Dynatrace for AI

Everything AI agents need to work with Dynatrace, starting with skills.

Skills are portable knowledge packages following the Agent Skills open format. They give AI coding agents the domain-specific context to query, analyze, and interpret Dynatrace data. They work with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and 30+ other compatible tools.

Installation

Skills Package (skills.sh)

npx skills add dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, and other compatible agents.

Claude Code Plugin

claude plugin marketplace add dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai
claude plugin install dynatrace@dynatrace-for-ai

The plugin includes the Dynatrace MCP server. Set these environment variables before starting Claude Code to connect it to your environment:

export DT_ENVIRONMENT=https://<env>.apps.dynatrace.com   # e.g. https://abc12345.apps.dynatrace.com
export DT_PLATFORM_TOKEN=<your-platform-token>

Please consult the Dynatrace MCP server docs for a full list of scopes required for using the MCP Server with a Platform Token.

Update with claude plugin marketplace update && claude plugin update dynatrace@dynatrace-for-ai.

Manual

Copy skill directories into your agent's skills path (.agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .cursor/skills/, etc.).

Connecting to Dynatrace

Skills provide knowledge only. To run live queries and manage your environment, pair them with a tool.

Dynatrace CLI (dtctl)

dtctl is a kubectl-style CLI for the Dynatrace platform. It ships with its own Agent Skill that teaches agents how to operate it.

brew install dynatrace-oss/tap/dtctl                        # Install
dtctl auth login --context my-env \
  --environment "https://<env>.apps.dynatrace.com"           # Authenticate
npx skills add dynatrace-oss/dtctl                           # Install the dtctl skill
dtctl doctor                                                 # Verify setup

Or install the dtctl skill with dtctl itself: dtctl skills install

Dynatrace MCP Server

The Dynatrace MCP server provides Dynatrace API access via MCP. The Claude Code plugin bundles the MCP server configuration automatically — just set DT_ENVIRONMENT and DT_PLATFORM_TOKEN as shown above. For other agents that support MCP natively, see the MCP server docs.

Skills

DQL & Query Language

Skill Description
dt-dql-essentials DQL syntax rules, common pitfalls, and query patterns. Load this before writing any DQL.

Observability

Skill Description
dt-obs-services Service RED metrics and runtime telemetry for .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Go.
dt-obs-frontends Real User Monitoring, Web Vitals, user sessions, mobile crashes, and frontend errors.
dt-obs-tracing Distributed traces, spans, service dependencies, and failure detection.
dt-obs-hosts Host and process metrics: CPU, memory, disk, network, and containers.
dt-obs-kubernetes Kubernetes clusters, pods, nodes, workloads, labels, and resource relationships.
dt-obs-aws AWS resources: EC2, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, VPC, load balancers, and cost optimization.
dt-obs-azure Azure resources: VMs, VMSS, SQL Database, Storage, AKS, App Service, Functions, VNet, Event Hubs, Container Apps, and Key Vault.
dt-obs-gcp GCP resources: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, VPC, DNS, IAM, and Secret Manager.
dt-obs-logs Log queries, filtering, pattern analysis, and log correlation.
dt-obs-problems Problem entities, root cause analysis, impact assessment, and problem correlation.
dt-obs-predictive-analytics Time series forecasting, capacity saturation planning, and trend/anomaly detection across hosts, services, and infrastructure.
dt-alerting End-to-end alerting lifecycle: anomaly detector setup, alert events in Grail, problem grouping, and workflow notification routing.

Security

Skill Description
dt-sec-insights Query and analyze security data in security.events: Runtime Vulnerability Analytics, Runtime Application Protection, Automated Detections (MITRE ATT&CK), and Security Posture Management (KSPM/CSPM).

Mobile Instrumentation

Skill Description
dt-obs-android Instrument an existing Android project (Kotlin or Java) with the Dynatrace Mobile Agent: Gradle plugin, agent config, and user privacy opt-in.
dt-obs-flutter Integrate the Dynatrace Flutter Plugin: dependency setup, config, SDK bootstrap, navigation tracking, and verification.
dt-obs-ios-sdk Set up the Dynatrace iOS SDK via Swift Package Manager: SPM dependency, Dynatrace.plist config, privacy opt-in, and Xcode build verification.
dt-obs-react-native Integrate the Dynatrace React Native Plugin for bare React Native and Expo: dependency setup, dynatrace.config.js, Babel registration, navigation tracking, and verification.

Platform

Skill Description
dt-app-dashboards Create, modify, and analyze Dynatrace dashboards: tiles, layouts, variables, and visualizations.
dt-app-notebooks Create, modify, and analyze Dynatrace notebooks: sections, DQL queries, and analytics workflows.
dt-js-runtime Dynatrace server-side JavaScript runtime: function contract, runtime limits, Web APIs, Node.js modules, and the @dynatrace-sdk/* catalog.
dt-platform-costs Query and analyze a Dynatrace tenant's actual billing and usage data with DQL: DPS consumption breakdown, cost-normalized spend ranking, chargeback/showback, cost drivers, and entity-level cost drill-down.

Migration

Skill Description
dt-migration Migrate classic entity-based DQL and topology navigation to Smartscape equivalents.

Prompts

Prompts are reusable task templates for common Dynatrace workflows. You can copy them from the /prompts/ directory and paste them directly into any AI chat. For VS Code/GitHub Copilot users, copy prompts into .github/prompts/ to use as slash commands (e.g. /troubleshoot-problem).

Each prompt references the relevant skills above — load those skills first for best results.

Prompt Description
dt-daily-standup Generate a daily standup report for one or more services.
dt-health-check Check the health of a service in production.
dt-incident-response Respond to an active production incident with triage, root cause, and a shareable report.
dt-investigate-error Investigate recent errors using Davis Problems as the entry point (problems → logs → traces).
dt-performance-regression Analyze whether a recent deployment caused a performance regression.
dt-troubleshoot-problem Troubleshoot an existing Dynatrace problem with structured log and trace investigation.

How Skills Work

Skills follow the Agent Skills specification and use progressive disclosure:

  1. Catalog - Agents load only name + description (~100 tokens per skill) to know what's available.
  2. Instructions - When relevant, the full SKILL.md is loaded (<5000 tokens).
  3. Resources - Detailed reference files in references/ are loaded on demand.

Install all skills without penalty. Agents only load what they need.

Contributing

Skill content (skills/) is maintained internally at Dynatrace and published here periodically. PRs that modify skill files will not be accepted — please open an issue instead to suggest changes. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details on what can be contributed directly.

License

Apache-2.0