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Ensure the user has an authenticated Datadog account with a valid DD_API_KEY on the right region before any Datadog setup or instrumentation. Detects existing DD_API_KEY / DD_APP_KEY / DD_SITE, validates them against the Datadog API, and fixes the common wrong-region 403. If no u
Ensure the user has an authenticated Datadog account with a valid DD_API_KEY on the right region before any Datadog setup or instrumentation. Detects existing DD_API_KEY / DD_APP_KEY / DD_SITE, validates them against the Datadog API, and fixes the common wrong-region 403. If no usable key exists, signs the user in (OAuth) or creates a new account, then obtains and validates a key. Use this whenever a user needs a Datadog account or API key, hits a 403 / wrong-region error, or is about to run any Datadog *-setup or instrumentation skill.
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This skill gets the user to a known-good state: a valid API key + application key, on the right region, validated against the Datadog API. It is the "step 0" that setup/instrumentation skills depend on — run it first, then hand off.
It is a standalone guided flow: detect what already exists, and when nothing usable is found, sign in with OAuth (browser, PKCE + state) or create a new account (in-terminal, with a generated password saved to .env), then turn that session into an API key. Everything runs as small inline bash + curl commands (OAuth also uses openssl) — no bundled scripts, no node; cross-platform (macOS, Linux, Windows via WSL/Git Bash).
This SKILL.md is the spine — it carries the short steps inline and routes to references/ for the heavy per-step machinery. Read a reference only when you reach the step that names it.
headless requested? ──yes──▶ Step H: env keys only (OAuth needs a browser), validate, done
│no (default — interactive)
▼
Step 1 Detect existing credentials (env)
│
▼
Step 2 Determine region / site (DD_SITE → validate; else IP-detect → confirm)
│
▼
Step 3 Authenticate — ask first (even if env keys were detected) → references/authenticate.md
│ └─ ASK: how to connect? ↴
│ ├─ A. Use the detected env key (only if one exists) → validate → Step 5
│ ├─ B. Sign in (I have an account) → OAuth (browser, PKCE + state) ──▶ Bearer token
│ └─ C. Create a new account → Path C: auto in-terminal signup, generated password ──▶ then OAuth
▼
Step 4 Turn the OAuth session into an API key → references/get-api-key.md
│ (identity + region via /current_user; OAuth→retrieve most-recent key, app-key→create → write straight to .env; else guide to UI key page)
▼
Step 5 Load creds from .env, validate, hand off
Golden rule: never guess or fabricate an API key, app key, token, or site. Read what's in the environment, validate it, and if it isn't there, authenticate — do not proceed on assumptions.
Every step obeys the same rules for how it talks to the user and renders progress: the clean-status-line presentation contract, asking with the host's native selector (never letter-entry), and the live progress checklist with its marker discipline. These live in references/conventions.md — read it before Step 1 and apply it throughout. Each step below ends with a ↳ Checklist: cue telling you what to flip.
Run this once, first, so the user sees the whole path before anything happens — which tools are present, what's already detected, and what the flow will do (including that it opens the browser once). It writes nothing and reveals no secret. Every invocation runs the full flow from Step 1 — there is no resume/skip-ahead; a prior run is not reused.
DDLOG="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/dd-onboard-$(id -u).log"; : >"$DDLOG" # fresh log for this run
mark(){ command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "✓" || echo "$2"; }
# python3 gates the auto browser-callback; fall back to python only if it's a real py3.
have_py3(){ command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0; command -v python >/dev/null 2>&1 && python -c 'import sys;exit(0 if sys.version_info[0]==3 else 1)' 2>/dev/null; }
py3msg(){ have_py3 && echo '✓ (auto browser-callback)' || echo '⊘ (will paste the redirect URL)'; }
echo "Datadog account setup — preflight"
echo " deps (required): bash ✓ curl $(mark curl ✗) openssl $(mark openssl ✗)"
echo " deps (optional): python3 $(py3msg) browser-open $( { command -v open >/dev/null 2>&1 || command -v xdg-open >/dev/null 2>&1; } && echo ✓ || echo '⊘ (open URL manually)')"
# Canonical DD_* loader — this same block is repeated verbatim in later steps because each ```bash runs a fresh shell (not drift).
# Load DD_* with precedence: shell env > .env.local > .env. A real env var is never overwritten; surrounding quotes are stripped. *_SRC records where each came from (unset ⇒ from the shell env).
for f in .env.local .env; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && { export "$k=$v"; eval "${k}_SRC=$f"; }; done; done
echo " detected creds: DD_SITE=${DD_SITE:-<unset>}${DD_SITE_SRC:+ [$DD_SITE_SRC]} DD_API_KEY=$([ -n "$DD_API_KEY" ] && echo "set …${DD_API_KEY: -4}${DD_API_KEY_SRC:+ [$DD_API_KEY_SRC]}" || echo '<unset>') DD_APP_KEY=$([ -n "$DD_APP_KEY" ] && echo "set${DD_APP_KEY_SRC:+ [$DD_APP_KEY_SRC]}" || echo '<unset>')"
echo " what happens: confirm region → authenticate (opens your browser once) → get an API key → write it to .env → validate. ~2 min, one browser approval."
[ "$(mark curl ✗)" = ✗ ] || [ "$(mark openssl ✗)" = ✗ ] && echo " ✗ missing a required dep above — install it before continuing."
Read the board to the user as-is (it's already clean). If a required dep is missing, stop and say so. Then tick the checklist's step 1 and move on — always continue into Step 1; never skip ahead to a later step.
↳ Checklist: post the board, then the checklist; mark 1. Detect credentials ◔.
Decide this first, because the browser + signup paths are impossible without a human. Infer headless from the skill's invocation, not from the environment — the trigger is the user's request itself: they explicitly ask to run without a browser or without interactive prompts (e.g. "set up Datadog non-interactively", "I'm in CI, no browser").
Do not infer headless merely from a missing TTY — an ordinary terminal run always gets the interactive flow. Only an explicit request switches it off.
When you've inferred a headless request, run the block below — and only then. There's no browser
for OAuth and no human to answer the signup prompts, so the one way to a valid state is with keys
already provided. Require DD_API_KEY, DD_APP_KEY, and DD_SITE, and fail fast otherwise:
# Run this block ONLY when you inferred a non-interactive request. It enforces the one thing
# headless needs — keys already present — and fails fast when any are missing.
# Load DD_* (env > .env.local > .env), same precedence as Step 1 — CI keys often live in .env, not exported.
for f in .env.local .env; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && export "$k=$v"; done; done
missing=""
[ -z "$DD_API_KEY" ] && missing="$missing DD_API_KEY"
[ -z "$DD_APP_KEY" ] && missing="$missing DD_APP_KEY"
[ -z "$DD_SITE" ] && missing="$missing DD_SITE"
[ -n "$missing" ] && { echo "Non-interactive mode requires:$missing — set them and re-run. Sign-in and trial signup need a browser."; exit 1; }
If all three are set, hand off to Step 5, which validates the key via /api/v1/validate (works with the DD-API-KEY header). Note: /api/v1/validate checks DD_API_KEY only — DD_APP_KEY is required but not independently verified here; a wrong/expired app key surfaces later at the first app-key-scoped call. There is no OAuth or signup fallback when headless — both need a browser — so fail with the message above and keep logs actionable.
↳ Checklist (headless): two items only — once validate passes, tick both and jump to Step 5.
Read the environment and the project's .env / .env.local files. Do not read the values back to the user in full; mask them.
# Load DD_* with precedence: shell env > .env.local > .env (real env var wins; quotes stripped). *_SRC = file it came from (unset ⇒ shell env).
for f in .env.local .env; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && { export "$k=$v"; eval "${k}_SRC=$f"; }; done; done
echo "DD_SITE = ${DD_SITE:-<unset>}${DD_SITE_SRC:+ (from $DD_SITE_SRC)}"
echo "DD_API_KEY= $( [ -n "$DD_API_KEY" ] && echo "set (…${DD_API_KEY: -4})${DD_API_KEY_SRC:+ (from $DD_API_KEY_SRC)}" || echo "<unset>" )"
echo "DD_APP_KEY= $( [ -n "$DD_APP_KEY" ] && echo "set (…${DD_APP_KEY: -4})${DD_APP_KEY_SRC:+ (from $DD_APP_KEY_SRC)}" || echo "<unset>" )"
DD_API_KEY is present (env or .env/.env.local) → go to Step 2 (pin the site), then Step 3 and ask (choice A = use the detected key, or B/C to authenticate / create a different account). The detected key is an option the user confirms in Step 3, not a default to use silently — they may want a different org or account.DD_API_KEY anywhere → the user has nothing usable yet. Still do Step 2 (so signup lands them on the right region), then go to Step 3, where you'll ask how to connect.An app key without an api key is not enough; treat it as "no key." Because the shell doesn't persist between blocks, every later block that consumes $DD_API_KEY re-runs this same loader at its top — that's why it reappears in Path A, Step 4, and Step 5.
↳ Checklist: post the list now — tick 1. Detect credentials, mark 2. Confirm region ◔.
The site drives every URL downstream (signup, API host, key pages), so pin it before validating.
The region table and the country→region IP mapping live in references/regions.md.
If DD_SITE is set (env or .env): validate it against the allowed-site list in
references/regions.md. If it is not in that list, stop and show a clear error:
DD_SITE="<value>"isn't a recognized Datadog site. Pick one of the regions inreferences/regions.mdand setDD_SITEaccordingly.
If DD_SITE is unset: auto-detect the region from the user's location, then confirm — never silently commit a region.
country=$(curl -s --max-time 2 https://ipinfo.io/json \
| grep -o '"country"[^,]*' | grep -o '"[A-Z][A-Z]"' | tr -d '"')
echo "Detected country: ${country:-unknown}"
Map the country to a region using the Country → region mapping table in references/regions.md. On timeout, error, or no match, default to US1 (datadoghq.com) — and say so. Then tell the user, e.g.:
You look like you're in DE → suggesting EU1 (Frankfurt),
datadoghq.eu. Use this, or pick another region below?
Wait for confirmation. Region cannot be changed after an account is created, so this choice matters.
The API host is uniformly https://api.${DD_SITE}.
↳ Checklist: after the user confirms the region, tick 2. Confirm region, mark 3. Authenticate ◔.
Ask how to connect first — even when Step 1 detected env credentials — then run the path the user picks. Present "The choice" before touching any credential: an ambient DD_API_KEY may belong to a different org or account than the user intends, and region/IP can't reveal which, so let the user decide rather than inferring it. (H
name: dd-account-setup description: Ensure the user has an authenticated Datadog account with a valid DD_API_KEY on the right region before any Datadog setup or instrumentation. Detects existing DD_API_KEY / DD_APP_KEY / DD_SITE, validates them against the Datadog API, and fixes the common wrong-region 403. If no usable key exists, signs the user in (OAuth) or creates a new account, then obtains and validates a key. Use this whenever a user needs a Datadog account or API key, hits a 403 / wrong-region error, or is about to run any Datadog *-setup or instrumentation skill.
---
name: dd-account-setup
description: Ensure the user has an authenticated Datadog account with a valid DD_API_KEY on the right region before any Datadog setup or instrumentation. Detects existing DD_API_KEY / DD_APP_KEY / DD_SITE, validates them against the Datadog API, and fixes the common wrong-region 403. If no usable key exists, signs the user in (OAuth) or creates a new account, then obtains and validates a key. Use this whenever a user needs a Datadog account or API key, hits a 403 / wrong-region error, or is about to run any Datadog *-setup or instrumentation skill.
---
# Create / connect a Datadog account
This skill gets the user to a known-good state: **a valid API key + application key, on the right region, validated against the Datadog API.** It is the "step 0" that setup/instrumentation skills depend on — run it first, then hand off.
It is a standalone guided flow: detect what already exists, and when nothing usable is found, sign in with **OAuth** (browser, PKCE + state) or create a new account (in-terminal, with a **generated** password saved to `.env`), then turn that session into an API key. Everything runs as small **inline `bash` + `curl`** commands (OAuth also uses `openssl`) — **no bundled scripts, no node**; cross-platform (macOS, Linux, Windows via WSL/Git Bash).
This SKILL.md is the spine — it carries the short steps inline and routes to `references/` for the heavy per-step machinery. Read a reference only when you reach the step that names it.
## The flow at a glance
```
headless requested? ──yes──▶ Step H: env keys only (OAuth needs a browser), validate, done
│no (default — interactive)
▼
Step 1 Detect existing credentials (env)
│
▼
Step 2 Determine region / site (DD_SITE → validate; else IP-detect → confirm)
│
▼
Step 3 Authenticate — ask first (even if env keys were detected) → references/authenticate.md
│ └─ ASK: how to connect? ↴
│ ├─ A. Use the detected env key (only if one exists) → validate → Step 5
│ ├─ B. Sign in (I have an account) → OAuth (browser, PKCE + state) ──▶ Bearer token
│ └─ C. Create a new account → Path C: auto in-terminal signup, generated password ──▶ then OAuth
▼
Step 4 Turn the OAuth session into an API key → references/get-api-key.md
│ (identity + region via /current_user; OAuth→retrieve most-recent key, app-key→create → write straight to .env; else guide to UI key page)
▼
Step 5 Load creds from .env, validate, hand off
```
**Golden rule: never guess or fabricate an API key, app key, token, or site.** Read what's in the environment, validate it, and if it isn't there, authenticate — do not proceed on assumptions.
## Display & wording conventions — read once before Step 1
**Every step** obeys the same rules for how it talks to the user and renders progress: the clean-status-line presentation contract, asking with the host's native selector (never letter-entry), and the live progress checklist with its marker discipline. These live in **`references/conventions.md`** — read it before Step 1 and apply it throughout. Each step below ends with a `↳ Checklist:` cue telling you what to flip.
---
## Step 0 — Preflight (readiness board)
Run this once, first, so the user sees the whole path before anything happens — which tools are
present, what's already detected, and what the flow will do (including that it opens the browser
once). It writes nothing and reveals no secret. Every invocation runs the full flow from Step 1 —
there is no resume/skip-ahead; a prior run is not reused.
```bash
DDLOG="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/dd-onboard-$(id -u).log"; : >"$DDLOG" # fresh log for this run
mark(){ command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "✓" || echo "$2"; }
# python3 gates the auto browser-callback; fall back to python only if it's a real py3.
have_py3(){ command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0; command -v python >/dev/null 2>&1 && python -c 'import sys;exit(0 if sys.version_info[0]==3 else 1)' 2>/dev/null; }
py3msg(){ have_py3 && echo '✓ (auto browser-callback)' || echo '⊘ (will paste the redirect URL)'; }
echo "Datadog account setup — preflight"
echo " deps (required): bash ✓ curl $(mark curl ✗) openssl $(mark openssl ✗)"
echo " deps (optional): python3 $(py3msg) browser-open $( { command -v open >/dev/null 2>&1 || command -v xdg-open >/dev/null 2>&1; } && echo ✓ || echo '⊘ (open URL manually)')"
# Canonical DD_* loader — this same block is repeated verbatim in later steps because each ```bash runs a fresh shell (not drift).
# Load DD_* with precedence: shell env > .env.local > .env. A real env var is never overwritten; surrounding quotes are stripped. *_SRC records where each came from (unset ⇒ from the shell env).
for f in .env.local .env; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && { export "$k=$v"; eval "${k}_SRC=$f"; }; done; done
echo " detected creds: DD_SITE=${DD_SITE:-<unset>}${DD_SITE_SRC:+ [$DD_SITE_SRC]} DD_API_KEY=$([ -n "$DD_API_KEY" ] && echo "set …${DD_API_KEY: -4}${DD_API_KEY_SRC:+ [$DD_API_KEY_SRC]}" || echo '<unset>') DD_APP_KEY=$([ -n "$DD_APP_KEY" ] && echo "set${DD_APP_KEY_SRC:+ [$DD_APP_KEY_SRC]}" || echo '<unset>')"
echo " what happens: confirm region → authenticate (opens your browser once) → get an API key → write it to .env → validate. ~2 min, one browser approval."
[ "$(mark curl ✗)" = ✗ ] || [ "$(mark openssl ✗)" = ✗ ] && echo " ✗ missing a required dep above — install it before continuing."
```
Read the board to the user as-is (it's already clean). If a **required** dep is missing, stop and
say so. Then tick the checklist's step 1 and move on — always continue into Step 1; never skip
ahead to a later step.
> ↳ **Checklist:** post the board, then the checklist; mark **1. Detect credentials** ◔.
---
## Step H — Headless / non-interactive (no browser, no prompts)
Decide this first, because the browser + signup paths are impossible without a human. **Infer
headless from the skill's invocation, not from the environment** — the trigger is the user's
request itself: they explicitly ask to run without a browser or without interactive prompts
(e.g. "set up Datadog non-interactively", "I'm in CI, no browser").
Do **not** infer headless merely from a missing TTY — an ordinary terminal run always gets the
interactive flow. Only an explicit request switches it off.
When you've inferred a headless request, run the block below — and only then. There's no browser
for OAuth and no human to answer the signup prompts, so the one way to a valid state is with keys
already provided. Require `DD_API_KEY`, `DD_APP_KEY`, and `DD_SITE`, and fail fast otherwise:
```bash
# Run this block ONLY when you inferred a non-interactive request. It enforces the one thing
# headless needs — keys already present — and fails fast when any are missing.
# Load DD_* (env > .env.local > .env), same precedence as Step 1 — CI keys often live in .env, not exported.
for f in .env.local .env; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && export "$k=$v"; done; done
missing=""
[ -z "$DD_API_KEY" ] && missing="$missing DD_API_KEY"
[ -z "$DD_APP_KEY" ] && missing="$missing DD_APP_KEY"
[ -z "$DD_SITE" ] && missing="$missing DD_SITE"
[ -n "$missing" ] && { echo "Non-interactive mode requires:$missing — set them and re-run. Sign-in and trial signup need a browser."; exit 1; }
```
If all three are set, hand off to **Step 5**, which validates the key via `/api/v1/validate` (works with the `DD-API-KEY` header). Note: `/api/v1/validate` checks `DD_API_KEY` only — `DD_APP_KEY` is required but not independently verified here; a wrong/expired app key surfaces later at the first app-key-scoped call. There is **no OAuth or signup fallback when headless** — both need a browser — so fail with the message above and keep logs actionable.
> ↳ **Checklist (headless):** two items only — once validate passes, tick both and jump to Step 5.
---
## Step 1 — Detect existing credentials
Read the environment **and** the project's `.env` / `.env.local` files. Do not read the values back to the user in full; mask them.
```bash
# Load DD_* with precedence: shell env > .env.local > .env (real env var wins; quotes stripped). *_SRC = file it came from (unset ⇒ shell env).
for f in .env.local .env; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue; for k in DD_SITE DD_API_KEY DD_APP_KEY; do eval "[ -n \"\${$k:-}\" ]" && continue; v=$(grep -E "^$k=" "$f" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2- | sed 's/^["'\'']//;s/["'\'']$//'); [ -n "$v" ] && { export "$k=$v"; eval "${k}_SRC=$f"; }; done; done
echo "DD_SITE = ${DD_SITE:-<unset>}${DD_SITE_SRC:+ (from $DD_SITE_SRC)}"
echo "DD_API_KEY= $( [ -n "$DD_API_KEY" ] && echo "set (…${DD_API_KEY: -4})${DD_API_KEY_SRC:+ (from $DD_API_KEY_SRC)}" || echo "<unset>" )"
echo "DD_APP_KEY= $( [ -n "$DD_APP_KEY" ] && echo "set (…${DD_APP_KEY: -4})${DD_APP_KEY_SRC:+ (from $DD_APP_KEY_SRC)}" || echo "<unset>" )"
```
- A `DD_API_KEY` is present (env **or** `.env`/`.env.local`) → go to **Step 2** (pin the site), then **Step 3** and **ask** (choice **A** = use the detected key, or **B**/**C** to authenticate / create a different account). The detected key is an option the user confirms in Step 3, not a default to use silently — they may want a different org or account.
- No `DD_API_KEY` anywhere → the user has nothing usable yet. Still do **Step 2** (so signup lands them on the right region), then go to **Step 3**, where you'll ask how to connect.
An app key without an api key is not enough; treat it as "no key." Because the shell doesn't persist between blocks, every later block that consumes `$DD_API_KEY` re-runs this same loader at its top — that's why it reappears in Path A, Step 4, and Step 5.
> ↳ **Checklist:** post the list now — tick **1. Detect credentials**, mark **2. Confirm region** ◔.
---
## Step 2 — Determine region / site
The site drives *every* URL downstream (signup, API host, key pages), so pin it before validating.
The region table and the country→region IP mapping live in **`references/regions.md`**.
1. **If `DD_SITE` is set** (env or `.env`): validate it against the allowed-site list in
`references/regions.md`. If it is **not** in that list, stop and show a clear error:
> `DD_SITE="<value>"` isn't a recognized Datadog site. Pick one of the regions in `references/regions.md` and set `DD_SITE` accordingly.
2. **If `DD_SITE` is unset:** auto-detect the region from the user's location, then **confirm** — never silently commit a region.
```bash
country=$(curl -s --max-time 2 https://ipinfo.io/json \
| grep -o '"country"[^,]*' | grep -o '"[A-Z][A-Z]"' | tr -d '"')
echo "Detected country: ${country:-unknown}"
```
Map the country to a region using the **Country → region mapping** table in `references/regions.md`. On timeout, error, or no match, **default to US1** (`datadoghq.com`) — and say so. Then tell the user, e.g.:
> You look like you're in **DE** → suggesting **EU1 (Frankfurt), `datadoghq.eu`**. Use this, or pick another region below?
Wait for confirmation. Region cannot be changed after an account is created, so this choice matters.
The API host is uniformly `https://api.${DD_SITE}`.
> ↳ **Checklist:** after the user confirms the region, tick **2. Confirm region**, mark **3. Authenticate** ◔.
---
## Step 3 — Authenticate
**Ask how to connect first — even when Step 1 detected env credentials** — then run the path the user picks. Present "The choice" before touching any credential: an ambient `DD_API_KEY` may belong to a different org or account than the user intends, and region/IP can't reveal which, so let the user decide rather than inferring it. (HSkill source recorded
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