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Set up Datadog MCP in Claude Code

Access Datadog monitoring data including dashboards, metrics, logs, events, incidents, and monitors from your AI editor.

1

Locate the config file

Claude Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.claude.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

You can configure Datadog MCP using the CLI command or by editing the config file directly.

Option A: CLI command

bash
claude mcp add datadog-mcp -e DD_API_KEY=YOUR_DD_API_KEY -e DD_APP_KEY=YOUR_DD_APP_KEY -- npx -y datadog-mcp-server

Option B: Config file

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "datadog-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DD_API_KEY": "YOUR_DD_API_KEY",
        "DD_APP_KEY": "YOUR_DD_APP_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Datadog MCP requires the following environment variables:

DD_API_KEYRequired

Datadog API key

DD_APP_KEYRequired

Datadog application key

4

Verify it works

Restart Claude Code. Datadog MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 15 tools available.

This server adds approximately 7,725 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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