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Expand Up @@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ The Datadog MCP Server supports _toolsets_, which allow you to use only the tool

- `core`: The default toolset
- `synthetics`: Tools for interacting with Datadog [Synthetic tests][21]
- `alerting`: Tools for interacting with Datadog [Monitors][24] and related resources

To use a toolset, include the `toolsets` query parameter in the endpoint URL when connecting to the MCP Server ([remote authentication](?tab=remote-authentication#connect-in-supported-ai-clients) only). For example:

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -391,6 +392,12 @@ Preview and create Datadog Synthetics HTTP API Tests.
- Create a Synthetics test on `/path/to/endpoint`.
- Create a Synthetics test that checks if my domain `mycompany.com` stays up.

### `validate_monitor_definition`
*Toolset: **alerting***\
Validate a monitor definition.

- This tool should be called each time that a monitor definition is created, generated, or modified. Pass in the
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I think the second sentence is incomplete?


## Context efficiency

The Datadog MCP Server is optimized to provide responses in a way that AI agents get relevant context without being overloaded with unnecessary information. For example:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -433,3 +440,4 @@ The Datadog MCP Server is under significant development. During the Preview, use
[21]: /synthetics/
[22]: https://kiro.dev/
[23]: /account_management/org_settings/service_accounts/
[24]: /monitors/
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