# agent-observability-eval-bootstrap

Generates LLM evaluation suites from Datadog production traces. Creates inactive online judge drafts, offline Python SDK code, or JSON datasets.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 547 installs · ★ 178
- Author: datadog-labs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/agent-observability/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap

## What it does

The skill inspects production traces for an `ml_app` across a specified timeframe (`now-7d` by default). By default, it drafts online LLM judges mapped to span, trace, or session scopes. It never enables them on live traffic. Every proposed evaluator is written to Datadog strictly as a disabled draft (`enabled: false`) after you approve the proposed suite at the review checkpoint.

Offline workflows skip remote configuration writes. Flag `--sdk-code` emits a Python file using `BaseEvaluator` and `LLMJudge` for local experiments. Flag `--data-only` outputs a standalone JSON specification file. If you run `--emit-dataset <path>`, the skill samples production traces directly into raw dataset records for `LLMObs.create_dataset`, skipping evaluator creation entirely.

Execution relies on an active Datadog backend. The skill looks for the `datadog-llmo-mcp` MCP server tools first, then attempts to fall back to the `pup` CLI via Bash. Without active MCP tools or a working `pup` setup authenticated via `pup auth login`, the skill stops immediately.

## Requirements
- Works with: Datadog

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-eval-bootstrap -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-eval-bootstrap -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-eval-bootstrap -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install datadog-labs/agent-skills agent-observability-eval-bootstrap
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-eval-bootstrap -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills --path agent-observability/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-eval-bootstrap -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/agent-observability/agent-observability-eval-bootstrap/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate LLM quality evaluators from production trace samples
- export offline evaluation code using Datadog BaseEvaluator and LLMJudge
- extract production spans into a JSON dataset for experiments
- create disabled online judge drafts in Datadog with manual confirmation

## Example prompts
- /eval-bootstrap support-bot --timeframe 24h
- /eval-bootstrap summarizer-service --sdk-code
- /eval-bootstrap agent-service --emit-dataset ./evals/records.json --trace-limit 30

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: agent-observability-eval-bootstrap
description: Bootstrap evaluators from production traces — by default propose online LLM-judge evaluators and, after you confirm, create them in Datadog as disabled drafts (never auto-enabled); on request emit Python SDK code or a framework-agnostic JSON spec instead. Use when user says "bootstrap evaluators", "generate evaluators", "create evals from traces", "eval bootstrap", "write evaluators", "build eval suite", "publish evaluators", or wants to generate BaseEvaluator/LLMJudge code or online judge configs from production LLM trace data. Works with ml_app and optional RCA report or failure hypothesis.
---

## Backend

**Detection** — At the start of every invocation, before taking any action, determine which backend to use:

1. If the user passed `--backend pup` anywhere in their invocation → use **pup mode** immediately, regardless of whether MCP tools are present. Skip steps 2–4.
2. Check whether MCP tools are present in your active tool list. The canonical signal is whether `mcp__datadog-llmo-mcp__list_llmobs_evals` appears in your available tools.
3. If MCP tools are present → use **MCP mode** throughout. Call MCP tools exactly as named in this skill's workflow sections.
4. If MCP tools are absent → check whether `pup` is executable: run `pup --version` via Bash. A JSON response containing `"version"` confirms pup is available.
5. If pup responds → use **pup mode** throughout. Translate every MCP tool call to its pup equivalent using the Tool Reference appendix at the bottom of this file.
6. If neither is available → stop and tell the user:
   > "Neither the Datadog MCP server nor the pup CLI is available. Connect the MCP server (`claude mcp add --scope user --transport http datadog-llmo-mcp 'https://mcp.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp?toolsets=llmobs'`) or install pup."

`--backend pup` is accepted anywhere in the invocation arguments and is stripped before passing remaining args to the skill logic.

**pup invocation rules:**
- Invoke via Bash: `pup llm-obs <subcommand> [flags]`
- pup always outputs JSON. Parse directly — no content-block unwrapping (unlike MCP results, which may wrap JSON in `[{"type": "text", "text": "<json>"}]`).
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