diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-agno.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-agno.md
index fd7e36be..74049d69 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-agno.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-agno.md
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ sink.close()
 
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
-| `environment.config` | L4a | First `run` per agent. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `run` / `arun`. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `run` / `arun`. |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per intermediate reasoning step. |
-| `agent.handoff` | L4a | When a team agent delegates to a sub-agent. |
-| `agent.state.change` | cross-cutting | Memory mutations. |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per tool invocation. |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call. |
+| `environment.config` | L4a | First `run` per agent (`lifecycle.py:462`). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `run` / `arun` (`lifecycle.py:289`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `run` / `arun` (`lifecycle.py:324`). |
+| `agent.handoff` | L4a | When a team agent delegates to a sub-agent (`lifecycle.py:267,398`). |
+| `agent.state.change` | cross-cutting | Run completion / failure (`lifecycle.py:325`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per tool invocation (`lifecycle.py:246,358`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call (`lifecycle.py:216,388`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per LLM call when `result.metrics` / `result.usage` are populated (`lifecycle.py:228`). |
 
 ## Agno specifics
 
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ sink.close()
   Each team member must be instrumented individually with
   `adapter.instrument_agent(team_member)` — or call
   `instrument_agent(team)` and the convenience helper recurses.
-- **Reasoning agents**: when `reasoning=True` is set on an Agent, the
-  intermediate reasoning steps emit `agent.action` events with a
-  `step_index` field.
+- **Reasoning agents**: Agno's `reasoning=True` mode is not specially
+  instrumented — intermediate reasoning steps are not surfaced as
+  separate events. The reasoning chain is observable only via the
+  inputs/outputs already captured on `agent.input` / `agent.output` and
+  any inner `model.invoke` / `tool.call` events the underlying agent
+  emits.
 - **Storage backends**: Agno session storage (Postgres, sqlite, Redis,
   etc.) emits `agent.state.change` on every save.
 
@@ -83,7 +86,8 @@ from layerlens.instrument.adapters._base import CaptureConfig
 # Recommended.
 adapter = AgnoAdapter(capture_config=CaptureConfig.standard())
 
-# Heavy: include reasoning steps as agent.code (the chain-of-thought).
+# Heavy: enable all capture layers (L2 agent.code currently has no
+# Agno-specific emission sites — reasoning is not specially instrumented).
 adapter = AgnoAdapter(
     capture_config=CaptureConfig(
         l1_agent_io=True,
diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-bedrock_agents.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-bedrock_agents.md
index 99dddf14..06db65c7 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-bedrock_agents.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-bedrock_agents.md
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ provided `bedrock-agent-runtime` client:
   emits `agent.input` and `environment.config` on first agent encounter.
 - `after-call.bedrock-agent-runtime.InvokeAgent` — fires after the response
   comes back. Walks the `trace` blocks in the streamed events and emits
-  `model.invoke` / `tool.call` / `agent.action` per trace step.
+  `model.invoke` / `tool.call` / `agent.handoff` per trace step
+  (`lifecycle.py:200-213`).
 
 `disconnect()` unregisters both hooks.
 
@@ -67,12 +68,12 @@ provided `bedrock-agent-runtime` client:
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
 | `environment.config` | L4a | First `InvokeAgent` per `agentId`. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `InvokeAgent`. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `InvokeAgent` (after stream consumption). |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per `orchestrationTrace.modelInvocationInput` block. |
-| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Per cross-agent collaboration step. |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `actionGroupInvocationInput` / `knowledgeBaseLookupInput` block. |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per `modelInvocationOutput` block (with token usage). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `InvokeAgent` (`lifecycle.py:289`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `InvokeAgent` after stream consumption (`lifecycle.py:323`). |
+| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Per `AGENT_COLLABORATOR` trace step (`lifecycle.py:269,386`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `ACTION_GROUP` / `KNOWLEDGE_BASE` trace step (`lifecycle.py:217,230,348`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per `MODEL_INVOCATION` trace step with token usage (`lifecycle.py:254,377`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per `MODEL_INVOCATION` when `usage` is present (`lifecycle.py:256`). |
 
 ## Bedrock Agents specifics
 
diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-llama_index.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-llama_index.md
index 76d04b25..176e0599 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-llama_index.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-llama_index.md
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ dispatches.
 ## What's wrapped
 
 `adapter.instrument_workflow(...)` registers a `BaseEventHandler` with
-`llama_index.core.instrumentation.get_dispatcher()`. The handler observes:
+`llama_index.core.instrumentation.get_dispatcher()`. The handler observes
+(`lifecycle.py:185-198`):
 
-- LLM events (`LLMChatStartEvent`, `LLMChatEndEvent`,
-  `LLMCompletionStartEvent`, `LLMCompletionEndEvent`)
-- Tool events (`AgentToolCallEvent`)
-- Agent events (`AgentRunStepStartEvent`, `AgentRunStepEndEvent`,
-  `AgentChatWithStepStartEvent`, `AgentChatWithStepEndEvent`)
-- Retrieval events (`RetrievalStartEvent`, `RetrievalEndEvent`)
-- Embedding events (`EmbeddingStartEvent`, `EmbeddingEndEvent`)
+- LLM events: `LLMChatStartEvent`, `LLMStartEvent` (start);
+  `LLMChatEndEvent`, `LLMCompletionEndEvent` (end)
+- Tool events: `ToolCallEvent`
+- Agent events: `AgentRunStepStartEvent`, `AgentRunStepEndEvent`
+- Retrieval / query events: `RetrievalStartEvent`, `QueryStartEvent`
+  (start); `RetrievalEndEvent`, `QueryEndEvent` (end)
 
 `disconnect()` removes the handler from the dispatcher's
 `event_handlers` list, restoring the original behaviour.
@@ -63,20 +63,23 @@ dispatches.
 
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
-| `environment.config` | L4a | First agent / workflow event per process. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | `AgentChatWithStepStartEvent` / agent step start. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | `AgentChatWithStepEndEvent` / agent step end. |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per `AgentRunStepEndEvent`. |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `AgentToolCallEvent`. |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM start/end pair. |
+| `environment.config` | L4a | First `AgentRunStepStartEvent` per agent (`lifecycle.py:261,428`). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Per `AgentRunStepStartEvent` (`lifecycle.py:266`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | Per `AgentRunStepEndEvent` (`lifecycle.py:283`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `ToolCallEvent` and per `RetrievalEndEvent` / `QueryEndEvent` (tool_name = `"retrieval"`, tool_type = `"retrieval"`) (`lifecycle.py:231,246`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM end event (`LLMChatEndEvent` / `LLMCompletionEndEvent`) (`lifecycle.py:216`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per LLM end event when token counts are present (`lifecycle.py:218`). |
+| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Exposed via the `on_handoff` lifecycle hook (`lifecycle.py:400`) — not auto-emitted from the dispatcher event stream. |
 
 ## LlamaIndex specifics
 
 - **Workflows**: the new `Workflow` class emits dispatcher events the same
   way; the same handler captures both classic agents (`ReActAgent`,
   `OpenAIAgent`) and workflow `@step` runs.
-- **RAG retrievers**: retrieval events are surfaced as `tool.call` with
-  `tool_name="retriever"` and the resolved chunk count.
+- **RAG retrievers**: `RetrievalEndEvent` and `QueryEndEvent` are surfaced
+  as `tool.call` with `tool_name="retrieval"`, `tool_type="retrieval"`,
+  and the resolved chunk count in `result_count`
+  (`lifecycle.py:244-257`).
 - **Streaming**: streamed LLM responses fire one `LLMChatEndEvent` after
   the final chunk; the adapter emits one consolidated `model.invoke`.
 - **Span propagation**: LlamaIndex span IDs propagate into the event
diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-ms_agent_framework.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-ms_agent_framework.md
index 295f2b9b..d5cfc770 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-ms_agent_framework.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-ms_agent_framework.md
@@ -68,13 +68,14 @@ filters. `disconnect()` restores the originals.
 
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
-| `environment.config` | L4a | First wrap of each chat. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `invoke` / `invoke_stream`. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every invocation (per response). |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per intermediate step. |
-| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Per `AgentGroupChat` speaker turn. |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per plugin function invocation. |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call. |
+| `environment.config` | L4a | First wrap of each chat (`lifecycle.py:481`). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `invoke` / `invoke_stream` (`lifecycle.py:299`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every invocation (per response) (`lifecycle.py:334`). |
+| `agent.state.change` | cross-cutting | Per `invoke` / `invoke_stream` end (`lifecycle.py:335`). |
+| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Per `AgentGroupChat` speaker turn (`lifecycle.py:223,408`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per plugin function invocation (`lifecycle.py:237,247,368`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call (`lifecycle.py:262,398`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per LLM call when token usage is present (`lifecycle.py:272`). |
 
 ## MS Agent Framework specifics
 
@@ -83,8 +84,10 @@ filters. `disconnect()` restores the originals.
   on each speaker turn.
 - **Plugins**: Semantic Kernel plugin functions surface as `tool.call` —
   the plugin name + function name combine into `tool_name`.
-- **Multi-agent terminations**: configurable termination strategies
-  emit `agent.action` with `terminate_reason` when a group chat ends.
+- **Multi-agent terminations**: configurable termination strategies are
+  not separately instrumented. When a group chat ends, the outer
+  `agent.output` carries the final response and the run completion fires
+  one `agent.state.change` (`lifecycle.py:335`).
 - **Streaming**: `invoke_stream` emits one consolidated `model.invoke`
   on stream completion; per-chunk text is accumulated.
 
diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-openai_agents.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-openai_agents.md
index f9d983b2..64b083ba 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-openai_agents.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-openai_agents.md
@@ -59,14 +59,15 @@ events.
 
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
-| `environment.config` | L4a | First agent span observed. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | Per agent span start. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | Per agent span end. |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per `response_span` (model call decision). |
-| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Per `handoff_span`. |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `function_span`. |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per `generation_span` (model call). |
-| `policy.violation` | cross-cutting | Per `guardrail_span` that fails. |
+| `environment.config` | L4a | First agent span observed (`lifecycle.py:497`). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Per agent span start (`lifecycle.py:256,358`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | Per agent span end (`lifecycle.py:269,392`). |
+| `agent.state.change` | cross-cutting | On agent span start/end (`lifecycle.py:193,211`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per `response_span` / `generation_span` model call (`lifecycle.py:293,446`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per model call when token counts are present (`lifecycle.py:295`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `function_span` (`lifecycle.py:308,417`). |
+| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Per `handoff_span` (`lifecycle.py:325,463`). |
+| `policy.violation` | cross-cutting | Per `guardrail_span` that fails (`lifecycle.py:338`). |
 
 ## OpenAI Agents specifics
 
diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-pydantic_ai.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-pydantic_ai.md
index d2b5865a..9cc28cc9 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-pydantic_ai.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-pydantic_ai.md
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ sink.close()
 
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
-| `environment.config` | L4a | First wrap of each agent. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `run` / `run_sync`. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `run` / `run_sync`. |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per intermediate model step (multi-step runs). |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per registered tool invocation. |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call (one per model step). |
+| `environment.config` | L4a | First wrap of each agent (`lifecycle.py:407`). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `run` / `run_sync` (`lifecycle.py:248`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `run` / `run_sync` (`lifecycle.py:282`). |
+| `agent.state.change` | cross-cutting | On run end (`lifecycle.py:283`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per registered tool invocation (`lifecycle.py:227,315`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call (one per model step) (`lifecycle.py:218,344`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per LLM call when token usage is present (`lifecycle.py:203`). |
+| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Cross-agent delegation (`lifecycle.py:353`). |
 
 The `model.invoke` payload includes the model name (parsed from the
 PydanticAI model spec like `openai:gpt-4o-mini`), token usage from
@@ -70,8 +72,10 @@ PydanticAI model spec like `openai:gpt-4o-mini`), token usage from
 
 - **Structured results**: when an agent declares `result_type=MyModel`, the
   validated Pydantic model is included in `agent.output` (subject to
-  `CaptureConfig.capture_content`). Validation errors emit
-  `policy.violation`.
+  `CaptureConfig.capture_content`). Validation errors are surfaced on
+  the `agent.output` payload (via the wrapping `try/except` in
+  `_create_traced_run`) — the adapter does not emit a separate
+  `policy.violation` event for these.
 - **Model spec parsing**: PydanticAI accepts model spec strings like
   `"openai:gpt-4o-mini"` or `"anthropic:claude-3-5-sonnet"`. The adapter
   splits these into `provider` + `model` for downstream cost lookups.
diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-semantic_kernel.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-semantic_kernel.md
index b29e16b9..8599ed8f 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-semantic_kernel.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-semantic_kernel.md
@@ -60,14 +60,13 @@ and the kernel returns to its original behaviour.
 
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
-| `environment.config` | L4a | First plugin invocation per kernel. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | Function invocation start. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | Function invocation end (success or error). |
-| `agent.code` | L2 | Per plugin function when `l2_agent_code` is true. |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per planner step. |
-| `agent.state.change` | cross-cutting | Memory store reads/writes. |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `auto_function_invocation` (model-selected plugin). |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call inside the kernel. |
+| `environment.config` | L4a | First plugin invocation per kernel and per-plugin discovery (`lifecycle.py:203,442`). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Kernel invoke start (`lifecycle.py:397`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | Kernel invoke end — success or error (`lifecycle.py:423`). |
+| `agent.code` | L2 | Per plugin function / prompt render (`lifecycle.py:271,355`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per `auto_function_invocation` and per memory-store operation (`lifecycle.py:247,390`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call inside the kernel (`lifecycle.py:306`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per LLM call when token usage is present (`lifecycle.py:310`). |
 
 ## Semantic Kernel specifics
 
diff --git a/docs/adapters/frameworks-strands.md b/docs/adapters/frameworks-strands.md
index a8ff2517..e452049b 100644
--- a/docs/adapters/frameworks-strands.md
+++ b/docs/adapters/frameworks-strands.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ hooks. `disconnect()` restores the originals.
 
 | Event | Layer | When |
 |---|---|---|
-| `environment.config` | L4a | First wrap of each agent. |
-| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `__call__` / `invoke`. |
-| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `__call__` / `invoke`. |
-| `agent.action` | L4a | Per intermediate reasoning loop iteration. |
-| `agent.handoff` | L4a | Multi-agent collaboration handoffs. |
-| `tool.call` | L5a | Per Strands tool invocation. |
-| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call (Strands routes these through Bedrock). |
+| `environment.config` | L4a | First wrap of each agent (`lifecycle.py:430`). |
+| `agent.input` | L1 | Beginning of every `__call__` / `invoke` (`lifecycle.py:272`). |
+| `agent.output` | L1 | End of every `__call__` / `invoke` (`lifecycle.py:307`). |
+| `agent.state.change` | cross-cutting | Mid-run state mutations and run completion (`lifecycle.py:249,308`). |
+| `tool.call` | L5a | Per Strands tool invocation (`lifecycle.py:223,341`). |
+| `model.invoke` | L3 | Per LLM call — Strands routes through Bedrock (`lifecycle.py:188,371`). |
+| `cost.record` | cross-cutting | Per LLM call when token usage is present (`lifecycle.py:209`). |
 
 ## Strands specifics
 
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ hooks. `disconnect()` restores the originals.
 - **Tools**: Strands tools registered via the `@tool` decorator surface
   their function name and JSON schema in `tool.call.tool_schema`.
 - **Loops**: Strands runs a reasoning loop (think → act → observe). Each
-  loop iteration emits an `agent.action` with `loop_index` and a copy of
-  the conversation state.
-- **Multi-agent**: Strands supports orchestrator/worker patterns; cross-agent
-  delegation emits `agent.handoff` with `source_agent` + `target_agent`.
+  iteration is observable via the inner `model.invoke` and `tool.call`
+  events the adapter captures from Strands' callback hooks — there is no
+  separate per-iteration loop event.
+- **State changes**: mid-run state mutations emit `agent.state.change`
+  (`lifecycle.py:249`) and run completion emits a terminal
+  `agent.state.change` alongside `agent.output` (`lifecycle.py:308`).
 
 ## Capture config