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Datadog monthly cost report to Notion

At month end, aggregates the full month of Datadog spend by team and product, drafts a written summary with notable changes, and publishes a formatted report page in Notion.

CategoryOther
EngineSim + Paperclip
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerMonthly schedule after month close
  • ActionPull current and prior month spend by teamDatadogDatadog
  • LogicBuild comparison table and rank movers
  • ActionDraft narrative summaryOpenAI
  • OutputPublish formatted Notion report pageNotionNotion

What it does

This workflow produces the monthly observability cost review automatically. It aggregates the closed month's Datadog spend by team and product, computes month-over-month change, has the agent write a plain-English narrative (biggest movers, what drove them, where to trim), and publishes the whole thing as a clean Notion page the org can read.

When to use it

Use it for the recurring FinOps monthly review when you want a shareable, narrative report — not just numbers — landing in Notion without anyone hand-assembling slides. Good for leadership and cross-team budget conversations.

How it works

  1. 1A monthly schedule fires on the first business day after the month closes.
  2. 2The Datadog action pulls the full month's usage and cost by team and product, plus the prior month for comparison.
  3. 3A logic step builds the comparison table and ranks the largest increases and decreases.
  4. 4An OpenAI action drafts the narrative explaining the movers and suggesting cost actions.
  5. 5The output step creates a formatted Notion page with the table, narrative, and per-team sections under the FinOps space.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect DatadogMetrics, traces, log search.
  2. 2
    Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
  3. 3
    Connect NotionPages, databases, comments.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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