• INCIDENT
  • LOGS
  • ROOT CAUSE
  • HUMAN

How to triage incidents and find error logs with your AI

Connect Datadog to your AI client to automate the heavy lifting of outage investigation. Once connected, your agent handles the data gathering so you can focus on the fix.

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Short answer

How do I triage incidents and find error logs with my AI?

Your AI uses Datadog to pull active incident data and search through your indexed logs. This lets you pinpoint the exact error causing an outage without manual dashboard hopping. You'll get a clear path from alert to root cause.

Where every issue lands.

Outcomes of automated triage

The AI organizes the chaos of an outage into actionable insights.

INCIDENT

Active incident context

The AI identifies which incidents are currently running. You get the specific details needed to understand the scope of the problem.

LOGS

Direct error discovery

Your agent searches through indexed logs to find relevant error messages. This cuts down the time spent digging through massive log streams.

ROOT CAUSE

Identified failure points

By correlating incident data with log patterns, the AI highlights the likely source of the failure. You receive a focused summary of what went wrong.

HUMAN

Final decision making

The AI provides the evidence, but you decide on the remediation. You use the gathered logs and incident details to execute the fix.

The workflow

What your AI does when an outage occurs.

The AI moves from high-level alerts to granular log data to find the needle in the haystack.

  1. Identify active issues

    The AI checks for any currently open incidents to establish the context of the outage.

    list_incidents

  2. Pull incident specifics

    Once an issue is identified, the AI grabs the full details of that specific incident.

    get_incident

  3. Scan for errors

    The AI searches through your indexed logs using the context from the incident to find error patterns.

    search_logs

  4. Summarize findings

    The AI presents the relationship between the incident and the log errors to your client.

    search_logs

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off an investigation.

Starting points

These are starting points. Swap out the specific service names or incident IDs to match your environment.

Datadog Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_oO12PZpN4jzeqVhbVffRApIi9JBi4zx1zUUaHQvL/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Datadog capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
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      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_oO12PZpN4jzeqVhbVffRApIi9JBi4zx1zUUaHQvL/mcp"
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  • List all active Datadog incidents so I can see what's broken.

  • Get the details for incident ID 12345 and tell me what happened.

  • Search the logs for 'ConnectionTimeout' errors from the last hour.

  • Look at the current incident and find related error logs in Datadog.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • JetBrains
  • Cline

Start here

Connect Datadog once, then ask.

Just link your account once. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can immediately start asking your AI about your logs and incidents.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI fix the incident for me?

    No. The AI can only read incident details and search logs. You must perform the actual remediation yourself.

  • 02

    Can the AI delete logs or close incidents?

    No. This MCP is read-only for these specific actions. It cannot modify your Datadog data or change incident statuses.

  • 03

    Does the AI see all my Datadog data?

    The AI only sees the data it accesses through the specific tools you trigger in your prompts.

  • 04

    How does it find the right logs?

    It uses the search_logs tool to query your indexed logs based on the parameters you or the AI provides.

  • 05

    Can I use this with any AI client?

    Yes, as long as the client is MCP-compatible, like Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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