# How we built data-driven AI Golden Paths at Datadog

DevFeed: [How we built data-driven AI Golden Paths at Datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-built-data-driven-ai-golden-paths-at-datadog-2226.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/ai-development-golden-paths/>)

Author: Addie Beach; Rui Martins Lacerda

Published: 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agent-observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-observability.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [experiments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiments.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Datadog describes a data-driven process for establishing AI Golden Paths: standardized AI-agent workflows governed by controls such as skills, hooks, and tests. The approach evaluates controls for their effects on code quality, security, token usage, cost, and agent performance.

## Source excerpt

See how a Datadog guild achieved 13% faster agent runs by building Golden Paths for AI-assisted development using controls, experiments, and dashboards.