Datadog Labs agent skills
Investigate logs, metrics, traces, and AI application behavior with Datadog observability skills.
Published by Datadog Labs
What these skills help with
Investigate logs, metrics, traces, and AI application behavior with Datadog observability skills.
Investigate application behavior
Use observability data to understand failures and performance.
Evaluate AI responses
Build evaluators from production traces and human labels.
Measure code improvements
Compare focused changes against an evaluation baseline.
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Agent Install
Install the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes using the Datadog Operator — required before enabling Single Step Instrumentation (SSI), which automatically instruments applications for APM without code changes. Only use if no Datadog Agent is…
Agent Observability Auto Experiment
Run an iterative code-improvement hill-climb against real Datadog LLM-Obs data, locally, with Claude Code as the agent. Establishes a baseline eval, makes one focused change, re-scores with the same harness, keeps the change if it…
Agent Observability Build Eval From Annotations
Fit a Datadog LLM-Obs evaluator to human labels. Takes an annotation queue, works out where in the trace the labelled property actually lives, drafts an LLM-judge that predicts the human label, scores that judge against the…
Install Datadog Labs skills
Download the complete source, choose a skill folder, and follow the setup instructions for your assistant.
Read the source repository
Check prerequisites, supported tools, and installation steps from the publisher.
datadog-labs/agent-skillsDownload the source files
Keep scripts and references with the SKILL.md file. Some skills require a service account or API credentials.
Download source ZIP
Datadog Labs skill workflows
Explain a cost spike
Investigate the source of an unexpected increase in Datadog costs.
Respond to a compromised API key
Review audit activity to understand the scope of a credential incident.
Unblock a failing pull request
Triage flaky tests and identify what is blocking the merge.
Agent skills FAQ
An agent skill is a folder of instructions, usually headed by a SKILL.md file, that helps an AI assistant perform a specific task. A skill may also include scripts, examples, and reference files.
