Agent skill

Datadog App

by datadog-labs in datadog-labs/agent-skills

Guides developers building Datadog Apps with TypeScript, React, the @datadog/apps scaffolder, and @datadog/vite-plugin.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Datadog App

skills CLI
$ npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill datadog-app -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install datadog-labs/agent-skills datadog-app --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/dd-apps/datadog-app .claude/skills/datadog-app && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
datadog-app
GitHub stars
177
Token cost
~744 tokens
SKILL.md length
294 words
Files
10 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
39
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Guides developers building Datadog Apps with TypeScript, React, the @datadog/apps scaffolder, and @datadog/vite-plugin.

  • A user wants to scaffold
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Reference Routing and Boundaries
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Upload without publishing (draft upload)

What it does

Datadog App is an agent skill from datadog-labs/agent-skills. Guides developers building Datadog Apps with TypeScript, React, the @datadog/apps scaffolder, and @datadog/vite-plugin. Use when a user wants to scaffold, run, debug, upgrade, build, upload, publish, upload without publishing (draft upload), add an upload-no-publish script, set up CI/CD, use OAuth or API/application key auth, trigger/poll Workflow Automation, choose DDSQL or Action Catalog for backend data access, or query app datastores with DDSQL, including backend function troubleshooting.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files, including reference files (for example `references/build-upload-publish.md`, `references/cicd.md` and `references/getting-started.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering CI/CD, Workflow automation and OAuth and OpenID Connect. It works with Datadog, React, TypeScript and Vite. The repository describes itself as: Public repository for Datadog Agent Skills. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A user wants to scaffold
  • Upload without publishing (draft upload)
  • Add an upload-no-publish script
  • API/application key auth

Example prompts

  • “Use the datadog-app skill to guide developers building Datadog Apps with TypeScript, React, the @datadog/apps scaffolder, and @datadog/vite-plugin”
  • “/datadog-app”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d2411cc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Datadog App loads about 744 tokens when it runs, and up to ~10k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 127 tokens; SKILL.md has 294 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~127
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~744
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~10k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from datadog-labs/agent-skills at commit d2411cc, republished under its MIT licence (© datadog-labs). 294 words, ~744 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/datadog-app/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 9 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
datadog-app
description
Guides developers building Datadog Apps with TypeScript, React, the @datadog/apps scaffolder, and @datadog/vite-plugin. Use when a user wants to scaffold, run, debug, upgrade, build, upload, publish, upload without publishing (draft upload), add an upload-no-publish script, set up CI/CD, use OAuth or API/application key auth, trigger/poll Workflow Automation, choose DDSQL or Action Catalog for backend data access, or query app datastores with DDSQL, including backend function troubleshooting.

Datadog Apps

Use this skill when a developer is building a Datadog Apps project with TypeScript, React, published packages, and the normal production Datadog site. If the user is modifying Datadog platform packages or testing package source changes, use a platform-engineer-oriented workflow instead.

Overview

Datadog Apps are locally developed web apps built with React and TypeScript or JavaScript. Use Apps when a project needs source control, code review, CI/CD, multi-engineer collaboration, AI-assisted local development, custom UI or logic, or backend code that integrates with services beyond low-code App Builder. Apps share App Builder's permissions model and can be embedded in Datadog surfaces such as dashboards and the Internal Developer Portal.

Reference Routing

Read only the reference needed for the user's task:

User taskRead
Create, scaffold, configure prerequisites, or run locallyreferences/getting-started.md
Build, upload, publish, upload without publishing, add upload-no-publish script, configure Datadog site, or understand upload outputreferences/build-upload-publish.md
Add or update GitHub Actions deploymentreferences/cicd.md
Trigger or poll Workflow Automation from a backend functionreferences/workflow-http-trigger.md
Get started querying data from a Datadog Appreferences/querying-data/getting-started.md
Understand or configure Action Catalog connectionsreferences/querying-data/connections.md
Query Datadog App datastores with DDSQLreferences/querying-data/ddsql/datastores.md
Upgrade Datadog Apps dependencies or compare with a freshly scaffolded appreferences/upgrading.md
Diagnose OAuth, API/application key auth, upload, Node, site, or backend function failuresreferences/troubleshooting.md

Boundaries

  • After scaffolding or when working inside an existing app, read the app project's AGENTS.md before making changes.
  • For backend function implementation details, rely on the generated app project's AGENTS.md; this skill only covers local development auth choices and troubleshooting.
  • Preserve the app project's existing package manager, scripts, Datadog site, and repository conventions.
  • Do not cover Datadog package/platform development in this skill.
  • Low-code App Builder to Datadog Apps migration guidance is future work. Do not invent a migration process yet.

© datadog-labs, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 9 other files (references) in dd-apps/datadog-app of datadog-labs/agent-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/build-upload-publish.md
  • references/cicd.md
  • references/getting-started.md
  • references/querying-data/connections.md
  • references/querying-data/ddsql/datastores.md
  • references/querying-data/getting-started.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • references/upgrading.md
  • references/workflow-http-trigger.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d2411cc

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Questions about Datadog App

What does Datadog App do?

Guides developers building Datadog Apps with TypeScript, React, the @datadog/apps scaffolder, and @datadog/vite-plugin. Datadog App is an agent skill from datadog-labs/agent-skills. Guides developers building Datadog Apps with TypeScript, React, the @datadog/apps scaffolder, and @datadog/vite-plugin.

When should I use Datadog App?

Datadog App fits situations like: A user wants to scaffold; upload without publishing (draft upload); add an upload-no-publish script; API/application key auth.

How do I install Datadog App in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill datadog-app -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (dd-apps/datadog-app in datadog-labs/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/datadog-app in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Datadog App in Codex?

Run `npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill datadog-app -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (dd-apps/datadog-app in datadog-labs/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/datadog-app in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Datadog App in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill datadog-app -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/datadog-app, .gemini/skills/datadog-app, .github/skills/datadog-app and .opencode/skills/datadog-app in your project.

What does Datadog App need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Datadog App is instructions for the agent only.

Does Datadog App access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Datadog App safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Datadog App use?

Datadog App is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Datadog App use?

About 744 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 9.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Datadog App?

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Who maintains Datadog App?

datadog-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in datadog-labs/agent-skills, which has 177 GitHub stars. The repository holds 39 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: datadog-labs/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.