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Service Level Indicator (SLI)
/'ser.vuhs 'leh.vuhl 'ih.nduh.kay.ter ess.el.eye/A measured signal of service performance (latency, availability, error rate). SLIs are the raw measurements you track. (noun)
“Tool-call success rate is one of our SLIs.”
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