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Datadog MCP for AI Agents. Query metrics and logs with natural conversation.

Datadog MCP connects your AI agent directly to infrastructure monitoring and log management data. Query performance metrics, search application logs for specific errors, and manage alert monitors without leaving your chat window or IDE. Monitor everything from service level objectives to host health using natural language commands.

Datadog MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Datadog MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Datadog MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Datadog MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Datadog MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Datadog MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Datadog MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Datadog MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Querying Performance Metrics

Get time-series data for specific infrastructure or application metrics within a defined date range.

Searching Application Logs

Pull structured log entries to find traces and status codes related to errors or bottlenecks across services.

Managing Alerts and Monitors

View, list, and modify monitor configurations, checking current alert statuses or muting active alerts temporarily.

Inspecting Service Health Objectives (SLOs)

Retrieve the definitions of service level agreements, including target percentages and current compliance status for a given metric or monitor.

Reviewing Infrastructure Assets

List all connected hosts, view dashboard layouts, or identify scheduled maintenance periods to plan around.

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What AI agents can do with Datadog: 11 Tools for Observability

These tools allow you to query metrics, analyze log entries, check monitor states, and retrieve infrastructure metadata directly through your AI agent.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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List Dashboards

Lists all available monitoring dashboards and provides their titles, layout types, and direct URLs.

Query Metrics

Retrieves time-series data points for infrastructure or application metrics within a...

List Downtimes

Identifies planned maintenance windows by listing scheduled downtime periods and...

List Slos

Retrieves all Service Level Objective definitions, showing target percentages and...

Search Logs

Searches the log storage to find entries matching a query syntax, including...

List Monitors

Filters and returns metadata for all configured monitors, allowing you to check their type, current status (alert, ok), or query definition.

Get Monitor

Fetches detailed information about a specific monitor, including its thresholds, notification settings, and historical status changes.

Mute Monitor

Silences an active alert monitor for a set period of time to prevent unnecessary...

List Events

Provides a collection of system events, such as alerts or deployment actions...

Get Dashboard

Retrieves the full configuration details for a specific dashboard, including widget...

List Hosts

Lists all connected infrastructure hosts, showing their agent version, associated...

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Datadog MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Datadog integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
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Make Your AI Do More

Start with Datadog, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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The Pain of Context Switching in Observability Solved with Vinkius AI Gateway

Today, figuring out why an application is slow means jumping between four different places. You start on the main dashboard to see if CPU usage spiked, then you switch tabs to look at recent alerts for warnings. Next, you copy a timestamp and paste it into the log viewer to find the corresponding error message. If nothing sticks, you have to open another tool just to check what Service Level Objectives are supposed to be.

With this MCP, that process collapses into one conversation. You ask your agent about the performance issue—for example, 'Why was latency high an hour ago?' The agent automatically runs `query_metrics` to establish the trend, then uses `search_logs` on that time window to find specific stack traces, and finally checks the relevant monitor status using `list_monitors`. You get a single, comprehensive answer.

Datadog MCP Provides Full Observability Control

You eliminate manual tasks like cross-referencing timestamps across multiple systems. No more copying IDs from the dashboard to manually look up details in a separate monitor list.

Now, you talk to your infrastructure. You use this MCP to manage alerts—you can even `mute_monitor` if the team is already aware of an issue, or check planned maintenance using `list_downtimes`. It gives you command over your system status without leaving your primary workflow.

What your AI can actually do with this

Connecting Datadog via this MCP lets you take full command of complex cloud infrastructure monitoring right through a simple conversation with your AI agent. Instead of jumping between dashboards, sifting through raw logs, and cross-referencing alert status pages, you just ask. You can query time-series metrics to track performance trends over specific time periods or use the tool to search application logs for structural traces matching known errors.

Need to know if a service is healthy? Check active monitors by state or list out all your configured Service Level Objectives (SLOs) to see compliance status at a glance. Everything you need—from checking host metadata to identifying planned downtime—is available via natural language interaction, making troubleshooting faster and less painful.

Since this MCP lives on Vinkius, you connect once from any AI-compatible client and gain immediate access to top-tier observability tools like this one.

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Questions you might have

How do I find specific errors using Datadog MCP? +

You use the search_logs tool. You just tell your agent what you're looking for, like '500 Internal Server Error from yesterday,' and it pulls structured data directly.

Can I check if my service meets its goals with Datadog MCP? +

Yes. You run list_slos to see all defined Service Level Objectives, which instantly tells you the target percentage and your current compliance status for any monitored metric.

What is the purpose of the `query_metrics` tool? +

query_metrics retrieves time-series data. This lets you visualize performance trends, like CPU usage or request count, over a specific period to spot gradual degradation.

Does Datadog MCP help with scheduled maintenance? +

Yes, the list_downtimes tool checks for planned maintenance periods. This prevents you from wasting time troubleshooting an outage that was simply expected downtime.

How do I see all available monitors quickly? +

Use the list_monitors function to get a filtered list of every active monitor, letting you check their type, query definition, and current alert status instantly.