datadog-mcp-server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| DD_SITE | No | Datadog site (e.g., datadoghq.com, us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com) | us5.datadoghq.com |
| DD_TOOLS | No | Comma-separated allowlist of categories (e.g., 'metrics,monitors,logs,apm,dashboards') | |
| DD_API_KEY | Yes | Datadog API key | |
| DD_APP_KEY | Yes | Datadog Application key | |
| DD_DISABLE | No | Comma-separated denylist of categories (ignored if DD_TOOLS is set) | |
| MCP_HTTP_HOST | No | HTTP bind host | 127.0.0.1 |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | HTTP listen port | 3000 |
| MCP_TRANSPORT | No | Transport protocol: 'stdio' or 'http' | stdio |
| DD_ALLOW_WRITE | No | Set 'true' to enable mutations (create/update/delete) | false |
| MCP_HTTP_TOKEN | No | Bearer token for HTTP transport (required when MCP_TRANSPORT=http) | |
| MCP_HTTP_SKIP_AUTH | No | Skip Bearer auth (e.g., behind a reverse proxy) | false |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| resources | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| query-metricsB | Query time-series metric data from Datadog. Supports any Datadog metric query syntax (e.g., avg:system.cpu.user{host:myhost} by {env}) |
| get-metricsB | Search for available Datadog metrics by name pattern |
| get-metric-metadataA | Get metadata for a specific Datadog metric (type, unit, description) |
| list-active-metricsB | List active metrics from a given time, optionally filtered by host or tag |
| list-metric-tagsA | List tags for a specific metric (useful for understanding available groupings and filters) |
| get-monitorsB | List Datadog monitors with optional filtering by name, tags, or state |
| get-monitorA | Get detailed information about a specific Datadog monitor by ID |
| create-monitorB | Create a new Datadog monitor (metric alert, log alert, etc.) |
| update-monitorA | Update an existing Datadog monitor's configuration |
| delete-monitorB | Delete a Datadog monitor by ID |
| mute-monitorA | Mute a Datadog monitor (silence notifications) for a scope and optional duration |
| get-dashboardsA | List all Datadog dashboards |
| get-dashboardA | Get a specific Datadog dashboard with all widgets and configuration |
| create-dashboardA | Create a new Datadog dashboard with widgets |
| update-dashboardB | Update an existing Datadog dashboard |
| delete-dashboardB | Delete a Datadog dashboard by ID |
| search-logsA | Search Datadog logs by query with time range filtering |
| aggregate-logsA | Aggregate Datadog logs with statistical computations (count, avg, sum, percentiles) and grouping |
| send-logsB | Send log entries to Datadog |
| get-eventsA | Get Datadog events within a time range, optionally filtered by priority, source, or tags |
| post-eventA | Post a custom event to Datadog (supports markdown, @mentions) |
| get-incidentsB | List Datadog incidents with pagination |
| get-incidentA | Get detailed information about a specific Datadog incident by ID |
| search-incidentsB | Search Datadog incidents by query (state, severity, title keywords) |
| create-incidentA | Create a new Datadog incident with title and customer impact info |
| update-incidentA | Update a Datadog incident's title, customer impact, or timestamps |
| delete-incidentA | Delete a Datadog incident by ID |
| search-spansB | Search APM spans/traces for performance analysis. Filter by service, resource, status, duration |
| search-rum-eventsA | Search Real User Monitoring events (sessions, views, errors, actions) from mobile/web apps |
| aggregate-rumA | Aggregate RUM data with statistical computations (count, avg, percentiles) and grouping by fields |
| list-rum-applicationsA | List all RUM applications in your Datadog organization |
| get-rum-applicationA | Get detailed information about a specific RUM application by ID |
| create-rum-applicationB | Create a new RUM application (browser, ios, android, react-native, flutter, etc.) |
| update-rum-applicationA | Update an existing RUM application's name or type |
| delete-rum-applicationA | Delete a RUM application by ID |
| list-hostsB | List infrastructure hosts with filtering, sorting, and metadata |
| get-host-totalsA | Get total number of active and up hosts |
| list-slosA | List Service Level Objectives with optional filtering by query, tags, or IDs |
| get-sloA | Get detailed information about a specific SLO |
| get-slo-historyA | Get SLO performance history over a time range (status, error budget, compliance) |
| create-sloB | Create a new Service Level Objective (monitor-based, metric-based, or time-slice). Write-gated. |
| update-sloA | Update an existing SLO's name, description, thresholds, monitorIds, or tags. Fetches current SLO first to merge unspecified fields. Write-gated. |
| delete-sloA | Delete an SLO by ID. Pass force='true' to delete even if linked to dashboards. Write-gated. |
| list-syntheticsA | List all Synthetics monitoring tests (API, Browser, Mobile) |
| get-synthetics-resultB | Get latest results for a Synthetics API test by public ID |
| trigger-syntheticsA | Trigger one or more Synthetics tests on demand |
| create-synthetics-testA | Create a new Synthetics API test (HTTP, SSL, TCP, DNS, etc.) |
| update-synthetics-testB | Update an existing Synthetics API test |
| delete-synthetics-testA | Delete one or more Synthetics tests by public ID |
| list-downtimesA | List scheduled downtimes (monitor mute periods) |
| create-downtimeA | Create a downtime to mute monitors by scope, monitor ID, or monitor tags |
| cancel-downtimeA | Cancel an active downtime by ID |
| search-security-signalsB | Search Datadog security monitoring signals with query filtering |
| get-security-signalA | Get detailed information about a specific security signal by ID |
| list-security-rulesA | List security monitoring detection rules with optional search filtering |
| get-security-ruleA | Get detailed information about a specific security monitoring detection rule |
| delete-security-ruleA | Delete a security monitoring detection rule by ID |
| list-security-suppressionsA | List security monitoring suppression rules |
| get-security-suppressionA | Get detailed information about a specific security monitoring suppression rule |
| create-security-suppressionB | Create a security monitoring suppression rule to suppress signals matching a query |
| delete-security-suppressionA | Delete a security monitoring suppression rule by ID |
| get-usage-summaryB | Get Datadog account usage summary for a billing period (hosts, logs, APM, RUM, etc.) |
| list-usersB | List Datadog organization users with filtering and pagination |
| list-notebooksA | List Datadog notebooks with search and filtering |
| get-notebookA | Get a specific Datadog notebook with all cells and content |
| get-team-oncallA | Get current on-call responders for a Datadog team |
| get-oncall-scheduleA | Get an on-call schedule by ID with layers and team information |
| list-servicesA | List services from Datadog Software Catalog with filtering |
| get-service-definitionA | Get a service definition from Datadog Software Catalog by entity ID |
| list-containersA | List infrastructure containers with filtering and pagination |
| list-processesA | List running processes across infrastructure with search and tag filtering |
| search-audit-logsB | Search Datadog audit logs for organization activity tracking (user actions, resource changes) |
| list-casesA | List Datadog Case Management cases with search and filtering |
| get-caseA | Get detailed information about a specific case by ID |
| create-caseB | Create a new case in Datadog Case Management |
| update-case-statusB | Update the status of a Datadog case (OPEN, IN_PROGRESS, CLOSED) |
| list-error-tracking-issuesA | List error tracking issues with search, filtering, and sorting |
| get-error-tracking-issueC | Get detailed information about a specific error tracking issue |
| search-ci-pipelinesA | Search CI/CD pipeline events (builds, deploys) with query filtering |
| aggregate-ci-pipelinesA | Aggregate CI/CD pipeline data with statistical computations and grouping |
| search-ci-testsA | Search CI test events (unit tests, integration tests) with query filtering |
| aggregate-ci-testsB | Aggregate CI test data with statistical computations and grouping |
| list-network-devicesA | List network devices (routers, switches, firewalls) monitored by Datadog NDM |
| get-network-deviceA | Get detailed information about a specific network device by ID |
| send-dora-deploymentB | Send a DORA deployment event for tracking deployment frequency and lead time |
| send-dora-incidentC | Send a DORA incident event for tracking change failure rate and MTTR |
| list-rum-metricsA | List all configured rum-based metrics with their definitions |
| get-rum-metricB | Get a specific rum-based metric definition by name |
| create-rum-metricA | Create a metric based on RUM data (count or distribution, with filters and group-by) |
| update-rum-metricA | Update a rum-based metric's filter, group-by, or percentile settings |
| delete-rum-metricA | Delete a rum-based metric by name |
| list-rum-retention-filtersA | List RUM retention filters for a RUM application |
| get-rum-retention-filterA | Get a specific RUM retention filter by ID |
| create-rum-retention-filterB | Create a RUM retention filter with event type, sample rate, and query |
| update-rum-retention-filterB | Update a RUM retention filter's name, event type, sample rate, or query |
| delete-rum-retention-filterA | Delete a RUM retention filter by ID |
| list-teamsA | List Datadog teams with optional search filtering and pagination |
| get-teamA | Get detailed information about a specific Datadog team by ID |
| create-teamB | Create a new Datadog team with name, handle, and description |
| update-teamC | Update a Datadog team's name, handle, or description |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| triage-incident | Pull an incident, correlate events / monitor state changes / log spikes in a window, and produce a triage summary. |
| audit-monitor-noise | Find the top N noisiest monitors by flap rate and recommend which to mute or tune. |
| analyze-rum-error-spike | Confirm a RUM error spike, group by error message and view, and report top patterns + impacted users. |
| investigate-slow-trace | Find the slowest spans for a service and break down where the time is spent. |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| slo-compliance-snapshot-card | Apps SDK UI template rendered with slo-compliance-snapshot tool output |
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