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AWS CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS, hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.

AWS CloudWatch publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Alarms API, Anomaly Detection API, Composite Alarms API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Alarms, Aws, Dashboards, Logs, and Metrics.

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

AWS CloudWatch’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, FAQ, support, changelog, pricing, developer console, and 14 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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8 APIs 10 Features 8 Use Cases
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Composite quality — 64.7/100 · strong
Contract Quality 19.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 13.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 8.2 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 44/100 · agent ready
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 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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 8

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

Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals API

API for automatic instrumentation and monitoring of application services with service level objectives.

Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor API

API for active network monitoring to identify network issues within AWS or company networks using synthetic probes.

AWS CloudWatch Alarms API

Operations for creating, managing, and querying CloudWatch alarms

AWS CloudWatch Anomaly Detection API

Operations for CloudWatch anomaly detection models

AWS CloudWatch Composite Alarms API

Operations for composite alarms that aggregate multiple alarm states

AWS CloudWatch Dashboards API

Operations for creating and managing CloudWatch dashboards

AWS CloudWatch Metric Streams API

Operations for managing metric streams

AWS CloudWatch Metrics API

Operations for working with CloudWatch metrics and metric data

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Postman Collections 6

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch Alarms API

POSTMAN

AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch Alarms Anomaly Detection API

POSTMAN

AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch Alarms Composite Alarms API

POSTMAN

AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch Alarms Dashboards API

POSTMAN

AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch Alarms Metric Streams API

POSTMAN

AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch Alarms Metrics API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Cloudwatch Plans Pricing

7 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cloudwatch Rate Limits

10 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cloudwatch Finops

FINOPS

Features 10

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Unified monitoring across AWS resources with automatic dashboards
Metric collection and custom metrics publishing
CloudWatch Alarms with composite alarm support and anomaly detection
CloudWatch Logs Insights for interactive log analytics
Synthetics canaries for endpoint and API monitoring
Real User Monitoring (RUM) for client-side performance
Internet Monitor for availability and latency tracking
Application Signals for automatic service instrumentation and SLOs
Cross-account observability with Observability Access Manager
Network Monitor for hybrid connectivity health

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Cloudwatch Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

AWS CloudWatch API Rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

AWS CloudWatch API Rules

15 rules · 8 errors 7 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 133

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

AlarmHistoryItem

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Amazon CloudWatch Alarm

29 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AlarmHistoryItem

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AnomalyDetectorConfiguration

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AnomalyDetector

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AnomalyDetector

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AnomalyDetectorConfiguration

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ComparisonOperator

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ComparisonOperator

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CompositeAlarm

18 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CompositeAlarm

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardBody

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardEntry

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardValidationMessage

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardWidget

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardBody

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardEntry

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardValidationMessage

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DashboardWidget

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Datapoint

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DeleteAlarmsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DeleteAnomalyDetectorInput

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DeleteDashboardsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DeleteAlarmsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DeleteAnomalyDetectorInput

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DeleteDashboardsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmHistoryInput

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmHistoryOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsForMetricInput

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsForMetricOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsInput

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAnomalyDetectorsInput

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAnomalyDetectorsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmHistoryInput

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmHistoryOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsForMetricInput

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsForMetricOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsInput

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAlarmsOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAnomalyDetectorsInput

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DescribeAnomalyDetectorsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DimensionFilter

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Dimension

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DimensionFilter

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DisableAlarmActionsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DisableAlarmActionsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EnableAlarmActionsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EnableAlarmActionsInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ErrorResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ErrorResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetDashboardInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetDashboardOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricDataInput

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricDataOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricStatisticsInput

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricStatisticsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetDashboardInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetDashboardOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricDataInput

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricDataOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricStatisticsInput

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetMetricStatisticsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListDashboardsInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListDashboardsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricStreamsInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricStreamsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricsInput

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricsOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListTagsForResourceInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListTagsForResourceOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListDashboardsInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListDashboardsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricsInput

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricsOutput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricStreamsInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListMetricStreamsOutput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListTagsForResourceInput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListTagsForResourceOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MessageData

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MessageData

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricAlarm

24 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricCharacteristics

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricDataQuery

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricDataResult

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricDatum

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricMathAnomalyDetector

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Metric

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricStat

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricStreamEntry

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricStreamFilter

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricAlarm

28 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricCharacteristics

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricDataQuery

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricDataResult

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricDatum

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricMathAnomalyDetector

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricStat

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricStreamEntry

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MetricStreamFilter

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutAnomalyDetectorInput

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutCompositeAlarmInput

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutDashboardInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutDashboardOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricAlarmInput

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricDataInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricStreamInput

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricStreamOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutAnomalyDetectorInput

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutCompositeAlarmInput

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutDashboardInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutDashboardOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricAlarmInput

22 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricDataInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricStreamInput

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PutMetricStreamOutput

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Range

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SetAlarmStateInput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SetAlarmStateInput

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SingleMetricAnomalyDetector

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SingleMetricAnomalyDetector

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

StandardUnit

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

StandardUnit

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

StateValue

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

StateValue

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Statistic

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

StatisticSet

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

StatisticSet

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TagResourceInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Tag

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TagResourceInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

UntagResourceInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

UntagResourceInput

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 70

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Cloudwatch Alarm History Item Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Anomaly Detector Configuration Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Anomaly Detector Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Comparison Operator Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Composite Alarm Structure

18 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Body Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Entry Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Validation Message Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Widget Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Datapoint Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Delete Alarms Input Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Delete Anomaly Detector Input Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Delete Dashboards Input Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarm History Input Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarm History Output Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms For Metric Input Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms For Metric Output Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms Input Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms Output Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Anomaly Detectors Input Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Describe Anomaly Detectors Output Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Dimension Filter Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Dimension Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Disable Alarm Actions Input Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Enable Alarm Actions Input Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Error Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Get Dashboard Input Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Get Dashboard Output Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Data Input Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Data Output Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Statistics Input Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Statistics Output Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Dashboards Input Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Dashboards Output Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Metric Streams Input Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Metric Streams Output Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Metrics Input Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Metrics Output Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Tags For Resource Input Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch List Tags For Resource Output Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Message Data Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Alarm Structure

24 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Characteristics Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Data Query Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Data Result Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Datum Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Math Anomaly Detector Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Stat Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Stream Entry Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Stream Filter Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Metric Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Anomaly Detector Input Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Composite Alarm Input Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Dashboard Input Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Dashboard Output Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Alarm Input Structure

19 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Data Input Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Stream Input Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Stream Output Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Range Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Set Alarm State Input Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Single Metric Anomaly Detector Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Standard Unit Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch State Value Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Statistic Set Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Statistic Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Tag Resource Input Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Tag Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudwatch Untag Resource Input Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 94

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Cloudwatch Alarm History Item Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Anomaly Detector Configuration Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Anomaly Detector Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Comparison Operator Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Composite Alarm Example

18 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Body Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Entry Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Validation Message Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Dashboard Widget Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Datapoint Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Delete Alarms Input Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Delete Anomaly Detector Input Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Delete Dashboards Input Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Deletealarms Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Deleteanomalydetector Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Deletedashboards Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarm History Input Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarm History Output Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms For Metric Input Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms For Metric Output Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms Input Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Alarms Output Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Anomaly Detectors Input Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describe Anomaly Detectors Output Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describealarmhistory Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describealarms Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describealarmsformetric Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Describeanomalydetectors Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Dimension Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Dimension Filter Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Disable Alarm Actions Input Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Disablealarmactions Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Enable Alarm Actions Input Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Enablealarmactions Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Error Response Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Get Dashboard Input Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Get Dashboard Output Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Data Input Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Data Output Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Statistics Input Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Get Metric Statistics Output Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Getdashboard Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Getmetricdata Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Getmetricstatistics Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Dashboards Input Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Dashboards Output Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Metric Streams Input Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Metric Streams Output Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Metrics Input Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Metrics Output Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Tags For Resource Input Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch List Tags For Resource Output Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Listdashboards Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Listmetrics Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Listmetricstreams Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Listtagsforresource Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Message Data Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Alarm Example

24 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Characteristics Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Data Query Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Data Result Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Datum Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Math Anomaly Detector Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Stat Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Stream Entry Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Metric Stream Filter Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Anomaly Detector Input Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Composite Alarm Input Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Dashboard Input Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Dashboard Output Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Alarm Input Example

19 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Data Input Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Stream Input Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Put Metric Stream Output Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Putanomalydetector Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Putcompositealarm Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Putdashboard Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Putmetricalarm Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Putmetricdata Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Putmetricstream Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Range Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Set Alarm State Input Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Setalarmstate Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Single Metric Anomaly Detector Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Standard Unit Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch State Value Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Statistic Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Statistic Set Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Tag Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Tag Resource Input Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Tagresource Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Untag Resource Input Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudwatch Untagresource Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cloudwatch Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Cloudwatch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Cloudwatch Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Cloudwatch Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Cloudwatch Agentic Access

25 operations · 25 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

25 operations · 25 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 8

What developers build with this provider.

Monitoring application health and setting automated alarms
Centralized log aggregation and analysis across AWS services
Tracking end-user experience with real user monitoring
Proactively detecting API and endpoint issues with synthetic monitoring
Managing SLOs across microservices architectures
Monitoring network performance for Direct Connect and VPN
Cross-account observability for multi-account AWS organizations
Anomaly detection on metrics to identify unexpected behavior

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Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Console
Console

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 OpenAPI
OpenAPI
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

FAQ
FAQ
 Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 Pricing
Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: AWS CloudWatch
description: Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS,
  hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudwatch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Alarms
- Aws
- Dashboards
- Logs
- Metrics
- Monitoring
- Observability
apis:
- name: Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals API
  description: API for automatic instrumentation and monitoring of application services with service level objectives.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/application-observability-apm/
  baseURL: https://application-signals.amazonaws.com
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Application-Monitoring-Sections.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/applicationsignals/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  tags:
  - Apm
  - Application-Signals
  - Service-Level-Objectives
  - Slo
- name: Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor API
  description: API for active network monitoring to identify network issues within AWS or company networks using synthetic
    probes.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/network-monitoring/
  baseURL: https://networkmonitor.amazonaws.com
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/what-is-network-monitor.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/networkmonitor/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  tags:
  - Direct-Connect
  - Hybrid-Connectivity
  - Network-Monitor
  - Network-Performance
- aid: cloudwatch:cloudwatch-alarms-api
  name: AWS CloudWatch Alarms API
  description: Operations for creating, managing, and querying CloudWatch alarms
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  baseURL: https://monitoring.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Alarms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudwatch-alarms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
- aid: cloudwatch:cloudwatch-anomaly-detection-api
  name: AWS CloudWatch Anomaly Detection API
  description: Operations for CloudWatch anomaly detection models
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  baseURL: https://monitoring.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Anomaly Detection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudwatch-anomaly-detection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
- aid: cloudwatch:cloudwatch-composite-alarms-api
  name: AWS CloudWatch Composite Alarms API
  description: Operations for composite alarms that aggregate multiple alarm states
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  baseURL: https://monitoring.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Composite Alarms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudwatch-composite-alarms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
- aid: cloudwatch:cloudwatch-dashboards-api
  name: AWS CloudWatch Dashboards API
  description: Operations for creating and managing CloudWatch dashboards
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  baseURL: https://monitoring.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Dashboards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudwatch-dashboards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
- aid: cloudwatch:cloudwatch-metric-streams-api
  name: AWS CloudWatch Metric Streams API
  description: Operations for managing metric streams
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  baseURL: https://monitoring.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Metric Streams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudwatch-metric-streams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
- aid: cloudwatch:cloudwatch-metrics-api
  name: AWS CloudWatch Metrics API
  description: Operations for working with CloudWatch metrics and metric data
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  baseURL: https://monitoring.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudwatch-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/aws-cloudwatch/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cloudwatch-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/cloudwatch-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cloudwatch-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cloudwatch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cloudwatch-authentication.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/category/management-tools/amazon-cloudwatch/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/releasenotes/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
- type: Features
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/cloudwatch-openapi.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/cloudwatch-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/cloudwatch-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - Unified monitoring across AWS resources with automatic dashboards
  - Metric collection and custom metrics publishing
  - CloudWatch Alarms with composite alarm support and anomaly detection
  - CloudWatch Logs Insights for interactive log analytics
  - Synthetics canaries for endpoint and API monitoring
  - Real User Monitoring (RUM) for client-side performance
  - Internet Monitor for availability and latency tracking
  - Application Signals for automatic service instrumentation and SLOs
  - Cross-account observability with Observability Access Manager
  - Network Monitor for hybrid connectivity health
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - Monitoring application health and setting automated alarms
  - Centralized log aggregation and analysis across AWS services
  - Tracking end-user experience with real user monitoring
  - Proactively detecting API and endpoint issues with synthetic monitoring
  - Managing SLOs across microservices architectures
  - Monitoring network performance for Direct Connect and VPN
  - Cross-account observability for multi-account AWS organizations
  - Anomaly detection on metrics to identify unexpected behavior
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - Amazon SNS for alarm notifications
  - AWS Lambda for automated remediation
  - Amazon EventBridge for event-driven architectures
  - AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing
  - Amazon Managed Grafana for visualization
  - AWS Systems Manager for operational automation
  - PagerDuty and Slack via SNS topic subscriptions
  - Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure as code
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Sign in
- name: Agent Mode
- name: Why AWS Marketplace?
- name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
- name: Industry
- name: Resources
- name: Become a Channel Partner
- name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
- name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com