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dd-docs — Claude Code skill: Datadog documentation lookup

The dd-docs skill connects your agent to Datadog documentation via llms.txt, an LLM-optimized index of every doc page.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill dd-docs -a claude-code
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What dd-docs does

The skill fetches docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt, a file listing all documentation pages with URLs, descriptions, and Markdown source links. Your agent sees the full product map (APM, Logs, Monitors, Synthetics, RUM, Security) and can pull any page as .md by appending the extension to the URL.

Inside are curl commands to grep the index for topics and download specific sections. A table of key areas (tracing, metrics, dashboards, API) cuts navigation time. The skill reads public docs only; it makes no requests to the Datadog API itself.

For regional sites like datadoghq.eu, swap the domain manually — the skill defaults to .com.

What it helps with

  • look up monitor or metric limits in Datadog documentation
  • download the Markdown source of an APM or logs section
  • verify feature availability in official docs before setup
  • cross-check query syntax against the canonical reference

Example prompts for the agent

  • Find how many tags a single Datadog metric can have in the docs
  • Download the RUM page from docs.datadoghq.com as Markdown
  • Show me the Synthetics section link from the llms.txt index

How to install dd-docs

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill dd-docs -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/dd-docs/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dd-docs/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about dd-docs

How do I install dd-docs in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill dd-docs -a claude-code and the skill will land in ~/.claude/skills/dd-docs/SKILL.md.

What does the dd-docs skill do?

The dd-docs skill fetches the Datadog documentation index from llms.txt and gives your agent commands to search pages by topic and download Markdown for any section.

Does dd-docs work with regional Datadog sites?

The skill targets docs.datadoghq.com by default. For datadoghq.eu or other domains, you'll need to edit the URLs in the commands manually.

Source text

SKILL.md · MIT
---
name: dd-docs
description: Datadog docs lookup using docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt and linked Markdown pages.
metadata:
  version: "1.0.0"
  author: datadog-labs
  repository: https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills
  tags: datadog,docs,llms.txt,dd-docs
  alwaysApply: "false"
---

# Datadog Docs

Use this skill to locate Datadog documentation and limits.

## LLM-Friendly Documentation

Datadog provides an LLM-optimized documentation index at:

```
https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt
```

This file contains:
- Overview of all Datadog products organized by use case
- Full list of documentation pages with URLs and descriptions
- Direct links to Markdown sources (append `.md` to URLs)

### How to Use llms.txt

1. **Fetch the index** to understand available documentation:
   ```bash
   curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | head -100
   ```

2. **Search for specific topics**:

Examples:

   ```bash
   curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "monitors"
   curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "apm"
   curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "logs"
   ```

3. **Fetch specific doc pages** (add .md to most Datadog Docs URLs for raw content):
   ```bash
   curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors.md
   curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing.md
   ```

### Key Documentation Sections

| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| APM/Tracing | https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/ |
| Logs | https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/ |
| Metrics | https://docs.datadoghq.com/metrics/ |
| Monitors | https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors/ |
| Dashboards | https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/ |
| Security | https://docs.datadoghq.com/security/ |
| Synthetics | https://docs.datadoghq.com/synthetics/ |
| RUM | https://docs.datadoghq.com/real_user_monitoring/ |
| Incidents | https://docs.datadoghq.com/service_management/incident_management/ |
| API Reference | https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/ |

## Scope Guardrails

- Use llms.txt for documentation lookups
- Defer to official docs for feature availability and limits

## Failure Handling

- If docs.datadoghq.com is unreachable, check network connectivity
- For region-specific docs, use appropriate site (datadoghq.eu, etc.)

© datadog-labs · MIT · datadog-labs/agent-skills

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