agent-install
agent-install is an agent skill published by datadog-labs, listed under building agents. It lives in the datadog-labs/agent-skills repository, which has 178 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Installs the Datadog Agent on Linux hosts via SSH with Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) enabled, which automatically instruments applications for APM without code changes. Requires the host to have no existing agent installation.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads datadog-labs/agent-skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills
Maintenance
Install the Datadog Agent on Linux hosts via SSH with Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) enabled — SSI automatically instruments applications for APM without code changes. Only use if no agent is installed yet.
agent-install compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| agent-install (this page) | datadog-labs | Install the Datadog Agent on Linux hosts via SSH with Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) enabled — SSI automat… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
| dd-apm(same repository) | datadog-labs | APM - install, onboard, instrument, enable, set up, configure, traces, services, dependencies, performance an… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
| dd-audit-ai-activity(same repository) | datadog-labs | Audit what the Bits AI assistant (MCP server) has done in your Datadog org — tool calls by user, resources ac… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
| enable-ssi(same repository) | datadog-labs | Enable Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) on Kubernetes — automatically instruments applications for APM witho… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
| troubleshoot-ssi(same repository) | datadog-labs | Diagnose and fix Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) issues on Kubernetes — SSI automatically instruments appli… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
| upgrade-browser-sdk-v5(same repository) | datadog-labs | Upgrade Datadog Browser SDK from v4 to v5. Use when encountering removed options like proxyUrl, sampleRate, r… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
| upgrade-browser-sdk-v6(same repository) | datadog-labs | Upgrade Datadog Browser SDK from v5 to v6. Use when encountering removed options like useCrossSiteSessionCook… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about agent-install
- What does agent-install do?
- Installs the Datadog Agent on Linux hosts via SSH with Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) enabled, which automatically instruments applications for APM without code changes. Requires the host to have no existing agent installation.
- How do I install agent-install?
- Run npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes agent-install?
- datadog-labs.
- Is agent-install maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 178 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-22. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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