Aws Cloudtrail
Provides AWS guidance and assistance for deploying and managing cloud infrastructure.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add aws-cloudtrail npx -- -y @trustedskills/aws-cloudtrail
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"aws-cloudtrail": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/aws-cloudtrail"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The aws-cloudtrail skill provides access to AWS CloudTrail logs, allowing for detailed auditing of user activity and API usage within an AWS environment. It can retrieve event history data, including who did what, when, and from where. This information is crucial for security investigations, compliance audits, and operational troubleshooting.
When to use it
- Security Incident Response: Investigate suspicious activities by analyzing CloudTrail logs for unusual API calls or user actions.
- Compliance Auditing: Generate reports demonstrating adherence to regulatory requirements by providing a record of AWS resource access.
- Operational Troubleshooting: Identify the root cause of issues by tracing API calls and user interactions leading up to an event.
- Resource Change Tracking: Monitor changes made to AWS resources, such as modifications to security group rules or EC2 instance configurations.
Key capabilities
- Retrieve CloudTrail event history data.
- Filter events based on time range, user identity, and resource type.
- Search for specific API calls within the logs.
- Provide details of who performed actions and when.
Example prompts
- "Show me all CloudTrail events from yesterday related to EC2 instances."
- "What API calls were made by user 'john.doe' in the last hour?"
- "Find any changes made to security group 'sg-1234567890' in the past week."
Tips & gotchas
- Ensure CloudTrail is enabled and configured within your AWS account for this skill to function correctly.
- Be mindful of the volume of data generated by CloudTrail; filtering events effectively can improve performance.
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