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Datadog MCP Server

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Datadog MCP Server

A read-only Model Context Protocol server that connects to the Datadog API, enabling natural-language investigation workflows through Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or any MCP client.

Scan logs for errors, identify problematic services, query metrics, explore monitors/dashboards/traces — all through conversation.

Setup

npm install
npm run build

Requires three environment variables:

Variable

Required

Default

Description

DD_API_KEY

Yes

API Key — identifies your Datadog organization. Found in Organization Settings → API Keys.

DD_APP_KEY

Yes

Application Key — tied to a specific user account and grants that user's read permissions. Create one in Organization Settings → Application Keys.

DD_SITE

No

datadoghq.com

Datadog site (e.g. datadoghq.eu, us5.datadoghq.com).

Related MCP server: datadog-mcp

MCP Client Configuration

Claude Code

claude mcp add datadog -- node /path/to/datadog/build/index.js

Then set DD_API_KEY and DD_APP_KEY in the environment where Claude Code runs.

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/datadog/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "your-app-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

MCP Inspector (for testing)

DD_API_KEY=xxx DD_APP_KEY=yyy npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector build/index.js

Tools

Logs

Tool

Description

search_logs

Search logs with structured filters (service, env, status, host) or raw Datadog query syntax. Supports cursor pagination.

Metrics

Tool

Description

query_metrics

Query timeseries data (e.g. avg:system.cpu.user{env:prod} by {host}). Returns summary stats per series.

list_metrics

Search available metric names by prefix.

Monitors

Tool

Description

list_monitors

List monitors filtered by name, tags, status, or type.

get_monitor

Get full monitor details including query, message, and thresholds.

search_monitors

Full-text search across monitor names, queries, and messages.

Traces / APM

Tool

Description

search_traces

Search APM spans by service, operation, environment, status, or duration.

Hosts

Tool

Description

list_hosts

List infrastructure hosts with CPU, load, and IOWait metrics.

get_host_totals

Get counts of active and up hosts.

Dashboards

Tool

Description

list_dashboards

List dashboards with optional title search.

get_dashboard

Get dashboard details including all widgets and their queries.

Events

Tool

Description

list_events

Search events (deploys, alerts, etc.) with cursor pagination.

Incidents

Tool

Description

list_incidents

List incidents with optional search.

get_incident

Get incident details including severity, status, and timeline.

Time Parameters

All time parameters accept relative strings or ISO 8601:

Format

Example

Meaning

Minutes

15m

15 minutes ago

Hours

4h

4 hours ago

Days

7d

7 days ago

Weeks

2w

2 weeks ago

Now

now

Current time

ISO 8601

2025-01-15T10:00:00Z

Exact timestamp

Example Prompts

  • "What errors have occurred in the last hour?"

  • "Show me CPU usage for production hosts over the past day"

  • "Which monitors are currently alerting?"

  • "Search for traces with errors in the checkout service"

  • "List recent deploy events"

Development

npm run dev    # watch mode — recompiles on change
npm run build  # one-time build
npm start      # run the server

This server is read-only — no write or mutate operations are exposed, making it safe for production investigation.

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license - permissive license
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quality - not tested
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maintenance

Maintenance

Maintainers
Response time
Release cycle
Releases (12mo)
Commit activity

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