---
title: "Application"
description: "Launch 10x applications to report, receive and optimize log/trace events."
source: "https://github.com/log-10x/modules/tree/main/pipelines/app.yaml"
icon: "material/rocket-launch"

---
# Apps

Start with the [**MCP Server**](https://doc.log10x.com/apps/mcp/ "Stdin/stdout scaffold used by log10x_validate for local pipeline-config test drives"). Install it into Claude Desktop, Code, or Cursor and it discovers your environment and sets up the capabilities below. Each can also be installed manually.

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-   :material-robot-outline:{ .lg .middle } **MCP Server**
    
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    The orchestration entry point that sets up and runs the capabilities below.
    
    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Learn more](https://doc.log10x.com/apps/mcp/ "Stdin/stdout scaffold used by log10x_validate for local pipeline-config test drives")

-   :material-chart-bar:{ .lg .middle } **Reporter**
    
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    Shows which event types drive cost, before the analyzer.
    
    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Learn more](https://doc.log10x.com/apps/reporter/ "Report on costly log/trace events _before_ they ship to output")

-   :material-pipe-valve:{ .lg .middle } **Receiver**
    
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    Acts on each pattern: pass, sample, compact, tier\_down, offload, or drop.
    
    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Learn more](https://doc.log10x.com/apps/receiver/ "Receive log/trace events from a coupled forwarder; in read-only mode emit metrics only, in read-write mode also receive and optionally compact events before they ship to output")

-   :material-cloud-arrow-right-outline:{ .lg .middle } **Retriever**
    
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    Offloads events to your own S3 and fetches the exact lines back on demand.
    
    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Learn more](https://doc.log10x.com/apps/retriever/ "Stream events from object storage to log analyzers and metrics on-demand")

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## :material-link-variant: Related

- **Optimize savings:** generate custom symbols with the [Compiler app](https://doc.log10x.com/apps/compiler/ "Generate symbol libraries to enable structured event processing at runtime"). Optional.

<br/>:material-github: This app is defined in [apps/app.yaml](https://github.com/log-10x/modules/tree/main/pipelines/app.yaml "apps/app.yaml"){target="\_blank"}.