dd-apm
Query Datadog APM data directly from your editor
Developer Setup
Setup & Installation
npx skills add https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill dd-apmnpx skills add https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill dd-apmOverview
What This Skill Does
Query Datadog APM data directly from your editor
Application
When to use this Skill
- Integrating dd apm into your development workflow.
- Following best practices for query datadog apm data directly from your editor.
- Automating repetitive tasks with AI-assisted tooling.
- Building production-grade applications with proper standards.
- Debugging and troubleshooting common implementation issues.
Documentation
Show Skills.md file
Datadog APM
Distributed tracing, service maps, and performance analysis.
Routing — Read This First
Match the user's request to one of the entries below. Each entry has the same shape: triggers → which sub-skill to load → the anti-pattern to avoid. If a request seems to fit more than one entry, see "Overlap disambiguation". If nothing matches, see "None of the above" at the end.
Kubernetes APM install / instrument / onboard — trigger when the user mentions Kubernetes, K8s, EKS, GKE, AKS, kind, minikube, K3s, helm, DatadogAgent CR, kubectl, SSI on a cluster, pod injection, or init containers.
Immediately read .claude/skills/dd-apm/k8s-ssi/agent-install/SKILL.md now, then .claude/skills/dd-apm/k8s-ssi/enable-ssi/SKILL.md, then .claude/skills/dd-apm/k8s-ssi/verify-ssi/SKILL.md — do not proceed from memory.
⚠️ Common wrong approaches that LOOK like they work but silently fail:
helm install datadog datadog/datadog— the standard chart does NOT support SSI via DatadogAgent CR.- Adding
ddtraceimports orddtrace-runto the app — SSI auto-instruments WITHOUT any code changes.admission.datadoghq.com/enabledannotations — that's admission controller config injection, not SSI init container injection.
Linux APM install / instrument / onboard — trigger when the user mentions a single host, VM, EC2 instance, bare-metal, RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian, systemd, or no orchestrator.
Immediately read .claude/skills/dd-apm/linux-ssi/agent-install/SKILL.md now, then .claude/skills/dd-apm/linux-ssi/enable-ssi/SKILL.md, then .claude/skills/dd-apm/linux-ssi/verify-ssi/SKILL.md — do not proceed from memory.
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