Turn API issues into synthetic checks
Use API work entering Linear as a reminder to continuously check the endpoint or behavior that matters to customers.
Trigger
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Important API paths can ship without a simple uptime check to catch an outage quickly.
- Add proactive coverage for important API paths.
- Reduce the chance that a basic endpoint outage goes unnoticed.
- Capture the reason for the check in its originating issue.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Datadog to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation named for API synthetic coverage in the portal or by asking Notis.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction asking Notis to create a Datadog synthetic API test when a new issue identifies a testable endpoint and expected behavior.
- 4Select Issue Created, choose a channel for reports, and test with a real API issue.
Questions about this workflow
Should every API issue create a synthetic test?
Use the prompt to create tests only when an issue provides a suitable endpoint and a clear expected response or behavior.
Can the test run from multiple locations?
Datadog synthetic API tests support locations; the instruction can describe the coverage you want where relevant.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
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.
Private Team Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is posted on an issue in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
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.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
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.
Linear and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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