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MCP Datadog Server

The MCP Datadog Server is a community-maintained Model Context Protocol server wrapping Datadog's REST API. It lets an LLM client query metrics with MQL, search logs, list monitors and downtimes, and browse the service catalog — turning Claude into a read-only on-call copilot for observability data.

MCP facts

Kind: server
Ecosystem: anthropic-mcp
Language: TypeScript / Node.js
Transports: stdio

Capabilities

Tools: query_metrics, search_logs, list_monitors, list_events, get_service_catalog
Resources: dd://monitor/{id}, dd://service/{name} URIs
Auth: Datadog API key + Application key env vars

Install

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-datadog

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-datadog"],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "...",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "...",
        "DD_SITE": "datadoghq.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

Is this server official?

It is community-maintained. Datadog has experimental first-party MCP work but most deployments rely on community wrappers around the REST API.

Which site should DD_SITE be?

Match your Datadog org — datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, us3.datadoghq.com, etc. Using the wrong site silently returns empty results.

Does log search consume indexed-log quota?

Yes. Keep time windows tight and use precise queries. Datadog bills indexed log search separately from ingestion.

Sources

Datadog API docs — accessed 2026-04-20
MCP community servers — accessed 2026-04-20