datadog-mcp-server

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

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

Installation

Via npm (recommended)

npm install -g datadog-mcp-server

From Source

• Clone this repository
• Install dependencies:

  npm install
  

• Build the project:

  npm run build
  

Configuration

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

Environment Variables

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.

Command-line Arguments

Basic usage with global site setting:

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

Advanced usage with service-specific endpoints:

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.

Regional Endpoints

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

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "datadog-mcp-server",
        "--apiKey",
        "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "--appKey",
        "<YOUR_APP_KEY>",
        "--site",
        "<YOUR_DD_SITE>(e.g us5.datadoghq.com)"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "datadog-mcp-server",
        "--apiKey",
        "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "--appKey",
        "<YOUR_APP_KEY>",
        "--site",
        "<YOUR_DD_SITE>",
        "--logsSite",
        "<YOUR_LOGS_SITE>",
        "--metricsSite",
        "<YOUR_METRICS_SITE>"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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:

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

Example: Get Monitors

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

Example: Get a Dashboard

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

Example: Search Logs

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

Example: Aggregate Logs

{
  "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"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example: Get Incidents

{
  "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:

• Your API key and Application key are correct
• The keys have the necessary permissions to access the requested resources
• Your account has access to the requested data
• 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:

# 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