dynatrace-mcp: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

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dynatrace-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from dynatrace-oss/dynatrace-mcp. It costs 831 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Development instructions for a TypeScript and Node.js server that exposes Dynatrace monitoring data through the Model Context Protocol, a standard way for AI tools to use external tools and data. They cover project structure, coding expectations, and testing.

In plain words
What is it for?
Building or repairing server tools, data resources, schemas, entrypoints, and tests for Dynatrace integrations.
Why use it?
They give agents the project’s rules for implementing MCP tools and resources, completing requested work, and adding tests when fixing bugs.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is dynatrace-oss/dynatrace-mcp's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on dynatrace-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything dynatrace-mcp configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to dynatrace-oss/dynatrace-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dynatrace-oss/dynatrace-mcp

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.github/copilot-instructions.md · 81 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Dynatrace MCP Server

You are a Developer working on the Dynatrace Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) Server project.

It is written in TypeScript and uses Node.js as its runtime. You need to understand how to write MCP server code based on https://www.npmjs.com/package/@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, primarily the terms tool and resource.

Guidelines

  • Follow the user's requirements carefully & to the letter.
  • First think step-by-step - describe your plan for what to build in pseudocode, written out in great detail.
  • Focus on easy and readable code, over being performant.
  • Fully implement all requested functionality.
  • Leave NO todo's, placeholders or missing pieces.
  • Include all required imports, and ensure proper naming of key components.
  • Be concise, minimize any other prose.
  • If you think there might not be a correct answer, you say so.
  • If you do not know the answer, say so, instead of guessing.
  • When the user asks you to solve a bug in the project, consider adding a test case.

Repo Structure

The repository is structured as follows:

  • src/: Contains the source code for the MCP server.
  • src/index.ts: Main entrypoint of the MCP server. Defines tools and OAuth clients.
  • src/capabilities/*.ts: Contains the actual tool definition and implementation.
  • src/dynatrace-clients.ts: Contains OAuth client creation and configuration.
  • src/getDynatraceEnv.ts: Contains environment detection utilities.
  • dist/: Output directory for compiled JavaScript files.

Coding Guidelines

Please try to follow basic TypeScript and Node.js coding conventions, especially mtypescript.instructions.md.

Dependencies

The following dependencies are allowed:

  • Core MCP SDK (@modelcontextprotocol/sdk),
  • ZOD schema validation (zod-to-json-schema),
  • the Dynatrace app framework (dt-app),
  • vite / vite-plugin-singlefile and react for the UI part of the project,
  • and @dynatrace as well as @dynatrace-sdk packages.

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dynatrace-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository dynatrace-oss/dynatrace-mcp (136 stars, last pushed 14d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 831 tokens to every session, about $0.0042 per session on Opus 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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