Record service reliability targets as Datadog SLOs
Move agreed reliability targets from email into the place your team tracks service objectives.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
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.
Why this helps
Reliability targets discussed in email can remain informal and hard to track against service performance.
- Capture reliability commitments in Datadog.
- Reduce manual transcription of targets.
- Keep the original discussion as context.
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, identify qualifying reliability emails and ask Notis to create an SLO using the stated target and measurement details.
- 4Choose New Email Received as the trigger and pick a report destination.
- 5Test with one real email that states a reliability target.
Questions about this workflow
Can the workflow infer a service objective that is not stated?
No. The target and measurement context must be present in the email or provided in the instruction.
What emails should qualify?
Describe which service reliability commitments count, such as an agreed target for a named service.
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.
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New Email Received
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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.
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.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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