# Datadog APM Trace Analyzer

> Queries Datadog APM trace data via the Datadog Tracing API v2 to identify latency bottlenecks and error hotspots. Generates flame graph summaries and service dependency impact reports.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/datadog-apm-trace-analyzer` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/datadog-apm-trace-analyzer`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/datadog-apm-trace-analyzer/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/datadog-apm-trace-analyzer

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# Datadog APM Trace Analyzer

Queries Datadog APM trace data via the Datadog Tracing API v2 to identify latency bottlenecks and error hotspots. Generates flame graph summaries and service dependency impact reports.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- $ npm install dd-trace
- $ yarn add dd-trace
- $ npm install dd-trace@4 # or whatever version you need
- $ yarn add dd-trace@4 # or whatever version you need

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- # dd-trace: Node.js APM Tracer Library
- dd-trace is an npm package that you can install in your Node.js application to capture APM (Application Performance Monitoring) data. In Datadog terminology this library is called a Tracer. This data is then sent off...
- [Tracing Node.js Applications](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/languages/nodejs/) - most project documentation, including setup instructions

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [API Documentation](https://datadog.github.io/dd-trace-js) - method signatures, plugin list, and some usage examples

- Source: https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-js
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/dd-trace-js/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/datadog-apm-trace-analyzer-2/)