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Monitor management - create, update, mute, and alerting best practices.
Create, manage, and maintain monitors for alerting.
This requires Go or the pup binary in your path.
pup - go install github.com/datadog/pup@latest
Ensure ~/go/bin is in $PATH.
pup auth login
pup monitors list
pup monitors list --tags "team:platform"
pup monitors search --query "status:Alert"
pup monitors get <id>
pup monitors create --file monitor.json
# Mute with duration
pup monitors update 12345 --file monitor-muted.json
# Or mute with specific end time
pup monitors update 12345 --file monitor-muted-until.json
# Unmute
pup monitors update 12345 --file monitor-unmuted.json
| Rule | Why |
|---|---|
| No flapping alerts | Use last_Xm not last_1m |
| Meaningful thresholds | Based on SLOs, not guesses |
| Actionable alerts | If no action needed, don't alert |
| Include runbook | @runbook-url in message |
# WRONG - will flap constantly
npx skills add DataDog/pup --skill dd-monitorsHow clear and easy to understand the SKILL.md instructions are, rated from 1 to 5.
Clear and well structured, with only minor parts that might need a second read.
How directly an agent can act on the SKILL.md instructions, rated from 1 to 5.
Mostly actionable with clear steps; only a few small gaps remain.