DataDog/pup is a command-line client that gives AI agents access to Datadog's observability platform. It lets agents retrieve and manage information across Datadog products such as metrics, logs, monitors, RUM, and security data, with structured output for automation.
Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to DataDog/pup. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/pup/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DataDog/pupWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/datadog/pup/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/datadog/pup/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/datadog/pup/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/datadog/pup/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/datadog/pup/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.01914 | $0.01914 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00766 | $0.00766 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00383 | $0.00383 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00191 | $0.00191 |
Grade A, and why
pup CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 221 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Pup - Datadog API CLI
Rust-based CLI wrapper for Datadog APIs. Provides OAuth2 + API key authentication across a wide range of Datadog product domains.
Documentation Index
- ALIASES.md - Alias management (storage, commands, expansion)
- COMMANDS.md - Complete command reference
- CONTRIBUTING.md - Git workflow, PR process, commit format
- TESTING.md - Test strategy, coverage requirements, CI/CD
- REVIEW.md - Code review guidelines (read before submitting PRs)
- OAUTH2.md - OAuth2 implementation details (DCR, PKCE, token storage)
- EXAMPLES.md - Usage examples and common workflows
- ARCHITECTURE.md - Design decisions and technical details
- TROUBLESHOOTING.md - Common issues and debugging
Review Guidelines
All PRs are reviewed against docs/REVIEW.md. Read it before submitting. Key rules:
- Reuse existing code. Search
src/util.rs,src/output.rs,src/client.rs, andsrc/settings.rsbefore writing new helpers.src/formatter.rsandsrc/config.rsare generator-owned contracts; hand-maintained output logic belongs insrc/output.rs, and configuration loading and precedence belong insrc/settings.rs. Do not duplicate functionality that already exists. - Test both paths. Every change must include positive tests (happy path) and negative tests (error cases, bad input, edge cases).
- No malicious code. Obfuscated logic, backdoors, exfiltration, or unauthorized network calls result in rejection and a ban.
- No vulnerable dependencies. Only use latest stable crate versions with no known CVEs. Run
cargo auditbefore submitting. - Keep it simple. Small functions, shallow nesting, no premature abstractions. Prefer explicit over clever.
- Follow Rust standards.
cargo fmt,cargo clippy -- -D warnings,anyhowfor errors, idiomaticOption/Resultusage. - Minimal diffs. One concern per PR. Don't touch unrelated code, reformat untouched files, or add unnecessary improvements.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 11d ago Changed · +1 lines · +37 tokens per session 9e9be89ed45b
- 1mo ago Changed · +1 lines · +40 tokens per session 3302db8ecdd0
- 1mo ago First seen · 219 lines · 1,837 tokens per session scan A 5f8bf3bc242f
pup CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository DataDog/pup (1,034 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 1,914 tokens to every session, about $0.0077 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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