Datadog has introduced "Recommended Monitors," a suite of preconfigured, customizable alert queries and thresholds for key infrastructure technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, and Consul, designed to streamline the monitoring process and enhance system performance visibility. These monitors are developed in collaboration with technology partners and are vetted to be preventative, contextual, and actionable, allowing users to set up alerts quickly by selecting from the "Recommended Monitors" tab after installing the Datadog Agent. Each monitor includes default queries, alert thresholds, and tags that adhere to best practices, and they can be customized to suit specific needs. Users can incorporate these alerts into their workflows and link them with communication tools like Slack and PagerDuty for timely responses. Datadog also maintains public GitHub repositories where partners and community members can contribute and submit monitors, with submissions undergoing a rigorous review process to ensure reliability.