Add Datadog MCP shared workflow configuration by Copilot · Pull Request #1649 · github/gh-aw

Copilot · 2025-10-13T20:19:27Z

This PR adds a shared Datadog MCP server configuration that enables agentic workflows to interact with Datadog's observability and monitoring platform.

What's New

A new shared configuration file at .github/workflows/shared/mcp/datadog.md provides seamless integration with Datadog's monitoring, logging, metrics, and incident management capabilities. Workflows can now easily query Datadog data using natural language.

Configuration

The shared file provides:

Container-based deployment using mcp/datadog for easy setup
Environment variable configuration for API credentials (DD_API_KEY, DD_APP_KEY, DD_SITE)
Multi-region support with network allowlist for all Datadog regions (US, EU, GovCloud, US5, AP1)
Optimized documentation in XML comments to prevent inclusion in AI prompts
10 available tools for comprehensive Datadog access:
- Monitors: get-monitors, get-monitor
- Dashboards: get-dashboards, get-dashboard
- Metrics: get-metrics, get-metric-metadata
- Logs: search-logs, aggregate-logs
- Events: get-events
- Incidents: get-incidents

Usage

Workflows can now import Datadog capabilities with a single line:

imports:
  - shared/mcp/datadog.md

Then use natural language to query Datadog:

Search for error logs in the web-app service from the last hour and summarize the most common errors.

The AI agent automatically selects and uses the appropriate Datadog tools to fetch and analyze the data.

Documentation

The configuration includes comprehensive documentation (in XML comments to avoid AI prompt pollution) with:

Step-by-step setup instructions for creating Datadog API keys
Regional endpoint configuration guide for different Datadog regions
Example usage patterns
Troubleshooting section for common issues
Reference to the upstream Datadog MCP server documentation

Optimization

By placing all documentation in XML comments, workflows that import this configuration are more efficient:

Documentation excluded from AI prompts, reducing token usage
Documentation still available for developers to read in the source file

Testing

✅ All unit tests pass
✅ All integration tests pass
✅ Follows established patterns from other MCP shared files (arxiv, notion, context7)
✅ Main branch merged successfully

Fixes #1648

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Datadog mcp</issue_title>
<issue_description>/scout create a plan to wrap datadog mcp into a shared agentic workflow

https://docs.datadoghq.com/bits_ai/mcp_server/setup/</issue_description>

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Fixes #1648

✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.

- Create .github/workflows/shared/mcp/datadog.md with MCP server configuration - Configure container-based deployment using mcp/datadog container - Add all 10 Datadog tools (monitors, dashboards, metrics, logs, incidents, events) - Include comprehensive documentation with setup instructions and examples - Create datadog-query.md example workflow to demonstrate usage - All tests passing successfully Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

- Add inline HTML comment documentation for consistency with other MCP files - Include complete tool list, required secrets, and usage instructions - Matches pattern used in arxiv.md and context7.md - All tests passing successfully Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

pkg/cli/workflows/test-datadog-query.md

- Rename datadog-query.md to test-datadog-query.md - Move from .github/workflows/ to pkg/cli/workflows/ - Update import path to reference main shared directory - All tests passing successfully Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

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@copilot merge main

pelikhan · 2025-10-13T22:40:09Z

.github/workflows/shared/mcp/datadog.md

+      - aggregate-logs
+---
+
+## Datadog MCP Server


@copilot all the documentation should be in a xml comment otherwise it will be added to the prompt.

Documentation moved to XML comments. Workflow size reduced from 67.6 KB to 64.5 KB. (commit: will be in next merge commit)

- Move all markdown documentation into XML comments to prevent it from being added to AI prompts - Merge main branch to get latest updates - Reduce workflow size from 67.6 KB to 64.5 KB by excluding docs from prompt - All tests passing successfully Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot · 2025-10-13T22:45:49Z

@copilot merge main

Main branch merged successfully. (included in next commit)

pelikhan · 2025-10-13T22:53:18Z

@copilot remove test agentic workflows for datadog

- Remove pkg/cli/workflows/test-datadog-query.md - Remove pkg/cli/workflows/test-datadog-query.lock.yml - Keep shared MCP configuration in .github/workflows/shared/mcp/datadog.md - All tests passing successfully Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot · 2025-10-13T22:57:22Z

@copilot remove test agentic workflows for datadog

Test workflow files removed. Only the shared MCP configuration remains at .github/workflows/shared/mcp/datadog.md. (commit will be in next push)

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