Amazon CloudTrail

AWS CloudTrail enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of your AWS account by tracking user activity and API usage across AWS environments, hybrid setups, and multicloud deployments with immutable audit trails.

Amazon CloudTrail publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Event Data Stores API, Events API, and Trails API. Tagged areas include CloudTrail, Audit, Compliance, Governance, and Security.

The Amazon CloudTrail catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon CloudTrail’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, YouTube channel, and 24 more developer resources.

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51.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

3 APIs 1 MCP Servers 5 Features 4 Use Cases

CloudTrailAudit Compliance Governance Security

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Composite quality — 51.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.7 / 20

Access Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.4 / 13

Contract Governance 5.5 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Amazon CloudTrail MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Event Aggregation

Consolidate activity events from AWS, external providers, on-premises, and SaaS into a unified audit trail.

Immutable Audit Logs

Store audit-worthy events immutably to ensure tamper-proof compliance records.

CloudTrail Insights

Detect unusual API activity patterns with anomaly detection on management and data events.

SQL Query Support

Investigate issues using SQL queries or natural language with Amazon Athena integration.

Multi-Region Trails

Create trails that capture events from all AWS regions in a single S3 bucket.

JSON Schema 9

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

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Examples 8

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Compliance Auditing

Demonstrate adherence to SOC, PCI DSS, and HIPAA regulations with audit logs.

Security Monitoring

Record and monitor user and API activity for security incident detection.

Operational Debugging

Investigate operational issues by querying historical API activity.

Governance

Track who made changes to AWS resources and when for governance accountability.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Amazon S3

Store CloudTrail logs in S3 buckets with lifecycle management.

Amazon Athena

Query CloudTrail logs using SQL via Athena integration.

Amazon CloudWatch

Stream CloudTrail events to CloudWatch Logs for real-time monitoring.

AWS Lambda

Trigger Lambda functions based on CloudTrail events for automated response.

AWS Security Hub

Send CloudTrail findings to Security Hub for centralized security management.

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Console

Console

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Compliance

Compliance

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

StackOverflow

Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: amazon-cloudtrail
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-cloudtrail/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Amazon CloudTrail
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-cloudtrail.png
specificationVersion: '0.23'
description: AWS CloudTrail enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of your AWS account by
  tracking user activity and API usage across AWS environments, hybrid setups, and multicloud deployments with immutable audit
  trails.
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-06-20'
apis:
- aid: amazon-cloudtrail:amazon-cloudtrail-event-data-stores-api
  name: Amazon CloudTrail Event Data Stores API
  description: Operations for managing CloudTrail Lake event data stores
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
  baseURL: https://cloudtrail.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Event Data Stores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudtrail-event-data-stores-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudtrail/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-create-trail-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-create-trail-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-describe-trails-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-lookup-events-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-lookup-events-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudtrail-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-cloudtrail:amazon-cloudtrail-events-api
  name: Amazon CloudTrail Events API
  description: Operations for looking up and querying events
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
  baseURL: https://cloudtrail.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudtrail-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudtrail/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-create-trail-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-create-trail-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-describe-trails-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-lookup-events-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-lookup-events-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudtrail-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-cloudtrail:amazon-cloudtrail-trails-api
  name: Amazon CloudTrail Trails API
  description: Operations for creating and managing CloudTrail trails
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
  baseURL: https://cloudtrail.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Trails
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudtrail-trails-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudtrail/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-create-trail-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-create-trail-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-describe-trails-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-lookup-events-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudtrail-lookup-events-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudtrail-context.jsonld
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-cloudtrail-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-cloudtrail-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-cloudtrail-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-cloudtrail-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-cloudtrail-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/aws-cloudtrail
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-cloudtrail-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-cloudtrail-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/amazon-cloudtrail-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/amazon-cloudtrail-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/amazon-cloudtrail-security.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/amazon-cloudtrail-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-cloudtrail-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/amazon-cloudtrail-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/amazon-cloudtrail-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/amazon-cloudtrail-lifecycle.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/tag/aws-cloudtrail/feed/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Event Aggregation
    description: Consolidate activity events from AWS, external providers, on-premises, and SaaS into a unified audit trail.
  - name: Immutable Audit Logs
    description: Store audit-worthy events immutably to ensure tamper-proof compliance records.
  - name: CloudTrail Insights
    description: Detect unusual API activity patterns with anomaly detection on management and data events.
  - name: SQL Query Support
    description: Investigate issues using SQL queries or natural language with Amazon Athena integration.
  - name: Multi-Region Trails
    description: Create trails that capture events from all AWS regions in a single S3 bucket.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Compliance Auditing
    description: Demonstrate adherence to SOC, PCI DSS, and HIPAA regulations with audit logs.
  - name: Security Monitoring
    description: Record and monitor user and API activity for security incident detection.
  - name: Operational Debugging
    description: Investigate operational issues by querying historical API activity.
  - name: Governance
    description: Track who made changes to AWS resources and when for governance accountability.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Store CloudTrail logs in S3 buckets with lifecycle management.
  - name: Amazon Athena
    description: Query CloudTrail logs using SQL via Athena integration.
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch
    description: Stream CloudTrail events to CloudWatch Logs for real-time monitoring.
  - name: AWS Lambda
    description: Trigger Lambda functions based on CloudTrail events for automated response.
  - name: AWS Security Hub
    description: Send CloudTrail findings to Security Hub for centralized security management.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
tags:
- AWS
- CloudTrail
- Audit
- Compliance
- Governance
- Security

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