dd-apm
dd-apm 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 2026-10-08.
Installs, onboards, and configures Datadog APM for services and dependencies, enabling performance analysis through traces and instrumentation.
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
APM - install, onboard, instrument, enable, set up, configure, traces, services, dependencies, performance analysis, Data Streams Monitoring (DSM), queue lag, pipeline latency. Use for any request involving Datadog APM setup, instrumentation (SSI, ddtrace, agent install), or analysis.
dd-apm compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dd-apm (this page) | datadog-labs | APM - install, onboard, instrument, enable, set up, configure, traces, services, dependencies, performance an… | 178 | 2026-10-22 |
| agent-install(same repository) | datadog-labs | Install the Datadog Agent on Linux hosts via SSH with Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) enabled — SSI automat… | 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 dd-apm
- What does dd-apm do?
- Installs, onboards, and configures Datadog APM for services and dependencies, enabling performance analysis through traces and instrumentation.
- How do I install dd-apm?
- 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 dd-apm?
- datadog-labs.
- Is dd-apm 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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