observability
Datadog
Datadog
Connect your Datadog account to let agents query metrics, search logs, trace requests, and investigate alerts. Agents can correlate observability data with your infrastructure to diagnose issues faster.
Connect
Connect Datadog from the terminal. Pass --help for the flags Datadog accepts.
Terminal
polylane integration connect --type datadogAPI key and application key for your Datadog site.
Connect Datadog so agents can query your logs, metrics, monitors, and dashboards during investigations.
Setup
- Select your Datadog site (US1, US3, US5, EU1, AP1, and so on). Check your Datadog URL:
app.datadoghq.comis US1,app.datadoghq.euis EU1. - Enter your API key from Organization Settings → API Keys.
- Enter your Application key from Organization Settings → Application Keys.
- Polylane validates both keys and connects.
The application key needs read access to logs, metrics, monitors, and dashboards. Your keys are encrypted before they are stored, and the agent never sees them.
What agents can do
- Search and filter logs with Datadog query syntax
- Read metric values and trends over time
- Check which monitors are alerting and their status
- Reference dashboard data in investigations
Disconnecting
Disconnect Datadog in Polylane, then revoke the application and API keys in Datadog.
Tools
12Operations agents can perform in threads and automations.
Api
Call any Datadog REST endpoint that lacks a dedicated tool
Query Metrics
Query time-series metrics from Datadog
Search Logs
Search and filter log entries in Datadog
Dashboards
Read or create Datadog dashboards
Monitors
Read, create, or mute Datadog monitors
Incidents
Read Datadog incidents
S L Os
Read or create Datadog Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
Spans
Query and aggregate Datadog APM spans and traces
List Hosts
List hosts reporting to Datadog
List Events
List events from Datadog
Get Service Dependencies
Get service dependency map from Datadog APM
Create Downtime
Schedule a maintenance downtime in Datadog
Automation triggers
1Events from Datadog that can start an automation.
Alert
Fires every time a connected observability provider sends an alert webhook to Polylane.
Automation templates
12Pre-built automations that use Datadog. Open one to see its trigger, instructions, and actions.
Generate weekly report
Compile a weekly engineering report covering incidents and deployments
Daily Datadog infrastructure audit
Run a daily audit of your Datadog observability setup and flag gaps in monitoring
On-call handoff brief
Monday morning briefing summarizing all incidents, alerts, deployments, and infrastructure changes since the last handoff
Detect anomalous traffic
Identify unusual traffic patterns and potential security incidents from alerts
Monitor SLA compliance
Track service level objectives and alert when SLOs are at risk of being breached
Datadog alert noise reduction report
Identify noisy Datadog alerts that fire frequently without actionable outcomes
Weekly Datadog security digest
Compile a weekly Datadog report on security events, vulnerabilities, and access changes
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Capacity planning report
Forecast resource usage trends and flag services approaching capacity limits
Monthly incident trends
Monthly analysis of incident patterns, root causes, and team response effectiveness
On-call load report
Analyze on-call burden per team including pages, interruptions, and off-hours alerts
Daily platform health summary
Morning briefing on overall platform health for engineering leadership
Daily Datadog error review
Proactive daily scan of Datadog errors, surfacing new patterns and regressions