Observability - official Datadog server
Datadog MCP server
Datadog's remote MCP server that gives AI agents access to logs, metrics, traces, monitors, dashboards, incidents, notebooks and other Datadog products, with optional product toolsets. Datadog hosts it at https://mcp.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp with OAuth or API key auth.
Last verified 15 tools5 sources
Install
Claude Code
About Claude Codeclaude mcp add --transport http datadog-mcp <YOUR_MCP_SERVER_ENDPOINT>Codex
About Codex[mcp_servers.datadog]
url = "<YOUR_MCP_SERVER_ENDPOINT>"Generic
{
"mcpServers": {
"datadog": {
"type": "http",
"url": "<YOUR_MCP_SERVER_ENDPOINT>"
}
}
}Tools
search_datadog_logs- Searches logs with filters (time, query, service, host, storage tier) and returns log details.
analyze_datadog_logs- Analyze Datadog logs using SQL queries for counting, aggregations, and numerical analysis.
get_datadog_metric- Queries and analyzes historical or real-time metric data, supporting custom queries and aggregations.
get_datadog_metric_context- Retrieves metric metadata, available tags, and tag values for filtering and grouping.
search_datadog_metrics- Lists available metrics, with options for filtering and metadata.
get_datadog_trace- Fetches a complete trace from Datadog APM using a trace ID.
search_datadog_spans- Retrieves spans from APM traces with filters such as service, time, and resource.
aggregate_spans- Aggregates APM spans to compute counts, sums, averages, cardinality, and percentiles.
search_datadog_monitors- Retrieves Datadog monitors, including their statuses, thresholds, and alert conditions.
search_datadog_dashboards- Lists available Datadog dashboards and key details.
search_datadog_incidents- Retrieves a list of Datadog incidents, including their state, severity, and metadata.
get_datadog_incident- Retrieves detailed information about an incident.
search_datadog_events- Searches events like monitor alerts, deployment notifications, infrastructure changes, and service status changes.
search_datadog_hosts- Lists and provides information about monitored hosts, supporting filtering and searching.
search_datadog_entities- Searches Datadog's Catalog for service identity, ownership and upstream and downstream dependencies.
As documented on October 17, 2026. A running server reports its current list through tools/list.
Notes and caveats
- Endpoint is per Datadog site: US1 https://mcp.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp, US3 https://mcp.us3.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp, US5 https://mcp.us5.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp, EU https://mcp.datadoghq.eu/v1/mcp, AP1 https://mcp.ap1.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp, AP2 https://mcp.ap2.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp, UK1 https://mcp.uk1.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp; snippets use the docs placeholder <YOUR_MCP_SERVER_ENDPOINT>.
- Not supported on GovCloud sites (US1-FED, US2-FED).
- Auth: OAuth 2.0 recommended; alternatively a Personal or Service Access Token as Bearer, or DD_API_KEY and DD_APPLICATION_KEY headers.
- Only the core toolset is enabled by default; add ?toolsets=...
- (or toolsets=all for all GA toolsets); preview toolsets (apm, governance, investigator, live-debugger, observability-pipelines, remote-actions) must be requested by name.
- Fair-use limits: 50 requests per 10 seconds and 100,000 tool calls per month.
- Recommended installs are plugins: Claude Code '/plugin install datadog@claude-plugins-official', Cursor Marketplace plugin, Copilot plugin for VS Code.
- Datadog says the server is under significant development; the toolsets are described as generally available.
- HIPAA-eligible.
- Usage data stored 120 days.
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FAQ
What does the Datadog MCP server do?
Datadog's remote MCP server that gives AI agents access to logs, metrics, traces, monitors, dashboards, incidents, notebooks and other Datadog products, with optional product toolsets. The vendor documents 15 tools, including search_datadog_logs, analyze_datadog_logs, get_datadog_metric and get_datadog_metric_context.
How do I add the Datadog MCP server to Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http datadog-mcp <YOUR_MCP_SERVER_ENDPOINT>, copied from Datadog's docs. This page also has snippets for Codex and Generic.
Does the Datadog MCP server need authentication?
Yes, OAuth or API key. Transport: Streamable HTTP. Status: GA, last checked October 17, 2026.
Sources
Last verified against 5 Datadog pages, then re-checked independently.
- docs.datadoghq.comhttps://docs.datadoghq.com/bits_ai/mcp_server/
- docs.datadoghq.comhttps://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server.md
- docs.datadoghq.comhttps://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/setup.md
- docs.datadoghq.comhttps://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/tools.md
- docs.datadoghq.comhttps://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/setup/
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