Monitor

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datadog/refs/heads/main/json-schema/datadog-monitors-monitor-schema.json",
  "title": "Monitor",
  "description": "A Datadog monitor that watches a metric or check and alerts when thresholds are exceeded",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64",
      "description": "The unique numeric identifier of the monitor, assigned by Datadog upon creation",
      "example": 42
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of monitor that determines the query language and alerting behavior",
      "enum": [
        "composite",
        "event alert",
        "log alert",
        "metric alert",
        "process alert",
        "query alert",
        "rum alert",
        "service check",
        "synthetics alert",
        "trace-analytics alert",
        "slo alert",
        "event-v2 alert",
        "audit alert",
        "ci-pipelines alert",
        "ci-tests alert",
        "error-tracking alert",
        "database-monitoring alert",
        "network-performance alert"
      ],
      "example": "composite"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The monitor query expression using Datadog's query language for the specified monitor type",
      "example": "avg:system.cpu.user{*}"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A descriptive name for the monitor used for identification in dashboards and notifications",
      "example": "Example Monitor"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The notification message body sent when the monitor triggers, supports template variables and @-mentions",
      "example": "CPU usage is high on {{host.name}}"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of tags to associate with the monitor for filtering and organization",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "options": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MonitorOptions"
    },
    "priority": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The monitor priority level from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest), used for sorting and filtering",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 5,
      "example": 42
    },
    "state": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MonitorState"
    },
    "creator": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Creator"
    },
    "created": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the monitor was created",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "modified": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the monitor was last modified",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "deleted": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "nullable": true,
      "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the monitor was deleted, or null if not deleted",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "restricted_roles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of role IDs whose members can edit this monitor; empty means all users can edit",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type",
    "query",
    "name",
    "message"
  ]
}