datadog-labs/dd-logs
Log management - search, archives, metrics, and cost control.
npx skills add https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill dd-logsSearch, process, and archive logs with cost awareness.
Datadog Pup should already be installed. See Setup Pup if not.
For scoped commands, use this order:
pup auth login
# Basic search
pup logs search --query="status:error" --from="1h"
# With filters
pup logs search --query="service:api status:error" --from="1h" --limit 100
# JSON output
pup logs search --query="@http.status_code:>=500" --from="1h"
| Query | Meaning |
|-------|---------|
| error | Full-text search |
| status:error | Tag equals |
| @http.status_code:500 | Attribute equals |
| @http.status_code:>=400 | Numeric range |
| service:api AND env:prod | Boolean |
| @message:*timeout* | Wildcard |
Available log configuration commands in pup 0.42.0:
# List log archives
pup logs archives list
# List log restriction queries
pup logs restriction-queries list
# List custom log destinations
pup logs custom-destinations list
{
"name": "API Logs",
"filter": {"query": "service:api"},
"processors": [
{
"type": "grok-parser",
"name": "Parse nginx",
"source": "message",
"grok": {"match_rules": "%{IPORHOST:client_ip} %{DATA:method} %{DATA:path} %{NUMBER:status}"}
},
{
"type": "status-remapper",
"name": "Set severity",
"sources": ["level", "severity"]
},
{
"type": "attribute-remapper",
"name": "Remap user_id",
"sources": ["user_id"],
"target": "usr.id"
}
]
}
Index only what matters:
{
"name": "Drop debug logs",
"filter": {"query": "status:debug"},
"is_enabled": true
}
# Find noisiest log sources
pup logs search --query="*" --from="1h" | jq 'group_by(.service) | map({service: .[0].service, count: length}) | sort_by(-.count)[:10]'
| Exclude | Query |
|---------|-------|
| Health checks | @http.url:"/health" OR @http.url:"/ready" |
| Debug logs | status:debug |
| Static assets | @http.url:*.css OR @http.url:*.js |
| Heartbeats | @message:*heartbeat* |
Store logs cheaply for compliance:
# List archives
pup logs archives list
# Archive config (S3 example)
{
"name": "compliance-archive",
"query": "*",
"destination": {
"type": "s3",
"bucket": "my-logs-archive",
"path": "/datadog"
},
"rehydration_tags": ["team:platform"]
}
# No `pup logs rehydrate` command in pup 0.42.0.
# Use Datadog UI/API for rehydration workflows.
Create metrics from logs (cheaper than indexing):
# List log-based metrics
pup logs metrics list
# Get one metric by ID
pup logs metrics get api.errors.count
Cardinality warning: Group by bounded values only.
{
"type": "hash-remapper",
"name": "Hash emails",
"sources": ["email", "@user.email"]
}
# In your app - sanitize before sending
import re
def sanitize_log(message: str) -> str:
# Remove credit cards
message = re.sub(r'\b\d{4}[-\s]?\d{4}[-\s]?\d{4}[-\s]?\d{4}\b', '[REDACTED]', message)
# Remove SSNs
message = re.sub(r'\b\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}\b', '[REDACTED]', message)
return message
| Problem | Fix |
|---------|-----|
| Logs not appearing | Check agent, pipeline filters |
| High costs | Add exclusion filters |
| Search slow | Narrow time range, use indexes |
| Missing attributes | Check grok parser |
Take datadog-labs/dd-logs from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
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.