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Record deployment updates from email in Datadog

Keep deployment context close to the telemetry by turning relevant update emails into Datadog events.

Trigger

New Email Received

Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox

Action

Create event

Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.

Why this helps

Deployment details arrive in inboxes and are easy to miss when investigating a change in service behavior.

  • Preserve emailed change context in Datadog.
  • Reduce manual event entry after deployments.
  • Make operational timelines easier to review.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Agent Mail and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3Tell Notis to create a Datadog event for emails that report a deployment or configuration change, using the email's available details.
  • 4Choose New Email Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test the automation with one real deployment email.

Questions about this workflow

Will every incoming email create an event?

Describe which emails count as deployment or configuration updates in the instruction so Notis can assess the message.

What event details can be included?

Notis can use details available in the email. Any context the message does not contain must be supplied separately.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Agent mail triggers

Datadog actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Dashboard

Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create downtime

Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.

ActionInstant

New Email Received

Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox

TriggerPolling

Create event

Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.

ActionInstant

Create monitor

Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.

ActionInstant

Create SLO

Create a service level objective (slo) in datadog. slos help you define and track reliability targets for your services, enabling data-driven decisions about service quality and reliability investments.

ActionInstant

Create Synthetic API Test

Create a synthetic api test in datadog. creates a new synthetic api test that continuously monitors api endpoints from multiple locations worldwide. useful for proactive monitoring of api uptime, performance, and functionality.

ActionInstant

Create Webhook

Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.

ActionInstant

Delete Dashboard

Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Agent mail and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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