How to connect Datadog to Cursor

1. 1. Enable Datadog in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the Datadog MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add Metorial to your MCP config

   Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.

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   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "metorial": {
         "url": "<your-magic-mcp-url>"
       }
     }
   }

3. 3. Sign in

   Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load Datadog tools.

• Query Metrics: Query timeseries metric data from Datadog.
• Manage Incident: Create or update a Datadog incident.
• List Synthetics Tests: List all Datadog Synthetics tests.
• Get Dashboard: Get full details of a specific Datadog dashboard by ID, including all widget definitions and template variables.
• Delete Monitor: Delete a Datadog monitor by its ID.
• List Users: List users in the Datadog organization.
• Submit Logs: Send log entries directly to Datadog.
• Search Logs: Search and retrieve logs from Datadog using query syntax.
• Trigger Synthetics Tests: Trigger one or more Datadog Synthetics tests on demand.
• Mute/Unmute Monitor: Mute or unmute a Datadog monitor.
• Schedule Downtime: Schedule a downtime to temporarily mute monitoring notifications.
• List Events: List events from the Datadog event stream within a time range.
• Manage Dashboard: Create or update a Datadog dashboard.
• Post Event: Post an event to the Datadog event stream.
• Get Synthetics Test: Get details and recent results of a Datadog Synthetics test by its public ID.
• And 20 more on the Datadog MCP server page.

• Cursor picks MCP tools automatically when they are relevant, including in Plan Mode. Name a Datadog tool to steer it.
• Cursor asks for approval before it uses an MCP tool by default. Click the arrow next to the tool name to check the arguments first.
• Switch the Metorial server off from Customize in the sidebar without removing it.
• Cursor shows each Datadog tool response in chat, with expandable views of the arguments and the result.

Metorial connects but tools are missing or failing

Open the Output panel (Cmd+Shift+U), choose MCP Logs, and look for authentication or connection errors.

Your company blocks the server

Enterprise admins approve remote servers in Team Settings, then MCP Configuration. Ask them to add a URL entry for your Metorial URL.

Cursor asks before every tool call

That is the default. Allowlist the Metorial tools you trust in your Run Mode settings to run them without a prompt.

Based on the Cursor MCP documentation.