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Connect Datadog to Cline CLI

Give Cline CLI governed access to Datadog’s 414 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Datadog to Cline CLI in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Cline CLI then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Datadog in Runlayer

    Add Datadog from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Cline CLI to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Cline CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Cline CLI reaches Datadog’s 414 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Cline CLI setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Datadog

    Each user signs in to Datadog with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Datadog from Cline CLI

    Datadog’s approved tools appear in Cline CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

414 Datadog tools in Cline CLI

Runlayer policy decides which of these Cline CLI users can call.

  • Dd gff

    Do-not-call

  • Dd guc

    Do-not-call

  • Dd rfw

    Do-not-call

  • Dd wfd

    Do-not-call

  • Aap get activation options

    Aap get activation options.

  • Aap onboarding

    Returns the authoritative step-by-step instructions for enabling Datadog App and API Protection (AAP) to monitor and secure your application.

  • Add comment to Datadog case

    Add a comment to a Datadog Work Item (also called a Case) timeline.

  • Add llmobs annotation queue interactions

    Queue traces, sessions, or spans for human review in an annotation queue.

See all 414 Datadog tools

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Cline CLI

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Cline CLI exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Datadog call from Cline CLI passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Cline CLI as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Client hooks (available)

    Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.

  • Stop a call before it runs (available)

    Runlayer can deny a tool call before Cline CLI runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (not available)

    Cline CLI ignores Runlayer after a tool runs, so Runlayer cannot block its output. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

  • Redact output in place (not available)

    Runlayer cannot mask tool output in Cline CLI. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

In Cline CLI

  • If Runlayer’s hook times out or crashes, Cline CLI lets the tool call through.
  • This covers the Cline CLI, not the Cline extension for VS Code.

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