# Datadog Cli

> Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Use this when debugging production issues or working with Datadog observability.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-softaworks-agent-toolkit-datadog-cli`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [softaworks](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/softaworks)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Data & Analytics](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/data-and-analytics)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [softaworks](https://github.com/softaworks)
- **Source:** https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit/tree/main/dist/plugins/datadog-cli/skills/datadog-cli

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-softaworks-agent-toolkit-datadog-cli
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# 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:**
- [Log Commands](references/logs-commands.md)
- [Metrics](references/metrics.md)
- [Query Syntax](references/query-syntax.md)
- [Workflows](references/workflows.md)
- [Dashboards](references/dashboards.md)

## 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 
```

For non-US Datadog sites, use `--site` flag:
```bash
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs search --query "*" --site datadoghq.eu
```

## Commands Overview

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `logs search` | Search logs with filters |
| `logs tail` | Stream logs in real-time |
| `logs trace` | Find logs for a distributed trace |
| `logs context` | Get logs before/after a timestamp |
| `logs patterns` | Group similar log messages |
| `logs compare` | Compare log counts between periods |
| `logs multi` | Run multiple queries in parallel |
| `logs agg` | Aggregate logs by facet |
| `metrics query` | Query timeseries metrics |
| `errors` | Quick error summary by service/type |
| `services` | List services with log activity |
| `dashboards` | Manage dashboards (CRUD) |
| `dashboard-lists` | Manage 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

| Flag | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `--pretty` | Human-readable output with colors |
| `--output ` | Export results to JSON file |
| `--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](references/workflows.md) for more debugging workflows.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [softaworks](https://github.com/softaworks)
- **Source:** [softaworks/agent-toolkit](https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-softaworks-agent-toolkit-datadog-cli
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/softaworks
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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