Datadog

Datadog monitoring — manage monitors, dashboards, metrics, logs, events, and incidents via REST API

Security Scan

The skill's code, declared environment variables, and instructions align with a Datadog CLI: required credentials match the service and there is no install or external download; only minor implementation notes (reading a .env file, duplicate function) should be reviewed before use.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description, required env vars (DD_API_KEY, DD_APP_KEY), and included CLI implemention (scripts/datadog.py) all match a Datadog REST-API client. Nothing requested by the skill appears unrelated to managing Datadog resources.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md is a straightforward wrapper around scripts/datadog.py and only instructs running the included script. Implementation detail: get_env will read the environment variable from the process environment or fall back to a .env file at WORKSPACE or ~/.openclaw/workspace/.env if present — this behavior is not spelled out in SKILL.md and may read files the user did not expect. Also the code allows constructing requests to arbitrary URLs if a full URL is passed to req(path), though built-in commands use fixed Datadog paths.

Install Mechanism

There is no install/spec that downloads or executes remote artifacts; the skill is instruction-only plus a local script (safe from supply-chain download risks).

Credentials

Requested environment variables DD_API_KEY and DD_APP_KEY are exactly what a Datadog REST API client needs. No unrelated secrets, credentials, or broad config paths are required.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill does not request always:true or other privileged persistence. It does not modify other skill configurations and only reads env or .env for credentials.

Assessment

This skill appears to be a straightforward Datadog CLI and requests only the expected Datadog API and application keys. Before installing: (1) verify you trust the author/homepage (agxntsix.ai) and review the script if you have concerns; (2) check any ~/.openclaw/workspace/.env or WORKSPACE .env files — the script will look there for DD_API_KEY and DD_APP_KEY if they are not in the process environment; ensure those files do not contain unrelated secrets you don't want accessed; (3) be aware the script sends your DD keys in request headers to api.datadoghq.com (expected), so run it in a trusted environment and consider using scoped/limited keys; (4) note a minor implementation quirk: get_headers is defined twice (the second overrides the first) — this is a harmless bug but not a security issue. If you need higher assurance, open the included scripts/datadog.py and review it line-by-line or run it in an isolated environment and rotate keys after initial use.

Datadog monitoring — manage monitors, dashboards, metrics, logs, events, and incidents via REST API

Requirements

Variable	Required	Description
DD_API_KEY	✅	API key from app.datadoghq.com
DD_APP_KEY	✅	Application key

Quick Start

# List monitors
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py monitors --query <value> --tags <value>

# Get monitor
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py monitor-get id <value>

# Create monitor
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py monitor-create --name <value> --type <value> --query <value> --message <value>

# Update monitor
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py monitor-update id <value> --name <value> --query <value>

# Delete monitor
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py monitor-delete id <value>

# Mute monitor
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py monitor-mute id <value>

# List dashboards
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py dashboards

# Get dashboard
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py dashboard-get id <value>

All Commands

Command	Description
monitors	List monitors
monitor-get	Get monitor
monitor-create	Create monitor
monitor-update	Update monitor
monitor-delete	Delete monitor
monitor-mute	Mute monitor
dashboards	List dashboards
dashboard-get	Get dashboard
dashboard-create	Create dashboard
dashboard-delete	Delete dashboard
metrics-search	Search metrics
metrics-query	Query metrics
events-list	List events
event-create	Create event
logs-search	Search logs
incidents	List incidents
incident-get	Get incident
hosts	List hosts
downtimes	List downtimes
downtime-create	Create downtime
slos	List SLOs
synthetics	List synthetic tests
users	List users

Output Format

All commands output JSON by default. Add --human for readable formatted output.

python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py <command> --human

Script Reference

Script	Description
{{baseDir}}/scripts/datadog.py	Main CLI — all commands in one tool

Credits

Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.

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