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Datadog (AP1) MCP connector

The Datadog (AP1) connector brings logs, metrics, traces, monitors, incidents, and notebooks from Datadog's AP1 region to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent, so each person can ask about them under their own Datadog access.

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Datadog (AP1) to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Datadog (AP1) once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Datadog (AP1).

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Approve it in Datadog (AP1). Datadog (AP1)'s own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

datadog (ap1)
Datadog (AP1)
Datadog (US1)
Datadog (AP2)
Datadog (EU)
Datadog (UK1)
Datadog (US3)
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Datadog (AP1) MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Datadog (AP1) MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Datadog (AP1) MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Datadog (AP1) to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Datadog (AP1) through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • On-call

    Get the picture during an incident

    Pull up the incident in Datadog AP1, see which monitors fired, and read the logs and traces around it in one conversation instead of six tabs.

  • Engineering

    Find the slow request after a deploy

    Ask which spans got slower in the last hour and have the agent set them beside the error logs for the same service.

  • Support

    Check what a customer actually saw

    Look up the browser session events behind a reported problem and read the error logs tied to them before replying to the ticket.

  • SRE

    Write the postmortem notebook from the data

    Create a notebook with the timeline, the monitors involved, and the metrics that mattered, then edit it as the review goes on.

  • Platform

    Review monitors before they go live

    Check that a monitor definition is valid, start from a template, and see which monitor groups already cover a host.

  • Product

    Answer a usage question without a dashboard

    Ask how many users hit a page or how an error rate moved over the week, straight from live metrics and user session events.

Try asking

  • “Which monitors fired for the checkout service in the last hour?”
  • “Summarize the open incidents in Datadog (AP1) for the standup.”
  • “Show error logs for api-gateway since the 9am deploy.”

See all 352 Datadog (AP1) tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Datadog (AP1)

All three can connect Datadog (AP1) to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Datadog (AP1), by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Datadog (AP1) tools Allow or restrict single Datadog (AP1) tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Datadog (AP1) call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Datadog (AP1) tools for your AI agents

352 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Datadog (AP1), governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi. Datadog (AP1) builds and runs these tools.

Showing 317 of 352 Datadog (AP1) tools here. Connect Datadog (AP1) and call search_tools or tools/list over the MCP endpoint for the complete set.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Datadog (AP1) gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Datadog (AP1) account.

The agent

Ask Datadog (AP1) what is happening right now.

Plain questions, answered from live logs, monitors, and incidents in Datadog (AP1).

  • logs
  • monitors
  • incidents
  • notebooks

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which monitors fired for the checkout service in the last hour?

Summarize the open incidents in Datadog (AP1) for the standup.

Show error logs for api-gateway since the 9am deploy.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One endpoint for Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor.

Every client reaches Datadog (AP1) through one governed endpoint, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

352 Datadog (AP1) tools, no code to write.

Logs, metrics, traces, monitors, incidents, hosts, and notebooks covered out of the box.

  • Search datadog events
  • Get datadog incident
  • Get datadog metric
  • Get datadog metric context
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Search datadog events Search Searches events like monitor alerts, deployment notifications, infrastructure changes, security findings, and service status changes.
Get datadog incident Get Retrieves detailed information about an incident.
Get datadog metric Get Queries and analyzes historical or real-time metric data, supporting custom queries and aggregations.
Get datadog metric context Get Retrieves detailed information about a metric including metadata, available tags, and tag values for filtering and grouping.
Search datadog monitors Search Retrieves information about Datadog monitors, including their statuses, thresholds, and alert conditions.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Datadog (AP1) toolbox.

Scope on-call, support, and security to the Datadog (AP1) tools their work needs.

  • On-call
  • Engineering
  • Support
  • Security
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

On-call toolbox

Datadog (AP1) · incidents and monitors

Datadog (AP1) starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Engineering toolbox

Datadog (AP1) · traces, spans, and logs

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Support toolbox

Datadog (AP1) · user sessions and error logs

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Security toolbox

Datadog (AP1) · events and hosts

Datadog (AP1) starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Platform toolbox

Datadog (AP1) · hosts, metrics, and monitor templates

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Product toolbox

Datadog (AP1) · dashboards and notebooks

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share a Datadog (AP1) account, not its keys.

Teammates search logs and incidents through one connection without ever seeing a credential.

  • On-call
  • Backend
  • Support
  • Security
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
DA

Datadog (AP1) (On-call)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
DA

Datadog (AP1) (Backend)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
DA

Datadog (AP1) (Support)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
DA

Datadog (AP1) (Security)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
DA

Datadog (AP1) (Platform)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
DA

Datadog (AP1) (Product)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Know who looked at which Datadog (AP1) logs.

Every query, by whom, when, and on what, in an append-only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Datadog (AP1) Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Datadog (AP1) Logs Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Datadog (AP1) Logs List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

Schedules start the incident digest, not prompts.

Fetch Datadog (AP1) incidents, group them, draft a digest, approve, post back.

Datadog (AP1) digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch logs

    Datadog (AP1)

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Datadog (AP1)

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Datadog (AP1) health numbers, computed without a model.

Four metrics, 14 days of incidents created, and a breakdown by team, refreshed on schedule.

Datadog (AP1) health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the logs collection

Live

Logs

1,284 ↓ 12%

Monitors

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Logs created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

On-call 34%

Backend 27%

Support 21%

Security 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Datadog (AP1) to Claude?

Open Elaichi, pick Datadog (AP1), and sign in to your Datadog AP1 account when it asks, the same login you already use, with no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude asks you to sign in to Elaichi, and from then on it answers questions from your Datadog AP1 logs, monitors, and incidents.

Does Datadog (AP1) work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Datadog in AP1 is connected once in Elaichi, and the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. There is nothing extra to set up for each client.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Datadog (AP1) data?

It can search logs, metrics, traces, spans, events, hosts, monitors, incidents, dashboards, and browser session events in Datadog AP1, then sum up what it finds in plain language. It can also create and edit notebooks, check that a monitor definition is valid, and pull monitor templates. Short, specific asks work best, for example errors for the checkout service in the last hour rather than a long paragraph.

Does connecting Datadog (AP1) give the AI access to everything in my organization?

No. The agent sees only what you can see in Datadog AP1 under your own login, so Datadog's roles and restricted queries still apply. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to read-only questions, but it can never widen it beyond what Datadog already lets you do.

Can my team share one Datadog (AP1) connection?

Yes. One person connects Datadog in AP1 and shares it with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else handles an API key or application key. Each person still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names who asked for which logs or incidents.

Can I stop an agent from creating or changing things in Datadog (AP1)?

Yes. In Elaichi, restrictions on the Datadog (AP1) connector work per action, so you can allow searching logs and metrics but block creating or editing notebooks. A restricted action is never shown to Claude or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Datadog (AP1) connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding the person in Elaichi ends their access to Datadog in AP1 at once, in every client they used. A connection they shared keeps working for everyone else on the team. Disconnecting Datadog (AP1) once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client at the same time.

Does the Datadog (AP1) MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Datadog (AP1) is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Datadog (AP1)?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Datadog (AP1). Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Datadog (AP1) call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Datadog (AP1)?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Datadog (AP1): one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Datadog (AP1) in front of your team

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Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
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