| Dependency the toolkit, such as using maven or gradle |
| # Add Trace Toolkit |
| [`apm-toolkit-trace`](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.skywalking/apm-toolkit-trace) provides the APIs to enhance the trace context, |
| such as `createLocalSpan`, `createExitSpan`, `createEntrySpan`, `log`, `tag`, `prepareForAsync` and `asyncFinish`. |
| Add the toolkit dependency to your project. |
| |
| |
| ```xml |
| <dependency> |
| <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId> |
| <artifactId>apm-toolkit-trace</artifactId> |
| <version>${skywalking.version}</version> |
| </dependency> |
| ``` |
