# Create Datadog monitor

Canonical URL: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/integrations/datadog/actions/monitors.create

Create a monitor with the curated payload shape. Requires monitors_write. Unsafe because Datadog does not document create replay idempotency.

Action ID: `monitors.create`
Provider: Datadog (`datadog`)
Contract version: 1

## Risk and exposure

- Risk: Write
- Idempotency: Unsafe — Retries may duplicate side effects; callers must coordinate carefully.
- Availability: Default
- Exposure: REST, SDK
- MCP hints: readOnly=false, destructive=false, idempotent=false, openWorld=true

## Required scopes

None.

## Input schema fields

- `name`
- `type`
- `query`
- `message`
- `tags`
- `tags[]`
- `priority`
- `options`
- `options.notify_no_data`
- `options.no_data_timeframe`
- `options.renotify_interval`
- `options.evaluation_delay`
- `options.include_tags`
- `options.require_full_window`

## Output schema fields

- `id`
- `name`
- `type`
- `query`
- `message`
- `overall_state`
- `creator`
- `created_at`
- `modified_at`
- `tags`
- `tags[]`
- `priority`

Provider overview: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/integrations/datadog
Actions index: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/integrations/datadog/actions
Exact canonical JSON contract: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/api/catalog/v1/providers/datadog/actions/monitors.create
Deployment-effective discovery: https://api.fuse.init.inc/v1/tenants/%7Btenant_id%7D/providers/datadog/actions