Agent Skills: Datadog

Query and analyze Datadog logs, metrics, APM traces, and monitors using the Datadog API. Use when debugging production issues, monitoring application performance, or investigating alerts.

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Skill Metadata

Name
datadog
Description
Query and analyze Datadog logs, metrics, APM traces, and monitors using the Datadog API. Use when debugging production issues, monitoring application performance, or investigating alerts.

Datadog

<IMPORTANT> Before performing any Datadog operations, first check if the required environment variables are set:
[ -n "$DD_API_KEY" ] && echo "DD_API_KEY is set" || echo "DD_API_KEY is NOT set"
[ -n "$DD_APP_KEY" ] && echo "DD_APP_KEY is set" || echo "DD_APP_KEY is NOT set"
[ -n "$DD_SITE" ] && echo "DD_SITE is set" || echo "DD_SITE is NOT set"

If any of these variables are missing, ask the user to provide them before proceeding:

  • DD_API_KEY: Datadog API key
  • DD_APP_KEY: Datadog Application key
  • DD_SITE: Datadog site (e.g., datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, us3.datadoghq.com) </IMPORTANT>

Authentication Headers

-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"

Query Logs

curl -s -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/logs/events/search" \
  -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
  -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "filter": {
      "query": "service:my-service status:error",
      "from": "now-1h",
      "to": "now"
    },
    "sort": "-timestamp",
    "page": {"limit": 50}
  }' | jq .

Query Metrics

curl -s -G "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/query" \
  -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
  -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
  --data-urlencode "query=avg:system.cpu.user{*}" \
  --data-urlencode "from=$(date -d '1 hour ago' +%s)" \
  --data-urlencode "to=$(date +%s)" | jq .

Query APM Traces

curl -s -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/spans/events/search" \
  -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
  -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "filter": {
      "query": "service:my-service",
      "from": "now-1h",
      "to": "now"
    },
    "sort": "-timestamp",
    "page": {"limit": 25}
  }' | jq .

List Monitors

curl -s -G "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/monitor" \
  -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
  -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" | jq .

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