About dd-docs
dd-docs is a skill for locating Datadog documentation and checking product limits. It uses Datadog’s LLM-friendly documentation index to find topics and links to Markdown pages.
Key features
- 01Search the Datadog documentation index
- 02Find documentation by product topic
- 03Fetch Markdown versions of documentation
- 04Defer feature availability and limits to official docs
Use cases
- 01Locate documentation for monitors or APM
- 02Find Datadog product and API reference pages
- 03Check official feature availability and limits
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ datadog-labs/ agent-skills --skill dd-docsAfter installing, type/dd-docsin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEDatadog Docs
Use this skill to locate Datadog documentation and limits.
LLM-Friendly Documentation
Datadog provides an LLM-optimized documentation index at:
https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt
This file contains:
- Overview of all Datadog products organized by use case
- Full list of documentation pages with URLs and descriptions
- Direct links to Markdown sources (append
.mdto URLs)
How to Use llms.txt
-
Fetch the index to understand available documentation:
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | head -100 -
Search for specific topics:
Examples:
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "monitors"
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "apm"
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt | grep -i "logs"
- Fetch specific doc pages (add .md to most Datadog Docs URLs for raw content):
curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors.md curl -s https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing.md
Key Documentation Sections
Scope Guardrails
- Use llms.txt for documentation lookups
- Defer to official docs for feature availability and limits
Failure Handling
- If docs.datadoghq.com is unreachable, check network connectivity
- For region-specific docs, use appropriate site (datadoghq.eu, etc.)
Comments
Markdown supported