Datadog MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 326 installs a week from npm. Last commit 29 Jun 2026.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add datadog-mcp -e 'DD_API_KEY=<DD_API_KEY>' -e 'DD_APP_KEY=<DD_APP_KEY>' -- npx -y datadog-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"datadog-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"datadog-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
"DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.datadog-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "datadog-mcp"]
env = { DD_API_KEY = "<DD_API_KEY>", DD_APP_KEY = "<DD_APP_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"datadog-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"datadog-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
"DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"datadog-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"datadog-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DD_API_KEY": "<DD_API_KEY>",
"DD_APP_KEY": "<DD_APP_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<DD_API_KEY> (Datadog API key), <DD_APP_KEY> (Datadog Application key).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
DD_SITE (Datadog site (e.g., datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, us3.datadoghq.com)).
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