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  "observability",
  "developer-tools",
  "dashboards"
 ],
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  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Datadog presents a cloud monitoring and security platform covering infrastructure, logs, APM, security, synthetics, and RUM.",
   "source": "https://www.datadoghq.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Datadog docs index a web console and a mobile app for iOS and Android with dashboards, alerts, incidents, and on-call.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Datadog offers a 14-day free trial of the product suite. Pricing is commercial after the trial.",
   "source": "https://www.datadoghq.com/product/ai/mcp-server/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Datadog documents a public HTTP REST API that returns JSON and uses resource-oriented URLs and standard HTTP status codes.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The documented public interface is an HTTP REST API.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Datadog documents API-key authentication via the DD-API-KEY header. Write requests require reporting access and an API key.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/authentication/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "Datadog documents Application-key authentication via the DD-APPLICATION-KEY header for endpoints that read data and require full access.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/authentication/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The API covers the Datadog platform programmatically. Coverage is broad across v1 and v2 clients but not claimed as the entire product.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Datadog publishes official API client libraries and shows install examples for each language on the API reference.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "Official Java client datadog-api-client version 2.59.0 is documented.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "Official Python clients datadog and datadog-api-client are documented.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[2]",
   "note": "Official Ruby clients dogapi and datadog_api_client 2.58.0 are documented.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[3]",
   "note": "Official Go client github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2 is documented.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[4]",
   "note": "Official TypeScript client @datadog/datadog-api-client is documented.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[5]",
   "note": "Official Rust client datadog-api-client is documented.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Datadog documents a vendor remote MCP Server that exposes APM, logs, metrics, monitors, dashboards, security signals, and related products to MCP clients.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "Datadog presents Pup CLI as the official interface for scripting, automation, shell-style agents, and high-scale custom agent workflows.",
   "source": "https://www.datadoghq.com/product/ai/mcp-server/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "The Datadog API returns JSON from all requests.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "Datadog publishes a genuine documentation index for agents covering API, MCP Server, Pup CLI, and product docs.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The REST API is documented, multi-site, read/write, and backed by official clients in six languages. Dual-key auth and site-specific hosts keep it in the broad-production tier rather than unusual completeness.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "The official remote server has OAuth, RBAC inheritance, useful observability tools, Audit Trail, and published rate limits. Preview toolsets, a 50,000 monthly call cap, and no GovCloud support keep it below unusual completeness.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "Pup CLI is listed in Datadog's agent documentation index as the terminal interface to Datadog APIs. This pass did not open a complete command-reference page, so the CLI path is useful but not fully assessed.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Datadog's current first-party remote MCP overview, including GovCloud exclusion, HIPAA note, and fair-use limits.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Datadog's current MCP tool reference, including the US1 URL https://mcp.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp and Preview toolset notes.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/tools/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Datadog's current REST API reference index and official client list.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-28",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Datadog's current agent documentation index.",
   "source": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
 ],
 "freshness": {
  "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
  "volatility": "high",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/"
   },
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/mcp_server/tools/"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://www.datadoghq.com/",
 "id": "datadog",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": true
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "api-key",
    "application-key"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "json"
   ],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Datadog's HTTP REST API, official client libraries, remote MCP Server, and Pup CLI cover practical observability automation without browser control.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "java",
    "python",
    "ruby",
    "go",
    "typescript",
    "rust"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Datadog",
 "platforms": [
  "web",
  "ios",
  "android"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "grafana",
   "sentry"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Datadog",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 8,
   "cli": 6,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 8,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Datadog observability is automatable today through a public HTTP REST API and a first-party remote MCP Server. The API uses resource-oriented URLs, JSON, and standard HTTP status codes. Write calls need an API key in DD-API-KEY; read calls also need an Application key in DD-APPLICATION-KEY. Official clients exist for Java, Python, Ruby, Go, TypeScript, and Rust. Site hosts include US1, EU, and other regional endpoints. The remote MCP Server at https://mcp.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp (US1) bridges APM, logs, metrics, monitors, dashboards, security signals, and related products into MCP clients with user-based OAuth that inherits existing RBAC. Toolsets can be limited with a query parameter or X-Datadog-MCP-Toolsets header. Fair-use limits are 50 requests per 10 seconds and 50,000 monthly tool calls, adjustable through Datadog support. MCP is HIPAA-eligible and not GovCloud compatible. Several toolsets, including APM, are Preview. Audit Trail records every MCP tool call. This record excludes the separate local Code Security MCP Server. Pup CLI is Datadog's official terminal and high-scale agent interface to the same platform. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API and MCP both score 8; API is the best path because it does not carry the MCP monthly tool-call cap or GovCloud exclusion.\n"
 }
}