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What does the Dd Apm skill do?

APM - traces, services, dependencies, performance analysis. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

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Dd Apm by diegosouzapw — Agent Skill

Name: Dd Apm
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: diegosouzapw

File contents

Datadog APM

Distributed tracing, service maps, and performance analysis.

Requirements

Datadog Labs Pup should be installed via:

go install github.com/datadog-labs/pup@latest

Quick Start

pup auth login
pup apm services list
pup apm traces list --service api-gateway --duration 1h

Services

List Services

pup apm services list
pup apm services list --env production

Service Details

pup apm services get api-gateway --json

Service Map

# View dependencies
pup apm service-map --service api-gateway --json

Traces

Search Traces

# By service
pup apm traces list --service api-gateway --duration 1h

# Errors only
pup apm traces list --service api-gateway --status error

# Slow traces (>1s)
pup apm traces list --service api-gateway --min-duration 1000ms

# With specific tag
pup apm traces list --query "@http.url:/api/users"

Get Trace Detail

pup apm traces get <trace_id> --json

Key Metrics

Metric	What It Measures
`trace.http.request.hits`	Request count
`trace.http.request.duration`	Latency
`trace.http.request.errors`	Error count
`trace.http.request.apdex`	User satisfaction

⚠️ Trace Sampling

Not all traces are kept. Understand sampling:

Mode	What's Kept
Head-based	Random % at start
Error/Slow	All errors, slow traces
Retention	What's indexed (billed)

# Check retention filters
pup apm retention-filters list

Trace Retention Costs

Retention	Cost
Indexed spans	$$$ per million
Ingested spans	$ per million

Best practice: Only index what you need for search.

Service Level Objectives

Link APM to SLOs:

pup slos create \
  --name "API Latency p99 < 200ms" \
  --type metric \
  --numerator "sum:trace.http.request.hits{service:api,@duration:<200000000}" \
  --denominator "sum:trace.http.request.hits{service:api}" \
  --target 99.0

Common Queries

Goal	Query
Slowest endpoints	`avg:trace.http.request.duration{*} by {resource_name}`
Error rate	`sum:trace.http.request.errors{} / sum:trace.http.request.hits{}`
Throughput	`sum:trace.http.request.hits{*}.as_rate()`

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
No traces	Check ddtrace installed, DD_TRACE_ENABLED=true
Missing service	Verify DD_SERVICE env var
Traces not linked	Check trace headers propagated
High cardinality	Don't tag with user_id/request_id

References/Docs

---name: dd-apmdescription: APM - traces, services, dependencies, performance analysis.---# Datadog APMDistributed tracing, service maps, and performance analysis.## RequirementsDatadog Labs Pup should be installed via:```bashgo install github.com/datadog-labs/pup@latest```## Quick Start```bashpup auth loginpup apm services listpup apm traces list --service api-gateway --duration 1h```## Services### List Services```bashpup apm services listpup apm services list --env production```### Service Details```bashpup apm services get api-gateway --json```### Service Map```bash# View dependenciespup apm service-map --service api-gateway --json```## Traces### Search Traces```bash# By servicepup apm traces list --service api-gateway --duration 1h# Errors onlypup apm traces list --service api-gateway --status error# Slow traces (>1s)pup apm traces list --service api-gateway --min-duration 1000ms# With specific tagpup apm traces list --query "@http.url:/api/users"```### Get Trace Detail```bashpup apm traces get <trace_id> --json```## Key Metrics| Metric | What It Measures ||--------|------------------|| `trace.http.request.hits` | Request count || `trace.http.request.duration` | Latency || `trace.http.request.errors` | Error count || `trace.http.request.apdex` | User satisfaction |## ⚠️ Trace Sampling**Not all traces are kept.** Understand sampling:| Mode | What's Kept ||------|-------------|| **Head-based** | Random % at start || **Error/Slow** | All errors, slow traces || **Retention** | What's indexed (billed) |```bash# Check retention filterspup apm retention-filters list```### Trace Retention Costs| Retention | Cost ||-----------|------|| Indexed spans | $$$ per million || Ingested spans | $ per million |**Best practice:** Only index what you need for search.## Service Level ObjectivesLink APM to SLOs:```bashpup slos create \ --name "API Latency p99 < 200ms" \ --type metric \ --numerator "sum:trace.http.request.hits{service:api,@duration:<200000000}" \ --denominator "sum:trace.http.request.hits{service:api}" \ --target 99.0```## Common Queries| Goal | Query ||------|-------|| Slowest endpoints | `avg:trace.http.request.duration{*} by {resource_name}` || Error rate | `sum:trace.http.request.errors{*} / sum:trace.http.request.hits{*}` || Throughput | `sum:trace.http.request.hits{*}.as_rate()` |## Troubleshooting| Problem | Fix ||---------|-----|| No traces | Check ddtrace installed, DD_TRACE_ENABLED=true || Missing service | Verify DD_SERVICE env var || Traces not linked | Check trace headers propagated || High cardinality | Don't tag with user_id/request_id |## References/Docs- [APM Setup](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/)- [Trace Search](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/trace_explorer/)- [Retention Filters](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/trace_pipeline/trace_retention/)

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