Datadog MCP server

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• auth

  Validate Datadog API credentials. Use this to verify that the API key and App key are correctly configured before performing other operations.

• dashboards

  Access Datadog dashboards and visualizations. Actions: list (filter by name/tags), get, create, update, delete. Use for: finding existing views, team dashboards, understanding what is monitored. NOTE: Dashboard tags must use "team:" prefix (e.g., ["team:operations"]).

• downtimes

  Manage Datadog scheduled downtimes for maintenance windows. Actions: list, get, create, update, cancel, listByMonitor. Use for: scheduling maintenance, preventing false alerts during deployments, managing recurring maintenance windows.

• events

  Track Datadog events. Actions: list, get, create, search, aggregate, top, timeseries, incidents. IMPORTANT: For monitor alert history, use tags: ["source:alert"] to find all triggered monitors. Filters: query (text search), sources, tags, priority, time range. Use for: monitor alerts, deployments, incidents, change tracking. Use action:"top" with from:"7d" to find the noisiest monitors. Use action

• hosts

  Manage Datadog infrastructure hosts. Actions: list (with filters), totals (counts), mute (silence alerts), unmute. Use for: infrastructure inventory, host health, silencing noisy hosts during maintenance.

• incidents

  Manage Datadog incidents for incident response. Actions: list, get, search, create, update, delete. Use for: incident management, on-call response, postmortems, tracking MTTR/MTTD.

• logs

  Search Datadog logs with grep-like text filtering. Actions: search (find logs), aggregate (count/group). Key filters: keyword (text grep), pattern (regex), service, host, status (error/warn/info). Time ranges: "1h", "3d@11:45:23". CORRELATION: Logs contain dd.trace_id in attributes for linking to traces and APM metrics. SAMPLING: Use sample:"diverse" for error investigation (dedupes by message pat

• metrics

  Query Datadog metrics. Actions: - query: Get timeseries data (requires from/to time range, PromQL query) - search: Find metrics by name (grep-like, NO time param needed) - list: Get recently active metrics (last 24h, optionally filter by tag) - metadata: Get metric details (unit, type, description) APM METRICS (auto-generated from traces): - trace.{service}.hits - Request count - trace.{service}.e

• monitors

  Manage Datadog monitors. Actions: list, get, search, create, update, delete, mute, unmute. Filters: name, tags, groupStates (alert/warn/ok/no data). TIP: For alert HISTORY (which monitors triggered), use the events tool with tags: ["source:alert"].

• notebooks

  Manage Datadog Notebooks. Actions: list (search notebooks), get (by ID with cells), create (new notebook), update (modify notebook), delete (remove notebook). Use for: runbooks, incident documentation, investigation notes, dashboards as code.

• rum

  Query Datadog Real User Monitoring (RUM) data. Actions: applications (list RUM apps), events (search RUM events), aggregate (group and count events), performance (Core Web Vitals: LCP, FCP, CLS, FID, INP), waterfall (session timeline with resources/actions/errors). Use for: frontend performance, user sessions, page views, errors, resource loading.

• security

  Query Datadog Security Monitoring. Actions: rules (list detection rules), signals (search security signals), findings (list security findings). Use for: threat detection, compliance, security posture, incident investigation.

• slos

  Manage Datadog Service Level Objectives. Actions: list, get, create, update, delete, history. SLO types: metric-based, monitor-based. Use for: reliability tracking, error budgets, SLA compliance, performance targets.

• synthetics

  Manage Datadog Synthetic tests (API and Browser). Actions: list, get, create, update, delete, trigger, results. Use for: uptime monitoring, API testing, user journey testing, performance testing, canary deployments.

• tags

  Manage Datadog host tags. Actions: list (all host tags), get (tags for specific host), add (create tags), update (replace tags), delete (remove all tags). Use for: infrastructure organization, filtering, grouping.

• teams

  Manage Datadog teams. Actions: list (with filters), get (by ID), members (list team members). Use for: team organization, access management, collaboration.

• traces

  Analyze APM traces for request flow and latency debugging. Actions: search (find spans), aggregate (group stats), services (list APM services). Key filters: minDuration/maxDuration ("500ms", "2s"), httpStatus ("5xx", ">=400"), status (ok/error), errorMessage (grep). APM METRICS: Traces auto-generate metrics in trace.{service}.* namespace. Use metrics tool to query: avg:trace.{service}.request.dura

• usage

  Query Datadog usage metering data. Actions: summary (overall usage), hosts (infrastructure), logs, custom_metrics, indexed_spans, ingested_spans. Use for: cost management, capacity planning, usage tracking, billing analysis.

• users

  Manage Datadog users. Actions: list (with filters), get (by ID). Use for: access management, user auditing, team organization.

• Code scan3 source files scanned25/25
• –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
• –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
• Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
• Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
• Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Safety score

83/100

higher than 65% of 48,273 servers

Tools

19

the typical server has 7

Tools that change things

0%

typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break

GitHub stars

6

more than 85% of 28,534 servers

Datadog: common questions

Is Datadog MCP server safe?

Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the Datadog safety report

How do I install Datadog?

It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.

Does Datadog need an API key?

Yes. The registry entry asks for DD_API_KEY, DD_APP_KEY.

Is Datadog maintained?

The last commit was 31 days ago (2026-10-01). The latest release is v1.0.9.

What can I use instead of Datadog?

Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Netdata MCP server.

How does Datadog compare with other MCP servers?

safety score 83/100 (higher than 65% of 48,273 servers); tools 19 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.