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Datadog Connector for AI agents.

16 live capabilities

Query metrics and search logs across your entire infrastructure.

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Why people use Datadog

Fix Production Outages Faster with the Datadog for Infrastructure Monitoring

This Connector changes that by putting your data in your chat. You can ask your agent to pull the last 50 error logs or summarize active incidents in seconds. You get immediate answers without the friction of navigating a complex UI.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini
  • Cursor
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Windsurf

What Vinkius changes

You get a conversational interface for your entire Datadog observability stack.

Use it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another AI client you already have.

One account · 5,900+ Connectors

  1. Real-world use case 01

    Rapid Incident Triage

    An engineer asks the agent to find all 500 errors for the payment service in the last 10 minutes using search_logs.

  2. Real-world use case 02

    Audit Readiness

    A manager asks the agent to list all monitors and check for missing tags on production hosts using list_monitors.

  3. Real-world use case 03

    Maintenance Window Management

    An SRE asks the agent to mute all web server monitors for a scheduled database migration using mute_monitor.

Complete set · 16capabilities

The complete Datadog capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with Datadog.

Capability set01 / 04

01—04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Datadog.

  1. 01 Capability

    Check datadog status

    Verify connectivity

  2. 02 Capability

    Create event

    Create an event

  3. 03 Capability

    Get dashboard

    Fetch the specific configuration details for a Datadog dashboard using its unique ID.

  4. 04 Capability

    Get incident

    Get incident details

Capability set02 / 04

05—08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Datadog.

  1. 05 Capability

    Get monitor

    Retrieve the configuration and status of a specific Datadog monitor.

  2. 06 Capability

    List events

    List events

  3. 07 Capability

    List incidents

    View active and recently resolved incidents with severity levels and responder info.

  4. 08 Capability

    List metrics

    List metrics

Capability set03 / 04

09—12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Datadog.

  1. 09 Capability

    List monitors

    Get a full list of all monitors to audit your alerting coverage across the stack.

  2. 10 Capability

    Mute monitor

    Silence a specific monitor during maintenance windows to prevent unnecessary alerts.

  3. 11 Capability

    List slos

    Audit your Service Level Objectives to track availability targets across different teams.

  4. 12 Capability

    Query metrics

    Run Datadog query syntax to analyze metric trends like CPU or memory usage.

Capability set04 / 04

13—16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through Datadog.

  1. 13 Capability

    Search logs

    Search for log events using filters like service, status, or specific indexed attributes.

  2. 14 Capability

    Search monitors

    Search monitors

  3. 15 Capability

    List hosts

    See a list of all monitored hosts including their tags and current metric summaries.

  4. 16 Capability

    List dashboards

    Discover all available dashboards and their widget configurations.

Set up in minutes

One URL. Then ask Datadog to work.

Claude and ChatGPT only need the Connector URL. Copy it once, add it in settings, and use Datadog from the conversation.

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  1. Step 01

    Open Connectors

    In Claude Web or Claude Desktop, open Settings and choose Connectors.

  2. Step 02

    Add the URL

    Choose Add custom connector, name it Datadog, and paste the URL above.

  3. Step 03

    Turn it on in chat

    Select +, open Connectors, and enable Datadog for the conversation.

Where the request belongs

Work Datadog can move forward.

Built around the request

SREs who are tired of tab-switching during high-pressure incidents and engineering managers who need to audit monitor coverage across multiple teams without manual audits.

01

SRE / On-Call Engineer

Triages alerts and investigates root causes by querying logs and metrics during active incidents.

02

Engineering Manager

Audits SLO compliance and reviews team ownership of monitors and dashboards.

03

DevOps Engineer

Manages monitor lifecycles and checks host health during deployment windows.

Bring your own AI

Change the model, client or framework. Keep Datadog connected.

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Before you connect

Questions about Datadog.

The practical details behind the request, access and result.

Can the Datadog MCP search my logs for specific errors?

Yes, it can search structured and unstructured logs using filters like service name, status codes, and host info. This lets you find specific error patterns without manually navigating the log explorer.

How do I use the Datadog MCP to manage my alerts?

You can create, update, and mute monitors using natural language. This helps you manage alert fatigue and silence specific monitors during planned maintenance windows.

Can I use this to check my SLO compliance?

Yes, the Connector can list your Service Level Objectives so you can verify availability targets across your teams and ensure you're meeting your SLAs.

Is the Datadog MCP good for incident response?

It's great for triage. You can quickly see active incidents, severity levels, and responder assignments without leaving your agent, helping you stay focused on the fix.

Can I audit my Datadog user permissions with this?

Yes, it lets you list users and teams to verify who has access to what, helping you maintain security and audit organizational roles easily.

Can I query my infrastructure metrics using the Datadog MCP?

You can query raw metric timeseries for things like CPU, memory, and custom business metrics using Datadog's query syntax directly through your agent.

What's the difference between Datadog API Key and Application Key?

The API Key authenticates your requests to the Datadog platform and is required for all endpoints. The Application Key is an additional layer of authorization that controls what actions your integration can perform. Both are generated in Organization Settings > API and Application Keys. Most Datadog API endpoints require both keys.

Can I mute a monitor during a maintenance window?

Yes! Use the mute_monitor action with the monitor ID. You can optionally set an end timestamp (ISO 8601) for the mute to automatically expire, or specify a scope to mute only certain sub-alerts (e.g. 'env:staging'). Use unmute_monitor to re-enable notifications.

What query syntax does the metrics endpoint use?

Datadog uses a specific query format: [function]:[metric]{[tags]}. For example: avg:system.cpu.user{host:web01} returns the average CPU user time for host web01. Common functions include avg, sum, max, min, count. Time windows are specified in the query as avg(last_5m):... or passed as from/to Unix timestamps to the capability.

Can I silence noisy monitors during scheduled maintenance?

Yes. The mute_monitor action silences a specific monitor by its ID, suppressing all alert notifications. This is ideal during deployment windows or planned maintenance. Use search_monitors to find the monitor by name or tag first, then mute it by ID.

Does Datadog require two credentials to connect?

Yes. You need your API Key (found in Organization Settings > API Keys) and your Base URL, which depends on your Datadog site region: https://api.datadoghq.com for US1, https://api.datadoghq.eu for EU, or https://api.us3.datadoghq.com for US3. The API Key is sent via the DD-API-KEY header.

Can I run time-series metric queries with custom time ranges?

Yes. The query_metrics capability accepts a Datadog metric query string (e.g., avg:system.cpu.user{host:web-01}), a start epoch timestamp, and an end epoch timestamp. It returns the time-series data points for that metric across the specified window.

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