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Datadog CLI

by davila7 in davila7/claude-code-templates

Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Datadog CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill datadog-cli -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates datadog-cli --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/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/datadog-cli .claude/skills/datadog-cli && 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-cli
GitHub stars
32k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~878 tokens
SKILL.md length
194 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
477
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards.

  • Tasks that involve Observability
  • SKILL.md covers Required Reading, Setup, Commands Overview and Quick Examples, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls npx; needs DD_API_KEY and DD_APP_KEY

What it does

Datadog CLI is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Use this when debugging production issues or working with Datadog observability.

Its SKILL.md is about 880 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `README.md`, `references/dashboards.md` and `references/logs-commands.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Observability. It works with Datadog. The repository describes itself as: CLI tool for configuring and monitoring Claude Code. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Observability

Example prompts

  • “/datadog-cli”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in DD_API_KEY
  • A credential in DD_APP_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4c82aba. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • DD_API_KEY
    • DD_APP_KEY

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

Context cost

Datadog CLI loads about 878 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 194 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~878
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.7k

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 davila7/claude-code-templates at commit 4c82aba, republished under its MIT licence (© davila7). 194 words, ~878 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/datadog-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
datadog-cli
description
Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Use this when debugging production issues or working with Datadog observability.

Datadog CLI

A CLI tool for AI agents to debug and triage using Datadog logs and metrics.

Required Reading

You MUST read the relevant reference docs before using any command:

Setup

Environment Variables (Required)
bash
export DD_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export DD_APP_KEY="your-app-key"

Get keys from: https://app.datadoghq.com/organization-settings/api-keys

Running the CLI
bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli <command>

For non-US Datadog sites, use --site flag:

bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs search --query "*" --site datadoghq.eu

Commands Overview

CommandDescription
logs searchSearch logs with filters
logs tailStream logs in real-time
logs traceFind logs for a distributed trace
logs contextGet logs before/after a timestamp
logs patternsGroup similar log messages
logs compareCompare log counts between periods
logs multiRun multiple queries in parallel
logs aggAggregate logs by facet
metrics queryQuery timeseries metrics
errorsQuick error summary by service/type
servicesList services with log activity
dashboardsManage dashboards (CRUD)
dashboard-listsManage dashboard lists

Quick Examples

Search Errors
bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs search --query "status:error" --from 1h --pretty
Tail Logs (Real-time)
bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs tail --query "service:api status:error" --pretty
Error Summary
bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli errors --from 1h --pretty
Trace Correlation
bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs trace --id "abc123def456" --pretty
Query Metrics
bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "avg:system.cpu.user{*}" --from 1h --pretty
Compare Periods
bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs compare --query "status:error" --period 1h --pretty

Global Flags

FlagDescription
--prettyHuman-readable output with colors
--output <file>Export results to JSON file
--site <site>Datadog site (e.g., datadoghq.eu)

Time Formats

  • Relative: 30m, 1h, 6h, 24h, 7d
  • ISO 8601: 2024-01-15T10:30:00Z

Incident Triage Workflow

bash
# 1. Quick error overview
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli errors --from 1h --pretty

# 2. Is this new? Compare to previous period
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs compare --query "status:error" --period 1h --pretty

# 3. Find error patterns
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs patterns --query "status:error" --from 1h --pretty

# 4. Narrow down by service
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs search --query "status:error service:api" --from 1h --pretty

# 5. Get context around a timestamp
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs context --timestamp "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z" --service api --pretty

# 6. Follow the distributed trace
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs trace --id "TRACE_ID" --pretty

See workflows.md for more debugging workflows.

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Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/datadog-cli of davila7/claude-code-templates.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • references/dashboards.md
  • references/logs-commands.md
  • references/metrics.md
  • references/query-syntax.md
  • references/workflows.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4c82aba

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in davila7/claude-code-templates, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Datadog CLI

What does Datadog CLI do?

Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Datadog CLI is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards.

When should I use Datadog CLI?

Datadog CLI fits situations like: tasks that involve Observability.

How do I install Datadog CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill datadog-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/datadog-cli in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .claude/skills/datadog-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Datadog CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill datadog-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/datadog-cli in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .agents/skills/datadog-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Datadog CLI 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 davila7/claude-code-templates --skill datadog-cli -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-cli, .gemini/skills/datadog-cli, .github/skills/datadog-cli and .opencode/skills/datadog-cli in your project.

What does Datadog CLI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Datadog CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx) and credentials named DD_API_KEY and DD_APP_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in DD_API_KEY; A credential in DD_APP_KEY.

Does Datadog CLI access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Datadog CLI 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 CLI use?

Datadog CLI 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 CLI use?

About 878 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 3.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Datadog CLI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Datadog CLI: Golang Samber Slog (context-labs/whip, 1.1k stars), Apm Integrations (DataDog/dd-trace-java, 736 stars), Redis Observability (redis/agent-skills, 165 stars) and Frontmcp Observability (agentfront/frontmcp, 146 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Datadog CLI?

davila7 (a GitHub user) maintains it in davila7/claude-code-templates, which has 32,432 GitHub stars. The repository holds 477 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: davila7/claude-code-templates on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.