Datadog CLI

by softaworks

Datadog CLI is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by softaworks in agent-toolkit.

2.4K stars219 forkson softaworks/agent-toolkitAdded 2026/08/18+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/03/05

View source on GitHub Download repo ZIP

agent-skillsaiautomationclaudeclaude-codecoding-agentdevelopment

Install in seconds

Install Datadog CLI

Copy Datadog CLI into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit/tree/main/skills/datadog-cli ~/.claude/skills/datadog-cli

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/datadog-cli/SKILL.md in softaworks/agent-toolkit
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/datadog-cli
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Datadog CLI does

Datadog CLI searches logs, queries metrics, traces requests, and manages dashboards so agents can debug production issues. Use it when triaging incidents or working with Datadog observability.

Datadog CLI is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Datadog CLI comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai, automation, claude and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

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
Metrics
Query Syntax
Workflows
Dashboards

Setup

Environment Variables (Required)

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

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli <command>

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

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

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Datadog CLI

What else does softaworks publish alongside Datadog CLI?
Datadog CLI is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from softaworks/agent-toolkit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include 10x Mode, Add Skill and Agent MD Refactor. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Datadog CLI does, and is maintained by softaworks in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the softaworks/agent-toolkit page.
How does Datadog CLI compare to other DevOps skills?
Datadog CLI ranks #261 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Datadog CLI against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.