Datadog Docs
Use this skill to locate Datadog documentation and limits.
LLM-Friendly Documentation
Datadog provides an LLM-optimized documentation index at:
https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt
This file contains:
- Overview of all Datadog products organized by use case
- Full list of documentation pages with URLs and descriptions
- Direct links to Markdown sources (append
.mdto URLs)
How to Use llms.txt
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Fetch the index to understand available documentation:
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | head -100 -
Search for specific topics:
Examples:
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "monitors"
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "apm"
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "logs"
- Fetch specific doc pages (add .md to most Datadog Docs URLs for raw content):
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors.md curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing.md
Key Documentation Sections
Scope Guardrails
- Use llms.txt for documentation lookups
- Defer to official docs for feature availability and limits
Failure Handling
- If docs.datadoghq.com is unreachable, check network connectivity
- For region-specific docs, use appropriate site (datadoghq.eu, etc.)