Datadog MCP Server

Name: Datadog MCP Server
Author: TANTIOPE

TANTIOPE

Gives agents Datadog access: log search, APM trace filtering by duration, status and errors, and correlation across logs, traces and metrics.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add datadog-server-tantiope --env DD_API_KEY='<DD_API_KEY>' --env DD_APP_KEY='<DD_APP_KEY>' -- npx -y datadog-mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.datadog-server-tantiope]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "datadog-mcp"]
env = { DD_API_KEY = "<DD_API_KEY>", DD_APP_KEY = "<DD_APP_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add datadog-server-tantiope --env DD_API_KEY='<DD_API_KEY>' --env DD_APP_KEY='<DD_APP_KEY>' -- npx -y datadog-mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog-server-tantiope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "datadog-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "datadog-server-tantiope": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "datadog-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog-server-tantiope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "datadog-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog-server-tantiope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "datadog-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog-server-tantiope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "datadog-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

DD_API_KEY
DD_APP_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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