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Dd Audit AI Activity

datadog-labs/dd-audit-ai-activity

Audit what the Bits AI assistant (MCP server) has done in your Datadog org — tool calls by user, resources accessed, and anomaly flags for AI governance.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill dd-audit-ai-activity

The instruction itself

12 sections, as written by the author

Audit Trail: AI Activity Audit

Every Datadog MCP tool call is recorded in Audit Trail under the Bits AI SRE category. This skill surfaces what the AI assistant has done in your org — which users invoked it, which tools were called, and which resources were affected.

Prerequisites

pup auth login   # OAuth2 (recommended)
# or set DD_API_KEY + DD_APP_KEY with audit_logs_read scope

Queries

All MCP tool activity in a time window

pup audit-logs search --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\"" --from 7d --limit 500 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | {
      timestamp: .attributes.timestamp,
      user: .attributes.attributes.usr.email,
      actor_type: .attributes.attributes.evt.actor.type,
      action: .attributes.attributes.action,
      resource_type: .attributes.attributes.asset.type,
      resource_id: .attributes.attributes.asset.id,
      ip: .attributes.attributes.network.client.ip,
      country: .attributes.attributes.network.client.geoip.country.name
    }]'

Activity by user (who is using the AI assistant most?)

pup audit-logs search --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\"" --from 30d --limit 1000 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | .attributes.attributes.usr.email]
    | group_by(.)
    | map({user: .[0], tool_calls: length})
    | sort_by(-.tool_calls)'

Resources modified by AI tool calls

pup audit-logs search \
  --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\" @action:(created OR modified OR deleted)" \
  --from 7d --limit 500 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | {
      timestamp: .attributes.timestamp,
      user: .attributes.attributes.usr.email,
      action: .attributes.attributes.action,
      resource_type: .attributes.attributes.asset.type,
      resource_id: .attributes.attributes.asset.id
    }]'

AI activity for a specific user

pup audit-logs search \
  --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\" @usr.email:[email protected]" \
  --from 30d --limit 500 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | {
      timestamp: .attributes.timestamp,
      action: .attributes.attributes.action,
      resource_type: .attributes.attributes.asset.type,
      resource_id: .attributes.attributes.asset.id
    }]'

Weekly summary report

pup audit-logs search --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\"" --from 7d --limit 1000 -o json \
  | jq '{
      total_tool_calls: (.data | length),
      unique_users: ([.data[] | .attributes.attributes.usr.email] | unique | length),
      top_users: (
        [.data[] | .attributes.attributes.usr.email]
        | group_by(.)
        | map({user: .[0], calls: length})
        | sort_by(-.calls)
        | .[:5]
      ),
      actions_breakdown: (
        [.data[] | .attributes.attributes.action]
        | group_by(.)
        | map({action: .[0], count: length})
        | sort_by(-.count)
      ),
      resource_types: (
        [.data[] | .attributes.attributes.asset.type]
        | group_by(.)
        | map({type: .[0], count: length})
        | sort_by(-.count)
      )
    }'

Anomaly Flags

| Signal | Governance concern |

|--------|--------------------|

| AI performing deleted actions on monitors or dashboards | Review whether destructive AI operations are expected |

| AI acting as SUPPORT_USER | Datadog support using AI on behalf of org |

| First-time user invoking AI tools | New user accessing AI assistant |

| High volume of tool calls in short window | Automated/batch AI usage |

| AI accessing resources outside user's normal scope | Potential over-permissioned AI session |

Output Format

AI Activity Audit — [Org] — [Date Range]

Total MCP tool calls: [N]
Unique users: [N]

Top users:
  [[email protected]]: [N] calls

Actions breakdown:
  accessed: [N]
  modified: [N]
  created: [N]
  deleted: [N]

Resource types affected:
  dashboard: [N]
  monitor: [N]

Anomalies:
  [List any flagged events with timestamp, user, action, resource]

Context

This skill is most useful for:

  • Security reviews: Verifying AI actions were authorized and within expected scope
  • Compliance audits: Demonstrating AI activity is logged and attributable to specific users
  • Governance reports: Understanding adoption and risk surface of the AI assistant across the org

No other observability vendor audits their AI assistant's actions at this level of detail.

References

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take datadog-labs/dd-audit-ai-activity from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.