diff --git a/src/index.test.ts b/src/index.test.ts
index b7a048e..ad81d61 100644
--- a/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/index.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, mock } from "bun:test";
 import { LangfusePlugin } from "./index";
 
 const mockForceFlush = mock(() => Promise.resolve());
+const mockProcessorShutdown = mock(() => Promise.resolve());
+const mockOnStart = mock(() => {});
+const mockOnEnd = mock(() => {});
 const mockStart = mock(() => {});
 const mockShutdown = mock(() => Promise.resolve());
 
@@ -9,7 +12,10 @@ let capturedNodeSDKOptions: Record<string, unknown> = {};
 
 mock.module("@langfuse/otel", () => ({
   LangfuseSpanProcessor: mock(() => ({
+    onStart: mockOnStart,
+    onEnd: mockOnEnd,
     forceFlush: mockForceFlush,
+    shutdown: mockProcessorShutdown,
   })),
 }));
 
@@ -46,6 +52,9 @@ describe("LangfusePlugin", () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockForceFlush.mockClear();
+    mockProcessorShutdown.mockClear();
+    mockOnStart.mockClear();
+    mockOnEnd.mockClear();
     mockStart.mockClear();
     mockShutdown.mockClear();
     mockLog.mockClear();
@@ -176,6 +185,46 @@ describe("LangfusePlugin", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("payload scrubbing", () => {
+    it("removes AI SDK prompt and response payload attributes before export", async () => {
+      setupEnv();
+      await LangfusePlugin(mockPluginInput());
+
+      const [processor] = capturedNodeSDKOptions.spanProcessors as any[];
+      const span = {
+        name: "ai.streamText.doStream",
+        attributes: {
+          "ai.prompt": '{"prompt":"large"}',
+          "ai.prompt.messages": '[{"role":"user","content":"large"}]',
+          "ai.prompt.tools": '[{"name":"bash"}]',
+          "ai.prompt.toolChoice": '{"type":"auto"}',
+          "ai.response.text": "large response",
+          "ai.response.toolCalls": '[{"toolName":"bash"}]',
+          "ai.response.object": '{"result":"large"}',
+          "ai.usage.totalTokens": 42,
+          "gen_ai.usage.input_tokens": 21,
+          "gen_ai.response.model": "gemini-3-flash-preview",
+        },
+      };
+
+      processor.onEnd(span);
+
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.prompt"]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.prompt.messages"]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.prompt.tools"]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.prompt.toolChoice"]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.response.text"]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.response.toolCalls"]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.response.object"]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(span.attributes["ai.usage.totalTokens"]).toBe(42);
+      expect(span.attributes["gen_ai.usage.input_tokens"]).toBe(21);
+      expect(span.attributes["gen_ai.response.model"]).toBe(
+        "gemini-3-flash-preview"
+      );
+      expect(mockOnEnd).toHaveBeenCalledWith(span);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("environment configuration", () => {
     it("uses default baseUrl when not provided", async () => {
       setupEnv();
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5ad70a9..e508785 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { LangfuseSpanProcessor } from "@langfuse/otel";
 import type { Plugin } from "@opencode-ai/plugin";
 import {
-  context,
   trace,
   ROOT_CONTEXT,
   type Context,
@@ -9,7 +8,12 @@ import {
 } from "@opentelemetry/api";
 import { AsyncLocalStorageContextManager } from "@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks";
 import { NodeSDK } from "@opentelemetry/sdk-node";
-import { RandomIdGenerator } from "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base";
+import {
+  RandomIdGenerator,
+  type ReadableSpan,
+  type Span,
+  type SpanProcessor,
+} from "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base";
 
 /**
  * Custom ID generator that reuses a parent trace ID from the environment.
@@ -60,6 +64,42 @@ class ParentAwareContextManager extends AsyncLocalStorageContextManager {
   }
 }
 
+const AI_SDK_PAYLOAD_ATTRIBUTES = [
+  "ai.prompt",
+  "ai.prompt.messages",
+  "ai.prompt.tools",
+  "ai.prompt.toolChoice",
+  "ai.response.text",
+  "ai.response.toolCalls",
+  "ai.response.object",
+];
+
+class PayloadScrubbingSpanProcessor implements SpanProcessor {
+  constructor(private readonly delegate: SpanProcessor) {}
+
+  onStart(span: Span, parentContext: Context): void {
+    this.delegate.onStart(span, parentContext);
+  }
+
+  onEnd(span: ReadableSpan): void {
+    if (span.name.startsWith("ai.")) {
+      const attributes = span.attributes as Record<string, unknown>;
+      for (const attribute of AI_SDK_PAYLOAD_ATTRIBUTES) {
+        delete attributes[attribute];
+      }
+    }
+    this.delegate.onEnd(span);
+  }
+
+  forceFlush(): Promise<void> {
+    return this.delegate.forceFlush();
+  }
+
+  shutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    return this.delegate.shutdown();
+  }
+}
+
 export const LangfusePlugin: Plugin = async ({ client }) => {
   const publicKey = process.env.LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY;
   const secretKey = process.env.LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY;
@@ -80,12 +120,13 @@ export const LangfusePlugin: Plugin = async ({ client }) => {
     return {};
   }
 
-  const processor = new LangfuseSpanProcessor({
+  const langfuseProcessor = new LangfuseSpanProcessor({
     publicKey,
     secretKey,
     baseUrl,
     environment,
   });
+  const processor = new PayloadScrubbingSpanProcessor(langfuseProcessor);
 
   const idGenerator = new ParentAwareIdGenerator();
   const parentTraceId = process.env.LANGFUSE_TRACE_ID;