provider pricing
        var cost = calculateTokenCost(
            provider,
            model,
            promptTokens,
            completionTokens
        );

        // Track monthly usage
        var currentMonth = dateFormat( now(), "yyyy-mm" );
        if ( !monthlyUsage.keyExists( currentMonth ) ) {
            monthlyUsage[ currentMonth ] = {};
        }
        if ( !monthlyUsage[ currentMonth ].keyExists( provider ) ) {
            monthlyUsage[ currentMonth ][ provider ] = {
                tokens: 0,
                cost: 0,
                requests: 0
            };
        }

        monthlyUsage[ currentMonth ][ provider ].tokens += totalTokens;
        monthlyUsage[ currentMonth ][ provider ].cost += cost;
        monthlyUsage[ currentMonth ][ provider ].requests++;

        // Log token usage
        writeLog(
            text: "Token usage: #provider# (#model#) - #totalTokens# tokens ($#numberFormat(cost, '0.0000')#)",
            type: "info",
            log: "ai-tokens"
        );

        // Store in database for analytics
        queryExecute(
            "INSERT INTO ai_token_usage (provider, model, prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, total_tokens, cost, created_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
            [
                provider,
                model,
                promptTokens,
                completionTokens,
                totalTokens,
                cost,
                now()
            ]
        );

        // Check budget limits
        var currentCost = monthlyUsage[ currentMonth ][ provider ].cost;
        var budgetLimit = budgetLimits.keyExists( provider ) ? budgetLimits[ provider ] : 0;

        if ( budgetLimit > 0 ) {
            var percentUsed = ( currentCost / budgetLimit ) * 100;

            // Alert at 80% budget
            if ( percentUsed >= 80 && percentUsed < 100 ) {
                sendBudgetAlert({
                    provider: provider,
                    percentUsed: percentUsed,
                    currentCost: currentCost,
                    budgetLimit: budgetLimit,
                    level: "warning"
                });
            }

            // Block at 100% budget
            if ( currentCost >= budgetLimit ) {
                writeLog(
                    text: "Budget limit exceeded for #provider#: $#currentCost# >= $#budgetLimit#",
                    type: "error"
                );

                sendBudgetAlert({
                    provider: provider,
                    percentUsed: percentUsed,
                    currentCost: currentCost,
                    budgetLimit: budgetLimit,
                    level: "critical"
                });

                // Optionally throw to prevent further usage
                // throw( "Budget limit exceeded for provider: #provider#" );
            }
        }

        // Track cost per user
        var user = interceptData.aiRequest.getMetadata().userId ?: "anonymous";
        trackUserCost( user, provider, cost, totalTokens );
    }

    private function calculateTokenCost( provider, model, promptTokens, completionTokens ) {
        // Pricing per 1M tokens (as of 2024)
        var pricing = {
            "openai": {
                "gpt-4": { prompt: 30.00, completion: 60.00 },
                "gpt-4-turbo": { prompt: 10.00, completion: 30.00 },
                "gpt-3.5-turbo": { prompt: 0.50, completion: 1.50 }
            },
            "claude": {
                "claude-3-opus": { prompt: 15.00, completion: 75.00 },
                "claude-3-sonnet": { prompt: 3.00, completion: 15.00 }
            },
            "gemini": {
                "gemini-pro": { prompt: 0.50, completion: 1.50 }
            }
        };

        // Get pricing for model
        var modelPricing = {};
        if ( pricing.keyExists( provider ) ) {
            for ( var key in pricing[ provider ] ) {
                if ( findNoCase( key, model ) ) {
                    modelPricing = pricing[ provider ][ key ];
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        // Default pricing if not found
        if ( modelPricing.isEmpty() ) {
            modelPricing = { prompt: 1.00, completion: 2.00 };
        }

        // Calculate cost (per 1M tokens)
        var promptCost = ( promptTokens / 1000000 ) * modelPricing.prompt;
        var completionCost = ( completionTokens / 1000000 ) * modelPricing.completion;

        return promptCost + completionCost;
    }
}

Event Priority Reference

Events fire in this order during a typical AI chat with tools:

1. onAIMessageCreate - Message template created

2. onAIRequestCreate - Request object created

3. onAIModelCreate - Model wrapper created

4. onAIToolCreate - Tool(s) created (if using tools)

5. beforeAIPipelineRun - Pipeline about to start (if using pipelines)

6. beforeAIModelInvoke - Model about to be invoked

7. onAIRequest - HTTP request about to be sent

8. onAIRateLimitHit - If rate limit encountered

9. onAIResponse - HTTP response received

10. onAITokenCount - Token usage tracked

11. beforeAIToolExecute - Tool about to execute (if AI requested tool call)

12. afterAIToolExecute - Tool execution complete

13. onAIError - If any error occurred

14. afterAIModelInvoke - Model invocation complete

15. afterAIPipelineRun - Pipeline execution complete

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19. onMCPServerCreate

Fired when a new MCP (Model Context Protocol) server instance is created.

When: MCP server instantiation via MCPServer() Frequency: Once per unique server creation

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
server	MCPServer	The created server instance
name	String	Server name/identifier
description	String	Server description
version	String	Server version

#### Example

```java
function onMCPServerCreate( event, interceptData ) {
    var server = interceptData.server;
    var name = interceptData.name;

    // Log server creation
    writeLog(
        text: "MCP Server created: #name# (v#interceptData.version#)",
        type: "info"
    );

    // Apply default configuration
    server.setCors( "*" );

    // Track server registry
    trackMCPServer( name, {
        createdAt: now(),
        description: interceptData.description
    });
}

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20. onMCPServerRemove

Fired when an MCP server instance is being removed from the registry.

When: Before server removal via MCPServer::removeInstance() Frequency: Once per server removal

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
name	String	Name of the server being removed

#### Example

```java
function onMCPServerRemove( event, interceptData ) {
    var serverName = interceptData.name;

    // Clean up server resources
    cleanupServerResources( serverName );

    // Log removal
    writeLog(
        text: "MCP Server removed: #serverName#",
        type: "info"
    );

    // Notify connected clients
    notifyClientsOfServerShutdown( serverName );
}

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21. onMCPRequest

Fired before processing an incoming MCP request (JSON-RPC 2.0).

When: After CORS handling, before request processing Frequency: Every MCP request

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
server	MCPServer	The target server instance
requestData	Struct	Request metadata (method, body, urlParams)
serverName	String	Server identifier

#### Example

```java
function onMCPRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    var server = interceptData.server;
    var requestData = interceptData.requestData;
    var serverName = interceptData.serverName;

    // Authentication for MCP requests
    if ( !isAuthorized( requestData ) ) {
        throw(
            type: "MCPAuthError",
            message: "Unauthorized MCP request"
        );
    }

    // Rate limiting
    if ( exceedsRateLimit( serverName ) ) {
        throw(
            type: "RateLimitExceeded",
            message: "Too many MCP requests"
        );
    }

    // Log request
    logMCPRequest({
        server: serverName,
        method: requestData.method,
        timestamp: now()
    });
}

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22. onMCPResponse

Fired after processing an MCP response, before returning to client.

When: After request handling, before HTTP response Frequency: Every MCP response

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
server	MCPServer	The server instance
response	Struct	Response data (content, contentType, headers, statusCode)
requestData	Struct	Original request metadata
serverName	String	Server identifier

#### Example

```java
function onMCPResponse( event, interceptData ) {
    var response = interceptData.response;
    var requestData = interceptData.requestData;
    var serverName = interceptData.serverName;

    // Add custom headers
    response.headers[ "X-MCP-Server" ] = serverName;
    response.headers[ "X-Response-Time" ] = getTickCount() - requestData.startTime;

    // Log response
    logMCPResponse({
        server: serverName,
        statusCode: response.statusCode,
        contentType: response.contentType,
        timestamp: now()
    });

    // Track metrics
    if ( response.statusCode >= 400 ) {
        incrementMetric( "mcp.errors.#serverName#" );
    }
}

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23. onMCPError

Fired when an exception occurs during MCP server operations.

When: Exception in request handling, class scanning, or other MCP operations Frequency: When errors occur

Event Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
server	MCPServer	The server instance
context	String	Where error occurred (handleRequest, scanClass, etc.)
exception	Struct	Exception object (message, detail, stackTrace, type)
method	String	Request method (context: handleRequest)
requestId	Any	Request ID (context: handleRequest)
params	Struct	Request parameters (context: handleRequest)
responseTime	Numeric	Time elapsed in ms (context: handleRequest)
errorCode	Numeric	RPC error code (context: handleRequest)
classPath	String	Class being scanned (context: scanClass)

Example

function onMCPError( event, interceptData ) {
    var exception = interceptData.exception;
    var context = interceptData.context;
    var server = interceptData.server;

    // Log detailed error
    writeLog(
        type: "error",
        file: "mcp-errors",
        text: "MCP Error in #context#: #exception.message#\nDetail: #exception.detail#"
    );

    // Context-specific handling
    if ( context == "handleRequest" ) {
        // Request-level error
        var method = interceptData.method;
        var errorCode = interceptData.errorCode;

        // Send alert for critical errors
        if ( errorCode == -32603 ) { // SERVER_ERROR
            emailService.sendAlert(
                to: "[email protected]",
                subject: "MCP Server Error: #server.getName()#",
                body: "Method: #method#\nError: #exception.message#\nStackTrace: #exception.stackTrace#"
            );
        }

        // Track error metrics
        metrics.increment( "mcp.errors.#method#" );
        metrics.increment( "mcp.errors.code.#errorCode#" );
    } else if ( context == "scanClass" ) {
        // Class scanning error
        writeLog(
            type: "warning",
            file: "mcp-scan-errors",
            text: "Failed to scan class: #interceptData.classPath#"
        );
    }

    // Send to error tracking service
    errorTracker.captureException(
        exception: exception,
        context: {
            mcpServer: server.getName(),
            operation: context,
            serverInfo: server.getServerInfo()
        }
    );
}

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💡 Common Use Cases

1. Request Logging and Monitoring

function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    var logData = {
        timestamp: now(),
        provider: interceptData.provider.getProviderName(),
        messages: interceptData.aiRequest.getMessages(),
        params: interceptData.aiRequest.getParams(),
        user: getAuthenticatedUser()
    };

    // Log to database
    queryExecute(
        "INSERT INTO ai_request_log (data, created_at) VALUES (:data, :timestamp)",
        { data: serializeJSON( logData ), timestamp: now() }
    );
}

2. Cost Tracking and Budgeting

class {

    function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
        if ( !interceptData.response.keyExists( "usage" ) ) return;

        var usage = interceptData.response.usage;
        var provider = interceptData.provider.getProviderName();

        // Calculate cost based on provider pricing
        var cost = calculateCost( provider, usage );

        // Track against user/org budget
        var user = getAuthenticatedUser();
        var currentUsage = getUserUsage( user );

        updateUserUsage( user, cost );

        // Alert if approaching limit
        if ( currentUsage + cost >= getUserBudget( user ) * 0.9 ) {
            sendBudgetAlert( user );
        }

        // Block if over budget
        if ( currentUsage + cost > getUserBudget( user ) ) {
            throw( "Budget exceeded for user: #user#" );
        }
    }

    private function calculateCost( provider, usage ) {
        // Pricing per 1K tokens (example rates)
        var pricing = {
            openai: {
                prompt: 0.03,
                completion: 0.06
            },
            claude: {
                prompt: 0.015,
                completion: 0.075
            }
        };

        var rates = pricing[ provider ] ?: { prompt: 0.01, completion: 0.01 };

        return (
            ( usage.prompt_tokens / 1000 ) * rates.prompt +
            ( usage.completion_tokens / 1000 ) * rates.completion
        );
    }
}

3. Response Caching

class {

    function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
        var cacheKey = generateCacheKey( request );

        // Check cache
        var cached = cacheGet( cacheKey );
        if ( !isNull( cached ) ) {
            // Return cached response and skip actual API call
            interceptData.useCached = true;
            interceptData.cachedResponse = cached;

            writeLog(
                text: "Using cached AI response",
                type: "info"
            );
        }
    }

    function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
        // Don't cache if we used cached response
        if ( interceptData.keyExists( "useCached" ) ) return;

        var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
        var response = interceptData.response;
        var cacheKey = generateCacheKey( request );

        // Cache for 1 hour
        cachePut(
            cacheKey,
            response,
            createTimeSpan( 0, 1, 0, 0 )
        );
    }

    private function generateCacheKey( request ) {
        var key = {
            messages: request.getMessages(),
            params: request.getParams()
        };
        return hash( serializeJSON( key ) );
    }
}

4. Content Filtering and Moderation

function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
    var messages = request.getMessages();

    // Check for prohibited content
    for ( var msg in messages ) {
        if ( containsProhibitedContent( msg.content ) ) {
            throw(
                type: "ContentViolation",
                message: "Request contains prohibited content"
            );
        }
    }
}

function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
    var response = interceptData.response;

    // Filter response content
    if ( response.keyExists( "choices" ) ) {
        for ( var choice in response.choices ) {
            if ( choice.keyExists( "message" ) ) {
                choice.message.content = filterContent(
                    choice.message.content
                );
            }
        }
    }
}

private function containsProhibitedContent( text ) {
    var prohibitedPatterns = [
        "pattern1",
        "pattern2"
    ];

    for ( var pattern in prohibitedPatterns ) {
        if ( findNoCase( pattern, text ) ) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;
}

private function filterContent( text ) {
    // Replace sensitive information
    text = reReplace( text, "\b\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}\b", "[SSN]", "all" );
    text = reReplace( text, "\b\d{16}\b", "[CREDIT_CARD]", "all" );
    return text;
}

5. Multi-Provider Fallback

class {

    property name="failedProviders" default={};

    function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
        var provider = interceptData.provider.getProviderName();

        // Check if provider is in cooldown
        if ( failedProviders.keyExists( provider ) ) {
            var cooldownEnd = failedProviders[ provider ];
            if ( now() < cooldownEnd ) {
                // Switch to backup provider
                var backup = getBackupProvider( provider );
                writeLog(
                    text: "Switching from #provider# to #backup# (cooldown)",
                    type: "warning"
                );
                // Recreate request with backup provider
                throw(
                    type: "ProviderCooldown",
                    message: "Provider in cooldown, use backup"
                );
            } else {
                // Cooldown expired, remove from list
                structDelete( failedProviders, provider );
            }
        }
    }

    function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
        var response = interceptData.response;
        var provider = interceptData.provider.getProviderName();

        // Check for rate limiting
        if ( response.keyExists( "error" ) &&
             response.error.type == "rate_limit_exceeded" ) {

            // Put provider in 5-minute cooldown
            failedProviders[ provider ] = dateAdd( "n", 5, now() );

            writeLog(
                text: "Provider #provider# rate limited, cooldown until #failedProviders[provider]#",
                type: "warning"
            );
        }
    }

    private function getBackupProvider( provider ) {
        var backups = {
            "openai": "claude",
            "claude": "gemini",
            "gemini": "openai"
        };
        return backups[ provider ] ?: "openai";
    }
}

6. A/B Testing Different Models

class {

    function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
        var user = getAuthenticatedUser();

        // Assign users to test groups
        var testGroup = hash( user ).left( 1 ) < "8" ? "A" : "B";

        if ( testGroup == "A" ) {
            // Group A: GPT-4
            request.setParam( "model", "gpt-4" );
        } else {
            // Group B: Claude
            request.setParam( "model", "claude-3-opus" );
        }

        // Track which group
        request.setMetadata({
            testGroup: testGroup,
            experimentId: "model_comparison_2024"
        });
    }

    function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
        var response = interceptData.response;
        var metadata = request.getMetadata();

        // Log results for analysis
        logExperiment({
            experimentId: metadata.experimentId,
            testGroup: metadata.testGroup,
            model: request.getParams().model,
            tokensUsed: response.usage?.total_tokens ?: 0,
            timestamp: now()
        });
    }
}

7. Adding Safety Guardrails

class {

    function beforeAIModelInvoke( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.request;

        // Add safety system message
        var messages = request.getMessages();
        var safetyMessage = {
            role: "system",
            content: "You must not provide information about: illegal activities, violence, harmful content, or personal data. If asked, politely decline and explain why."
        };

        // Prepend safety instructions
        arrayPrepend( messages, safetyMessage );
        request.setMessages( messages );
    }

    function afterAIModelInvoke( event, interceptData ) {
        var results = interceptData.results;

        // Check response for policy violations
        if ( isStruct( results ) && results.keyExists( "choices" ) ) {
            for ( var choice in results.choices ) {
                if ( violatesSafetyPolicy( choice.message.content ) ) {
                    // Override response
                    choice.message.content = "I cannot provide that information as it may violate safety policies.";

                    // Log violation
                    logSafetyViolation({
                        request: interceptData.request,
                        originalResponse: choice.message.content,
                        timestamp: now()
                    });
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private function violatesSafetyPolicy( content ) {
        // Implement your safety checks
        var violations = [
            "personal information",
            "illegal activity",
            "violence"
        ];

        for ( var violation in violations ) {
            if ( findNoCase( violation, content ) ) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}

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✅ Best Practices

1. Keep Event Handlers Lightweight

Event handlers are called frequently. Keep processing minimal:

// ❌ Bad: Heavy processing
function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    // This runs complex queries and blocks
    var history = getAllUserAIHistory( getUser() );
    analyzeHistoryForPatterns( history );
}

// ✅ Good: Lightweight, async if needed
function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    // Quick validation only
    validateRequest( interceptData.aiRequest );

    // Heavy work done async
    runAsync( function() {
        trackRequest( interceptData.aiRequest );
    });
}

2. Handle Errors Gracefully

Don't let interceptor errors break AI operations:

function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
    try {
        // Your processing
        processResponse( interceptData.response );
    } catch ( any e ) {
        // Log but don't throw
        writeLog(
            text: "Error in interceptor: #e.message#",
            type: "error"
        );
        // Continue without breaking the flow
    }
}

3. Document Side Effects

Make it clear what your interceptors modify:

/**
 * AI Request Interceptor
 *
 * Modifies:
 * - Adds X-Request-ID header
 * - Overrides temperature to 0.7 if not set
 * - Logs request to database
 *
 * Does NOT modify:
 * - Message content
 * - Model selection
 */
function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
    // Implementation
}

4. Use Naming Conventions

// Prefix interceptor classes with purpose
AIMonitoringInterceptor.bx
AISecurityInterceptor.bx
AICostTrackingInterceptor.bx
AIContentFilterInterceptor.bx

5. Order Matters

Interceptors execute in registration order. Be mindful:

interceptors = [
    { class: "SecurityInterceptor" },      // Run first: validate
    { class: "CostTrackingInterceptor" },  // Then: track costs
    { class: "LoggingInterceptor" }        // Finally: log
];

6. Test Interceptors Independently

Write unit tests for your interceptor logic:

// tests/interceptors/AIMonitorTest.bx
class extends="testbox.system.BaseSpec" {

    function run() {
        describe( "AIMonitor Interceptor", function() {

            it( "should log requests", function() {
                var monitor = new interceptors.AIMonitor();
                var interceptData = {
                    aiRequest: mockRequest(),
                    provider: mockProvider()
                };

                monitor.onAIRequest( {}, interceptData );

                // Verify logging occurred
                expect( getLogEntries() ).toHaveLength( 1 );
            });
        });
    }
}

7. Make Interceptors Configurable

class {

    property name="enabled" default=true;
    property name="logLevel" default="info";
    property name="destinations" default=["console","file"];

    function configure() {
        // Read from settings
        variables.enabled = getSetting( "monitoring.enabled" );
        variables.logLevel = getSetting( "monitoring.logLevel" );
    }

    function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
        if ( !variables.enabled ) return;

        // Use configuration
        log( interceptData, variables.logLevel );
    }
}

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📚 Examples

Complete Monitoring Solution

// interceptors/AICompleteMonitor.bx
class {

    property name="sessionId";

    function configure() {
        variables.sessionId = createUUID();
    }

    function onAIMessageCreate( event, interceptData ) {
        trackEvent( "message_created", {
            messageCount: arrayLen( interceptData.message.getMessages() )
        });
    }

    function onAIModelCreate( event, interceptData ) {
        trackEvent( "model_created", {
            provider: interceptData.service.getProviderName()
        });
    }

    function beforeAIModelInvoke( event, interceptData ) {
        interceptData.request.setMetadata({
            startTime: getTickCount(),
            sessionId: variables.sessionId
        });
    }

    function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
        var metadata = request.getMetadata();

        trackEvent( "request_sent", {
            provider: interceptData.provider.getProviderName(),
            messageCount: arrayLen( request.getMessages() ),
            sessionId: metadata.sessionId
        });
    }

    function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
        var response = interceptData.response;

        trackEvent( "response_received", {
            provider: interceptData.provider.getProviderName(),
            tokensUsed: response.usage?.total_tokens ?: 0,
            sessionId: request.getMetadata().sessionId
        });
    }

    function afterAIModelInvoke( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.request;
        var metadata = request.getMetadata();
        var duration = getTickCount() - metadata.startTime;

        trackEvent( "invocation_complete", {
            duration: duration,
            sessionId: metadata.sessionId
        });
    }

    private function trackEvent( eventName, data ) {
        // Your analytics implementation
        analyticsService.track( eventName, data );
    }
}

Security and Compliance

// interceptors/AISecurityCompliance.bx
class {

    function onAIRequest( event, interceptData ) {
        var request = interceptData.aiRequest;
        var user = getAuthenticatedUser();

        // Validate user has permission
        if ( !hasPermission( user, "ai.use" ) ) {
            throw(
                type: "SecurityViolation",
                message: "User not authorized for AI operations"
            );
        }

        // Redact sensitive data
        var messages = request.getMessages();
        for ( var msg in messages ) {
            msg.content = redactSensitiveData( msg.content );
        }
        request.setMessages( messages );

        // Add audit trail
        request.setMetadata({
            userId: user.getId(),
            ipAddress: getClientIP(),
            timestamp: now()
        });
    }

    function onAIResponse( event, interceptData ) {
        // Log for compliance
        auditLog({
            userId: interceptData.aiRequest.getMetadata().userId,
            action: "ai_query",
            provider: interceptData.provider.getProviderName(),
            timestamp: now(),
            tokensUsed: interceptData.response.usage?.total_tokens ?: 0
        });
    }

    private function redactSensitiveData( text ) {
        // Email addresses
        text = reReplace( text, "\b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,}\b", "[EMAIL]", "all" );
        // Phone numbers
        text = reReplace( text, "\b\d{3}[-.]?\d{3}[-.]?\d{4}\b", "[PHONE]", "all" );
        // SSN
        text = reReplace( text, "\b\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}\b", "[SSN]", "all" );
        return text;
    }
}

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Next Steps

Now that you understand the event system, you can:

• Monitor: Track AI usage and performance

• Secure: Add authentication and content filtering

• Optimize: Implement caching and cost controls

• Extend: Build custom behaviors without modifying core code

Related Documentation

• Pipeline Overview - Understanding AI pipelines

• Service-Level Chatting - Direct service control

Additional Resources

• BoxLang Interceptor Documentation: Learn more about the interceptor system

• Event-Driven Architecture: Best practices for event handling

• Security Guidelines: Protecting AI operations

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