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datadog-cli

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Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Use this when debugging production issues or working with Datadog observability.

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Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Use this when debugging production issues or working with Datadog observability.

name: datadog-cli description: Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Use this when debugging production issues or working with Datadog observability.

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:

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

Command	Description
`logs search`	Search logs with filters
`logs tail`	Stream logs in real-time
`logs trace`	Find logs for a distributed trace
`logs context`	Get logs before/after a timestamp
`logs patterns`	Group similar log messages
`logs compare`	Compare log counts between periods
`logs multi`	Run multiple queries in parallel
`logs agg`	Aggregate logs by facet
`metrics query`	Query timeseries metrics
`errors`	Quick error summary by service/type
`services`	List services with log activity
`dashboards`	Manage dashboards (CRUD)
`dashboard-lists`	Manage dashboard lists

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs search --query "status:error" --from 1h --pretty

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs tail --query "service:api status:error" --pretty

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli errors --from 1h --pretty

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs trace --id "abc123def456" --pretty

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli metrics query --query "avg:system.cpu.user{*}" --from 1h --pretty

npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs compare --query "status:error" --period 1h --pretty

# 1. Quick error overview
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli errors --from 1h --pretty

# 2. Is this new? Compare to previous period
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs compare --query "status:error" --period 1h --pretty

# 3. Find error patterns
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs patterns --query "status:error" --from 1h --pretty

# 4. Narrow down by service
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs search --query "status:error service:api" --from 1h --pretty

# 5. Get context around a timestamp
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs context --timestamp "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z" --service api --pretty

# 6. Follow the distributed trace
npx @leoflores/datadog-cli logs trace --id "TRACE_ID" --pretty

Flag	Description
`--pretty`	Human-readable output with colors
`--output <file>`	Export results to JSON file
`--site <site>`	Datadog site (e.g., `datadoghq.eu`)

datadog-cli

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name: datadog-cli description: Datadog CLI for searching logs, querying metrics, tracing requests, and managing dashboards. Use this when debugging production issues or working with Datadog observability.

Datadog CLI

Required Reading

Setup

Environment Variables (Required)

Running the CLI

Commands Overview

Quick Examples

Search Errors

Tail Logs (Real-time)

Error Summary

Trace Correlation

Query Metrics

Compare Periods

Global Flags

Time Formats

Incident Triage Workflow