Cloudwatch
Monitors AWS CloudWatch metrics in real-time, alerting you to potential issues and optimizing your infrastructure for performance and cost.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add cloudwatch npx -- -y @trustedskills/cloudwatch
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cloudwatch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/cloudwatch"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
The CloudWatch skill enables AI agents to interact with Amazon CloudWatch services, allowing them to retrieve metrics, inspect logs, and manage alarms directly within AWS environments. This integration supports real-time monitoring and operational insights by querying specific namespaces and time ranges programmatically.
When to use it
- Automating the collection of CPU or memory usage metrics for serverless functions.
- Investigating application errors by parsing CloudWatch Logs Insights queries.
- Triggering automated responses when custom alarms breach defined thresholds.
- Generating daily operational reports based on aggregated historical data.
Key capabilities
- Querying metrics across various AWS services and custom namespaces.
- Retrieving and filtering log events from specified time ranges.
- Describing alarm states and associated actions.
- Visualizing data trends through metric statistics like averages, sums, and minimums.
Example prompts
- "Show me the average CPU utilization for my EC2 instances in us-east-1 over the last 24 hours."
- "Search CloudWatch Logs for any error messages containing 'timeout' from the last hour."
- "List all active alarms and their current status for the application namespace."
Tips & gotchas
Ensure your AI agent has the necessary IAM permissions attached to access specific CloudWatch resources before attempting queries. Be mindful of data retention policies, as older logs or metrics may not be available depending on your configuration.
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