Datadog Observability for GitHub Copilot

AI-powered Datadog observability tools — Logs, Metrics, Monitors, Dashboards, APM, Incidents and more directly from GitHub Copilot Chat.

Features

65+ Datadog tools available directly in GitHub Copilot Chat via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Logs (6 tools)

• Search and filter logs with Datadog query syntax
• Aggregate logs for analytics
• Tail recent logs
• Discover log patterns
• List indexes and pipelines

Metrics (6 tools)

• Query time-series metrics
• Search for metric names
• Get metric metadata
• List active metrics
• Get metric tags
• Query scalar data

Monitors (9 tools)

• List, create, update, delete monitors
• Search monitors
• Mute/unmute monitors
• Get triggered monitors — best starting point for troubleshooting!

Dashboards (6 tools)

• List, create, update, delete dashboards
• Auto-generate observability dashboards for any service

Events (4 tools)

• List, search, get, and post events

Incidents (7 tools)

• List, create, update, search incidents
• Manage incident todos

APM / Traces (4 tools)

• Search trace spans
• Aggregate trace data
• List services from Service Catalog
• Get service health summary (request rate, error rate, P50/P95/P99 latency)

Hosts (5 tools)

• List and search hosts
• Get host totals
• Mute/unmute hosts

SLOs (5 tools)

• List, get, create, delete SLOs
• Get SLO history and error budget

Synthetics (5 tools)

• List, get synthetic tests
• Get test results
• Trigger test runs
• Create API tests

RUM (2 tools)

• Search RUM events
• Aggregate RUM data

Security (3 tools)

• List, search, get security signals from Cloud SIEM

Downtimes (4 tools)

• List, get, create, cancel scheduled downtimes

Quick Start

1. Install the Extension

Install from the VS Code Marketplace or search for "Datadog Observability" in VS Code Extensions.

2. Configure Credentials

1. Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
2. Run "Datadog Observability: Configure Datadog Credentials"
3. Enter your Datadog API Key and Application Key
4. Select your Datadog site

Getting API Keys

1. Go to your Datadog Organization Settings > API Keys
2. Create a new API Key
3. Go to Application Keys
4. Create a new Application Key

3. Use with Copilot Chat

Open GitHub Copilot Chat and ask questions like:

• "Show me all triggered monitors"
• "Search error logs for the payments service in the last hour"
• "What's the CPU usage on prod hosts?"
• "Create an observability dashboard for the api-gateway service"
• "Get the P95 latency for the checkout service"

Configuration

Commands

Troubleshooting

Credentials Not Working

• Verify your API Key and Application Key are correct
• Ensure you've selected the correct Datadog site
• Check that your keys have the required permissions

Rate Limiting

The extension automatically retries on HTTP 429 (rate limit) with exponential backoff. If you're still hitting limits, reduce the frequency of queries.

MCP Server Not Starting

1. Check the Output panel → "Datadog Observability" for errors
2. Run "Restart Datadog MCP Server" command
3. Verify Node.js 18+ is installed

No Tools Showing in Copilot

• Ensure VS Code 1.85+ with MCP support is installed
• Check that the MCP server started successfully in Output panel
• Reload VS Code window

Supported Datadog Sites

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Submit a pull request

License

MIT — GleidsonFerSanP