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Q: Is Datadog a remote or a local server?

Remote. Datadog hosts it at https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp, and it speaks Streamable HTTP. There's nothing to install.

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Query Datadog logs, metrics, traces, monitors, dashboards and incidents from your AI assistant.

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Connects an AI assistant to a Datadog account so it can read observability data such as logs, metrics, traces, monitors, dashboards and incidents. It is meant for investigating production problems with live data.

It runs as a hosted streamable HTTP endpoint. The URL differs per Datadog site (the US1 endpoint is mcp.datadoghq.com). Users sign in with OAuth, or send DD_API_KEY and DD_APPLICATION_KEY headers as an alternative. The path contains "unstable", so behavior may change.

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Search and read logs
Query metrics and traces
Inspect monitors and their status
Browse dashboards
Look up incidents

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Show error logs for the checkout service in the last hour
Which Datadog monitors are alerting right now?
List open incidents and summarize the most recent one
Query CPU usage metrics for my production hosts over the last day

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Claude Code

Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

claude mcp add --transport http datadog https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp

Start Claude Code, type /mcp, pick datadog and choose Authenticate. A browser window opens for the Datadog sign-in.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project, not just this one.

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors and click Add custom connector.
Name it Datadog and paste this URL:

https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp

Click Add, then Connect, and sign in when Datadog asks.

Claude Desktop's JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.

claude.ai

Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:

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Check that the URL reads https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp and click Add.
Click Connect and sign in when Datadog asks.

Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors.

ChatGPT

On chatgpt.com, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and click + to create an app for a remote MCP server.
Paste https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp as the server URL and choose OAuth. ChatGPT sends you to Datadog to sign in.

Developer mode is available on the web for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education accounts.

Cursor

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Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog": {
      "url": "https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor shows Needs login next to the server. Click it to sign in.

VS Code

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Or from a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name":"datadog","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp"}'

Or commit it to the repo in .vscode/mcp.json:

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{
  "servers": {
    "datadog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code asks you to sign in the first time the server starts.

Devin Desktop

Add it to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) or %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json (Windows):

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade and sign in when asked.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads serverUrl (or url) for remote servers.

Codex

codex mcp add datadog --url https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp
codex mcp login datadog

Or edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:

config.toml

[mcp_servers.datadog]
url = "https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp"

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add --transport http datadog https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp

Then, inside Gemini CLI, run /mcp auth datadog to sign in.

This adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.

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Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: serverUrl in Devin Desktop, httpUrl in Gemini CLI's settings file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datadog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings. Cline needs "type": "streamableHttp", or it assumes SSE.

Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp.

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Can I paste mcp.tc/i/datadog into my MCP client?

No. mcp.tc links are pages, not server addresses. Connect with https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp, so your client talks to Datadog directly. The sign-in token only works there anyway. The quick link is for sharing: it opens this page, with setup steps for every client.

Does Datadog need an API key or a sign-in?

Yes, you need a Datadog account. The first time your client connects, it opens Datadog's sign-in page. The token goes straight to the server's own URL, never through mcp.tc.

Is Datadog a remote or a local server?

Remote. Datadog hosts it at https://mcp.datadoghq.com/api/unstable/mcp-server/mcp, and it speaks Streamable HTTP. There's nothing to install.

What can Datadog do?

You can search and read logs, query metrics and traces and inspect monitors and their status.

Which clients can use it?

Any client that supports remote MCP servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, claude.ai, ChatGPT in developer mode, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. The setup steps cover each one.

Who wrote this page?

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