ddctl

Manage Datadog dashboards, monitors, and SLOs from your terminal. Version-controlled, multi-org, LLM-ready.

Install

npm install ddctl

Or run directly:

npx ddctl version

MCP Server Setup

Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ddctl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ddctl", "mcp", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

For write operations:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ddctl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ddctl", "mcp", "serve", "--safety", "read-write"]
    }
  }
}

Prerequisites

Before using the MCP server, authenticate with Datadog:

npx ddctl connection add --name production --site datadoghq.com
npx ddctl auth login

Features

• Push/pull dashboards, monitors, and SLOs with local version history
• Multi-org support with named connection profiles
• Metrics and logs querying
• API pass-through for any Datadog endpoint
• MCP server for LLM integration
• Configurable safety levels (read-only, read-write, unrestricted)

Documentation

Full docs: https://github.com/futuregerald/ddctl

License

MIT