Ctdio Datadog Cli
ctdio-datadog-cli is a Claude Code plugin for the Operate phase that provides an agent-invokable Datadog CLI for metrics, trace, and span triage.
by ctdio · github.com/ctdio/datadog-cli
Let Claude Code query Datadog metrics, traces, and spans through a CLI so you can triage production incidents without leaving the agent.
Add it to Claude Code
Install the plugin in Claude Code. One command, paste-ready.
/plugin install ctdio-datadog-cli@ctdio/datadog-cliBuilt to be called by your agent
Skillselion is itself an MCP server. Your agent can pull this entry and a paste-ready install config straight from the API - no copy-paste.
Retrieve this entry with skillselion.get_details("plugin:ctdio/datadog-cli") and the paste-ready config with skillselion.get_install_config("plugin:ctdio/datadog-cli").
What it does
ctdio-datadog-cli is a focused Claude Code plugin marketplace with one plugin that exposes a Datadog CLI your agent can run while you debug live systems. Solo founders who already ship to production but cannot afford a full SRE bench use it to pull metrics, inspect traces, search spans, and compare time windows when users report errors or latency spikes. The value is operational speed: you describe the symptom in natural language, the agent issues structured CLI queries, and you iterate on hypotheses without manually clicking through every Datadog view. It assumes you have Datadog instrumentation in place and treats Claude Code as an incident copilot rather than a monitoring replacement. Scope stays deliberately narrow—triage and analysis commands—not a full infrastructure provisioning suite.
Highlights
- Single-plugin marketplace wrapping a Datadog-oriented CLI for agents
- Search and query flows for metrics, traces, spans, and request patterns
- Compare periods and analyze realtime telemetry during triage prompts
- Designed for debugging and triaging language in plugin keywords
- Keeps observability actions in terminal/agent form instead of dashboard-only workflows
Why builders use it
When something breaks in production, solo builders waste context-switching between Claude Code and Datadog dashboards to find the failing trace or metric pattern.
After install, your agent can run Datadog CLI queries for traces, spans, and metrics so you narrow incident causes faster from the same session.
At a glance
- Type - Plugin in DevOps.
- Adoption - 0 installs, 5 stars, 0 votes.
FAQ
Who is ctdio-datadog-cli for?
It is for solo builders and small teams using Claude Code who monitor apps in Datadog and need faster CLI-driven incident triage.
When should I use ctdio-datadog-cli?
Use it during production errors, latency spikes, or ambiguous user reports when you want the agent to query metrics and traces interactively.
How do I add ctdio-datadog-cli to my agent?
Register the ctdio/datadog-cli marketplace in Claude Code, install the plugin, configure Datadog API credentials per the repo README, and invoke the CLI through your agent’s tool interface.
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