diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45cf9ee..2b5db33 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tangle-network/agent-runtime",
-  "version": "0.40.0",
+  "version": "0.41.0",
   "description": "Reusable runtime lifecycle for domain-specific agents.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/tangle-network/agent-runtime#readme",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/mcp/bin.ts b/src/mcp/bin.ts
index 204ad9e..ae6d259 100644
--- a/src/mcp/bin.ts
+++ b/src/mcp/bin.ts
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@
  *   MCP_DISABLE_RESEARCHER           set to `1` to omit `delegate_research` even when peer is present
  */
 
-import type { LoopSandboxClient } from '../loops'
+import type { LoopSandboxClient, LoopTraceEmitter } from '../loops'
 import { runLoop } from '../loops'
 import { detectExecutor } from './bin-helpers'
 import { createDefaultCoderDelegate, type ResearcherDelegate } from './delegates'
 import type { DelegationExecutor } from './executor'
 import { createMcpServer } from './server'
+import { createPropagatingTraceEmitter, readTraceContextFromEnv } from './trace-propagation'
 import type { ResearchOutputShape } from './types'
 
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
@@ -76,30 +77,43 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     process.stderr.write(`agent-runtime-mcp: delegation placement → ${executor.describe()}\n`)
   }
 
+  // Export delegated-loop topology spans to the OTLP / Tangle Intelligence sink
+  // when OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT is set (+ TRACE_ID / PARENT_SPAN_ID for
+  // correlation with the caller's trace). A cheap no-op when the endpoint is
+  // unset — the fleet forwards the env into this MCP's process to turn it on.
+  const { emitter: traceEmitter, exporter: traceExporter } = createPropagatingTraceEmitter(
+    readTraceContextFromEnv(),
+  )
+  if (process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT) {
+    process.stderr.write(
+      `agent-runtime-mcp: exporting loop topology → ${process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT}\n`,
+    )
+  }
+
   const coderDelegate =
     wantCoder && executor
       ? createDefaultCoderDelegate({
           executor,
           fanoutHarnesses,
           maxConcurrency,
+          traceEmitter,
         })
       : undefined
 
   const researcherDelegate =
     wantResearcher && executor
-      ? await loadResearcherDelegate(executor.client, maxConcurrency)
+      ? await loadResearcherDelegate(executor.client, maxConcurrency, traceEmitter)
       : undefined
 
   const server = createMcpServer({ coderDelegate, researcherDelegate })
 
-  process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+  const shutdown = () => {
     server.stop()
-    process.exit(0)
-  })
-  process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
-    server.stop()
-    process.exit(0)
-  })
+    void traceExporter?.shutdown().finally(() => process.exit(0))
+    if (!traceExporter) process.exit(0)
+  }
+  process.on('SIGINT', shutdown)
+  process.on('SIGTERM', shutdown)
 
   await server.serve()
 }
@@ -157,6 +171,7 @@ interface ResearcherFanoutPreset {
 async function loadResearcherDelegate(
   sandboxClient: LoopSandboxClient,
   maxConcurrency: number,
+  traceEmitter?: LoopTraceEmitter,
 ): Promise<ResearcherDelegate | undefined> {
   // Optional peer — when `@tangle-network/agent-knowledge` isn't installed,
   // we silently omit the researcher tool from the advertisement. The
@@ -210,7 +225,7 @@ async function loadResearcherDelegate(
         output: preset.output,
         validator: preset.validator,
         task,
-        ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal },
+        ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal, ...(traceEmitter ? { traceEmitter } : {}) },
         maxIterations: 1,
         maxConcurrency,
       })
@@ -226,7 +241,7 @@ async function loadResearcherDelegate(
       output: fanout.output,
       validator: fanout.validator,
       task,
-      ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal },
+      ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal, ...(traceEmitter ? { traceEmitter } : {}) },
       maxIterations: variants,
       maxConcurrency: Math.min(maxConcurrency, variants),
     })
diff --git a/src/mcp/delegates.ts b/src/mcp/delegates.ts
index 41375a9..7c89ccb 100644
--- a/src/mcp/delegates.ts
+++ b/src/mcp/delegates.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * pass `researcherDelegate` explicitly when constructing the server.
  */
 
-import type { Iteration, LoopSandboxClient } from '../loops'
+import type { Iteration, LoopSandboxClient, LoopTraceEmitter } from '../loops'
 import { runLoop } from '../loops'
 import { type CoderOutput, coderProfile, multiHarnessCoderFanout } from '../profiles/coder'
 import { createSiblingSandboxExecutor, type DelegationExecutor } from './executor'
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ export interface CreateDefaultCoderDelegateOptions {
   reviewer?: CoderReviewer
   /** Winner-selection strategy among eligible candidates. Default `highest-score`. */
   winnerSelection?: CoderWinnerSelection
+  /**
+   * Loop trace emitter forwarded into every delegated `runLoop`. Wire
+   * `createPropagatingTraceEmitter(readTraceContextFromEnv())` here (the bin
+   * does) so delegated build-loops export their topology spans to the OTLP /
+   * Tangle Intelligence sink when `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` is set — and
+   * are a cheap no-op when it isn't. Configurable by construction.
+   */
+  traceEmitter?: LoopTraceEmitter
 }
 
 /**
@@ -126,6 +134,7 @@ export function createDefaultCoderDelegate(
   const sandboxClient = executor.client
   const fanoutHarnesses = options.fanoutHarnesses
   const maxConcurrency = options.maxConcurrency ?? 4
+  const traceEmitter = options.traceEmitter
   return async (args, ctx) => {
     const task: CoderTask = {
       goal: buildCoderGoal(args),
@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@ export function createDefaultCoderDelegate(
         output,
         validator,
         task,
-        ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal },
+        ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal, ...(traceEmitter ? { traceEmitter } : {}) },
         maxIterations: 1,
         maxConcurrency,
       })
@@ -172,7 +181,7 @@ export function createDefaultCoderDelegate(
       output: fanout.output,
       validator: fanout.validator,
       task,
-      ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal },
+      ctx: { sandboxClient, signal: ctx.signal, ...(traceEmitter ? { traceEmitter } : {}) },
       maxIterations: variants,
       maxConcurrency: Math.min(maxConcurrency, variants),
     })
diff --git a/tests/mcp/coder-delegate-selection.test.ts b/tests/mcp/coder-delegate-selection.test.ts
index 92da502..1e3e874 100644
--- a/tests/mcp/coder-delegate-selection.test.ts
+++ b/tests/mcp/coder-delegate-selection.test.ts
@@ -108,3 +108,23 @@ describe('createDefaultCoderDelegate — reviewer gate + winner selection', () =
     expect(['small', 'big']).toContain(out.branch)
   })
 })
+
+import type { LoopTraceEmitter, LoopTraceEvent } from '../../src/loops'
+
+describe('createDefaultCoderDelegate — trace emitter wiring (MCP → OTEL sink)', () => {
+  it('forwards the trace emitter into the delegated runLoop (loop.* spans emitted)', async () => {
+    const events: LoopTraceEvent[] = []
+    const traceEmitter: LoopTraceEmitter = { emit: (e) => void events.push(e) }
+    const delegate = createDefaultCoderDelegate({
+      sandboxClient: candidateClient(),
+      fanoutHarnesses: ['claude-code', 'codex'],
+      traceEmitter,
+    })
+    await delegate(args, ctx)
+    const kinds = new Set(events.map((e) => e.kind))
+    // the delegated loop's topology spans reach the emitter → the OTLP exporter
+    expect(kinds.has('loop.started')).toBe(true)
+    expect(kinds.has('loop.ended')).toBe(true)
+    expect(kinds.has('loop.iteration.ended')).toBe(true)
+  })
+})