Investigate incident patterns from Linear comments
Turn a comment describing latency or errors into a Datadog span analysis that helps responders focus on likely bottlenecks.
Trigger
Public Team Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is posted on a *public-team* Linear issue. For private teams (lock icon in Linear's sidebar) use `LINEAR_PRIVATE_TEAM_COMMENT_CREATED`.
Action
Search Spans Analytics
Search and analyze span data with aggregations in datadog. this action uses the datadog spans analytics api to perform advanced queries and aggregations on trace span data. it's essential for: - analyzing error rates and latency patterns - understanding service dependencies and bottlenecks - root cause analysis during incidents - performance monitoring and optimization the api supports complex queries with grouping, filtering, and various aggregation functions similar to log analytics.
Why this helps
Incident analysis stalls when responders must manually turn a comment's service clues into a separate analytics query.
- Start span analysis from the issue discussion where clues appear.
- Make latency and error patterns easier to surface.
- Reduce repeated query setup during investigation.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Datadog to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create a named incident span investigation automation in Automations or by asking Notis.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to analyze relevant Datadog spans when a public-team incident comment describes a service latency or error pattern.
- 4Select Public Team Comment Created, choose a reporting channel, and test with a real incident comment.
Questions about this workflow
What clues should a comment include?
Service names, affected operations, time windows, and observed latency or errors help focus the analysis.
Does the workflow post a comment back to Linear?
The action is Datadog span analysis; the automation can report its findings through the channel you select.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Linear triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
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Create Dashboard
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Webhook trigger
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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.
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Linear and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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