Skill

dd-audit-ai-activity

Name: dd-audit-ai-activity
Author: Datadog Labs

audit Datadog AI activity

Published by Datadog Labs Updated May 8

Covers Security Governance Datadog Audit Agents

Description

Audit what the Bits AI assistant (MCP server) has done in your Datadog org — tool calls by user, resources accessed, and anomaly flags for AI governance.

SKILL.md

Audit Trail: AI Activity Audit

Every Datadog MCP tool call is recorded in Audit Trail under the Bits AI SRE category. This skill surfaces what the AI assistant has done in your org — which users invoked it, which tools were called, and which resources were affected.

Prerequisites

pup auth login   # OAuth2 (recommended)
# or set DD_API_KEY + DD_APP_KEY with audit_logs_read scope

Queries

All MCP tool activity in a time window

pup audit-logs search --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\"" --from 7d --limit 500 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | {
      timestamp: .attributes.timestamp,
      user: .attributes.attributes.usr.email,
      actor_type: .attributes.attributes.evt.actor.type,
      action: .attributes.attributes.action,
      resource_type: .attributes.attributes.asset.type,
      resource_id: .attributes.attributes.asset.id,
      ip: .attributes.attributes.network.client.ip,
      country: .attributes.attributes.network.client.geoip.country.name
    }]'

Activity by user (who is using the AI assistant most?)

pup audit-logs search --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\"" --from 30d --limit 1000 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | .attributes.attributes.usr.email]
    | group_by(.)
    | map({user: .[0], tool_calls: length})
    | sort_by(-.tool_calls)'

Resources modified by AI tool calls

pup audit-logs search \
  --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\" @action:(created OR modified OR deleted)" \
  --from 7d --limit 500 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | {
      timestamp: .attributes.timestamp,
      user: .attributes.attributes.usr.email,
      action: .attributes.attributes.action,
      resource_type: .attributes.attributes.asset.type,
      resource_id: .attributes.attributes.asset.id
    }]'

AI activity for a specific user

pup audit-logs search \
  --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\" @usr.email:user@example.com" \
  --from 30d --limit 500 -o json \
  | jq '[.data[] | {
      timestamp: .attributes.timestamp,
      action: .attributes.attributes.action,
      resource_type: .attributes.attributes.asset.type,
      resource_id: .attributes.attributes.asset.id
    }]'

Weekly summary report

pup audit-logs search --query "@evt.name:\"MCP Server\"" --from 7d --limit 1000 -o json \
  | jq '{
      total_tool_calls: (.data | length),
      unique_users: ([.data[] | .attributes.attributes.usr.email] | unique | length),
      top_users: (
        [.data[] | .attributes.attributes.usr.email]
        | group_by(.)
        | map({user: .[0], calls: length})
        | sort_by(-.calls)
        | .[:5]
      ),
      actions_breakdown: (
        [.data[] | .attributes.attributes.action]
        | group_by(.)
        | map({action: .[0], count: length})
        | sort_by(-.count)
      ),
      resource_types: (
        [.data[] | .attributes.attributes.asset.type]
        | group_by(.)
        | map({type: .[0], count: length})
        | sort_by(-.count)
      )
    }'

Anomaly Flags

Signal	Governance concern
AI performing `deleted` actions on monitors or dashboards	Review whether destructive AI operations are expected
AI acting as `SUPPORT_USER`	Datadog support using AI on behalf of org
First-time user invoking AI tools	New user accessing AI assistant
High volume of tool calls in short window	Automated/batch AI usage
AI accessing resources outside user's normal scope	Potential over-permissioned AI session

Output Format

AI Activity Audit — [Org] — [Date Range]

Total MCP tool calls: [N]
Unique users: [N]

Top users:
  [user@example.com]: [N] calls

Actions breakdown:
  accessed: [N]
  modified: [N]
  created: [N]
  deleted: [N]

Resource types affected:
  dashboard: [N]
  monitor: [N]

Anomalies:
  [List any flagged events with timestamp, user, action, resource]

Context

This skill is most useful for:

Security reviews: Verifying AI actions were authorized and within expected scope
Compliance audits: Demonstrating AI activity is logged and attributable to specific users
Governance reports: Understanding adoption and risk surface of the AI assistant across the org

No other observability vendor audits their AI assistant's actions at this level of detail.

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