# tracer

`import { tracer } from "destack:telemetry";`

Return the default tracer.

```ds title="tracer"
export function tracer(): Tracer
```

[language/library/src/telemetry/trace.ds:181:183](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/telemetry/trace.ds#L181-L183)