Datadog · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist Metrics surface overlay (Datadog)

3 actions 3 updates update extends openapi/datadog-metrics-api-openapi.yml
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What the actions change

x-mcp-toolsx-arazzo-workflowsx-agent-skillx-agent-guidancex-workflow-step

Targets 3

$.info
$.paths['/api/v2/series'].post
$.paths['/api/v2/query/timeseries'].post

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist Metrics surface overlay (Datadog)
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/datadog-metrics-api-openapi.yml
x-generated: '2026-09-23'
x-method: generated
x-source: openapi/datadog-metrics-api-openapi.yml
x-rationale: >-
  Wire the Metrics submit + query operations to their MCP tools, arazzo
  workflow, and Agent Skill without mutating the underlying spec.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    description: Attach MCP + workflow pointers to info.
    update:
      x-mcp-tools:
        - {tool: get_datadog_metric,        toolset: core, binding: rest, backs: [GetMetricMetadata]}
        - {tool: get_datadog_metric_context, toolset: core, binding: rest, backs: [ListTagsByMetricName]}
        - {tool: search_datadog_metrics,     toolset: core, binding: rest, backs: [ListActiveMetrics]}
      x-arazzo-workflows:
        - ../arazzo/datadog-submit-and-query-metrics-workflow.yml
        - ../arazzo/datadog-manage-metric-metadata-workflow.yml
      x-agent-skill: skills/datadog-submit-and-query-metrics.md
  - target: "$.paths['/api/v2/series'].post"
    description: Note gzip payload and rate-limit expectations for SubmitMetrics.
    update:
      x-agent-guidance: >-
        SubmitMetrics accepts gzip-compressed payloads with
        `Content-Encoding: gzip`. Prefer batch submissions of up to 100 series
        per request. See rate-limits/datadog-rate-limits.yml.
  - target: "$.paths['/api/v2/query/timeseries'].post"
    description: Point read paths at the queryMetricsTimeseries workflow step.
    update:
      x-workflow-step:
        workflow: datadog-submit-and-query-metrics-workflow.yml
        step: queryMetricsBackFromSubmit

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