Set up Datadog MCP in Continue

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

Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: datadog-mcp
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - datadog-mcp-server
    env:
      DD_API_KEY: YOUR_DD_API_KEY
      DD_APP_KEY: YOUR_DD_APP_KEY

Set up environment variables

Datadog MCP requires the following environment variables:

DD_API_KEYRequired

Datadog API key

DD_APP_KEYRequired

Datadog application key

Verify it works

Restart Continue. 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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