Datadog MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Datadog API.

Features

- Monitoring: Access monitor data and configurations
- Dashboards: Retrieve and view dashboard definitions
- Metrics: Query available metrics and their metadata
- Events: Search and retrieve events within timeframes
- Logs: Search logs with advanced filtering and sorting options
- Incidents: Access incident management data
- API Integration: Direct integration with Datadog's v1 and v2 APIs
- Comprehensive Error Handling: Clear error messages for API and authentication issues
- Service-Specific Endpoints: Support for different endpoints for logs and metrics

Prerequisites

1. Node.js (version 16 or higher)
2. Datadog account with:
- API key - Found in Organization Settings > API Keys
- Application key - Found in Organization Settings > Application Keys

Installation

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``bash
npm install -g datadog-mcp-server
`

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1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:
`bash
npm install
`
3. Build the project:
`bash
npm run build
`

Configuration

You can configure the Datadog MCP server using either environment variables or command-line arguments.

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Create a .env file with your Datadog credentials:

`
DD_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
DD_APP_KEY=your_app_key_here
DD_SITE=datadoghq.com
DD_LOGS_SITE=datadoghq.com
DD_METRICS_SITE=datadoghq.com
`

Note: DD_LOGS_SITE and DD_METRICS_SITE are optional and will default to the value of DD_SITE if not specified.

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Basic usage with global site setting:

`bash
datadog-mcp-server --apiKey=your_api_key --appKey=your_app_key --site=datadoghq.eu
`

Advanced usage with service-specific endpoints:

`bash
datadog-mcp-server --apiKey=your_api_key --appKey=your_app_key --site=datadoghq.com --logsSite=logs.datadoghq.com --metricsSite=metrics.datadoghq.com
`

Note: Site arguments don't need https:// - it will be added automatically.

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Different Datadog regions have different endpoints:

- US (Default): datadoghq.com
- EU: datadoghq.eu
- US3 (GovCloud): ddog-gov.com
- US5: us5.datadoghq.com
- AP1: ap1.datadoghq.com

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Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

`json
{
"mcpServers": {
"datadog": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"datadog-mcp-server",
"--apiKey",
"",
"--appKey",
"",
"--site",
"(e.g us5.datadoghq.com)"
]
}
}
}
`

For more advanced configurations with separate endpoints for logs and metrics:

`json
{
"mcpServers": {
"datadog": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"datadog-mcp-server",
"--apiKey",
"",
"--appKey",
"",
"--site",
"",
"--logsSite",
"",
"--metricsSite",
""
]
}
}
}
`

Locations for the Claude Desktop config file:

- MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Usage with MCP Inspector

To use with the MCP Inspector tool:

`bash
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector datadog-mcp-server --apiKey=your_api_key --appKey=your_app_key
`

Available Tools

The server provides these MCP tools:

- get-monitors: Fetch monitors with optional filtering
- get-monitor: Get details of a specific monitor by ID
- get-dashboards: List all dashboards
- get-dashboard: Get a specific dashboard by ID
- get-metrics: List available metrics
- get-metric-metadata: Get metadata for a specific metric
- get-events: Fetch events within a time range
- get-incidents: List incidents with optional filtering
- search-logs: Search logs with advanced query filtering
- aggregate-logs: Perform analytics and aggregations on log data

Examples

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`javascript
{
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "get-monitors",
"arguments": {
"groupStates": ["alert", "warn"],
"limit": 5
}
}
}
`

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`javascript
{
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "get-dashboard",
"arguments": {
"dashboardId": "abc-def-123"
}
}
}
`

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`javascript
{
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "search-logs",
"arguments": {
"filter": {
"query": "service:web-app status:error",
"from": "now-15m",
"to": "now"
},
"sort": "-timestamp",
"limit": 20
}
}
}
`

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`javascript
{
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "aggregate-logs",
"arguments": {
"filter": {
"query": "service:web-app",
"from": "now-1h",
"to": "now"
},
"compute": [
{
"aggregation": "count"
}
],
"groupBy": [
{
"facet": "status",
"limit": 10,
"sort": {
"aggregation": "count",
"order": "desc"
}
}
]
}
}
}
`

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`javascript
{
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "get-incidents",
"arguments": {
"includeArchived": false,
"query": "state:active",
"pageSize": 10
}
}
}
`

Troubleshooting

If you encounter a 403 Forbidden error, verify that:

1. Your API key and Application key are correct
2. The keys have the necessary permissions to access the requested resources
3. Your account has access to the requested data
4. You're using the correct endpoint for your region (e.g., datadoghq.eu for EU customers)

Debugging

If you encounter issues, check Claude Desktop's MCP logs:

`bash


On macOS

tail -n 20 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log

On Windows

Get-Content -Path "$env:APPDATA\Claude\Logs\mcp*.log" -Tail 20 -Wait
``

Common issues:

- 403 Forbidden: Authentication issue with Datadog API keys
- API key or App key format invalid: Ensure you're using the full key strings
- Site configuration errors: Make sure you're using the correct Datadog domain
- Endpoint mismatches: Verify that service-specific endpoints are correctly set if you're using separate domains for logs and metrics

License

MIT