Amazon CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service from AWS that collects metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources, applications, and on-premises services. It enables operators to set alarms, visualize dashboards, automate responses, and troubleshoot performance across cloud workloads. The CloudWatch Query API and AWS SDKs expose programmatic access to metrics, alarms, dashboards, and Logs via AWS Signature Version 4 authenticated HTTPS requests.

Amazon CloudWatch publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Amazon CloudWatch API API. Tagged areas include Monitoring, Observability, Metrics, Logs, and Alarms.

Amazon CloudWatch’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, and 5 more developer resources.

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29.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessSelf serve

2 APIs

MonitoringObservabilityMetricsLogsAlarmsCloud

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 29.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 3.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 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 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

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

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: aws-cloudwatch
name: Amazon CloudWatch
description: Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service from AWS that collects metrics, logs, and events
  from AWS resources, applications, and on-premises services. It enables operators to set alarms, visualize dashboards, automate
  responses, and troubleshoot performance across cloud workloads. The CloudWatch Query API and AWS SDKs expose programmatic
  access to metrics, alarms, dashboards, and Logs via AWS Signature Version 4 authenticated HTTPS requests.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aws-cloudwatch.png
tags:
- Monitoring
- Observability
- Metrics
- Logs
- Alarms
- Cloud
- AWS
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-cloudwatch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: aws-cloudwatch:monitoring-api
  name: Amazon CloudWatch API
  description: Query API for publishing and retrieving metrics, managing alarms, and configuring dashboards in Amazon CloudWatch.
    Requests are authenticated with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) using AWS access keys or temporary IAM credentials.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://monitoring.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Monitoring
  - Metrics
  - Alarms
  - Dashboards
  - AWS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: User Guide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/
  - type: Endpoints
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/cw_region.html
- aid: aws-cloudwatch:aws-cloudwatch-amazon-cloudwatch-api-api
  name: Amazon CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch API API
  description: The Amazon CloudWatch API API from Amazon CloudWatch — 1 operation(s) for amazon cloudwatch api.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://monitoring.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Amazon CloudWatch API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-cloudwatch-amazon-cloudwatch-api-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/aws-cloudwatch-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/aws-cloudwatch-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/aws-cloudwatch-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aws-cloudwatch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/aws-cloudwatch-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Amazon CloudWatch

Kin Score

APIs 2

Amazon CloudWatch API

Amazon CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch API API

Open Collections 1

Amazon CloudWatch API

Security Posture 4

Aws Cloudwatch Authentication

Aws Cloudwatch Domain Security

Aws Cloudwatch Vulnerability Disclosure

Aws Cloudwatch Trust Center

Agentic Access 1

Aws Cloudwatch Agentic Access