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Datadog

Monitoring, APM, logs and security platform. Pick your Datadog site, then create an organisation API key (for the Agent) and an application key (for the API).

Researched · not yet run liveLast researched 25 October 2026 · Datadog · provider site

Researched, not yet run live. Built from the provider’s official pages (linked below). A person hasn’t walked this flow end to end yet, so check each step against the source.
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Steps

Steps marked “human step” are ones only you can do: verapli never signs in, submits, pays or accepts terms for you.

  1. Sign in or create a Datadog account

    Sign in to Datadog. If you have no account yet, you create it yourself; verapli does not create accounts.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You sign in

    Where: https://app.datadoghq.com/

  2. Choose your Datadog site

    Sign up on the site (region) you need, e.g. US1 datadoghq.com or EU1 datadoghq.eu. Sites are independent and cannot share data. Record the site value as DD_SITE.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit

    verapli captures DD_SITE here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

  3. Create an API key

    In Organization Settings > API keys create a key for the Agent and set DD_API_KEY. Or run stripe projects add datadog/observability.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Sign in or create a Datadog account

    verapli captures DD_API_KEY here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

  4. Create an application key (for API access)optional

    In Organization Settings > Application Keys create a key. Copy the secret now; it may not be retrievable later.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Sign in or create a Datadog account

    verapli captures DD_APP_KEY here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

What you end up with

Env varSecretFormatWhat it is
DD_SITEnot secretDatadog site parameter (e.g. datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu)
DD_API_KEYsecretDatadog organisation API key
DD_APP_KEYsecretDatadog application key (user-bound). Env var name is a verapli convention; the keys page names none.

Pricing

  • Free tier: Up to 5 hosts with 1-day metric retention.
  • Costs: Infrastructure Pro from $15/host/month billed annually ($18 on-demand).

Source [6]

For agents

The same entry as JSON: /api/v1/entries/datadog/observability · requirements /api/v1/requirements/datadog/observability · terms /api/v1/terms/datadog/observability.

Remote MCP (read-only, no auth)
claude mcp add --transport http verapli https://verapli.com/mcp

> "What do I need for Datadog, and how long will it take?"
  → tools/call requirements { "provider_id": "datadog/observability" }

Sources

  1. Stripe Projects CLI (Available providers) Datadog is listed as a Stripe Projects provider (Observability, analytics) · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  2. projects.dev provider catalogue Catalogue service id datadog/observability · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  3. Datadog docs - API and application keys API keys org-wide, required by the Agent; application keys tied to the creating user, used with the API key; both in Organization Settings; application key secret shown only at creation on some sites or with One-Time Read mode · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  4. Datadog docs - Getting started with Datadog sites Sites US1 datadoghq.com, US3, US5, EU1 datadoghq.eu, US1-FED, US2-FED, AP1, AP2, UK1; sites are independent and cannot share data · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  5. Datadog docs - Getting started with the Agent DD_API_KEY and DD_SITE environment variables for containerised Agents · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  6. Datadog pricing Free tier up to 5 hosts with 1-day metric retention; Infrastructure Pro from $15/host/month annual, $18 on-demand · accessed 25 October 2026 · official

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