Turn recurring issue emails into Datadog monitors
Capture the monitoring follow-up while the service issue is still fresh in the inbox.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Why this helps
A recurring issue may be discussed over email without anyone creating a monitor to track it.
- Reduce the gap between issue reports and monitoring follow-up.
- Keep the email's service context near the monitor setup.
- Avoid manually re-entering a monitoring request.
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 name it.
- 3In one instruction, tell Notis when an email warrants a new Datadog monitor and to use the available service, metric, threshold, and notification details.
- 4Choose New Email Received as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one real message that includes a monitoring request.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis invent a monitor threshold if the email omits one?
No. Provide the threshold and other required monitoring criteria in the message or instruction; missing details should be treated as missing.
Does this monitor every email?
The instruction should describe which incident or monitoring request emails qualify.
When this happens · Trigger
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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.
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New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Create event
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Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
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Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
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
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