Communication

Amazon CloudWatch Claude Desktop Config

Add the Amazon CloudWatch MCP server to Claude Desktop with this ready-to-use configuration.

Setup Instructions

Open Claude Desktop
Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config → claude_desktop_config.json
Paste the JSON below into the file
Set your credentials in the env section
Restart Claude Desktop

Configuration JSON

Copy the entire block into your claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amazonaws-com-monitoring": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mcp/amazonaws-com-monitoring"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AMAZON_CLOUDWATCH_API_KEY": "your_amazon_cloudwatch_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

AMAZON_CLOUDWATCH_API_KEY

Replace your_amazon_cloudwatch_api_key with your actual amazon cloudwatch api key

Endpoints

GET/#Action=DeleteAlarms

GET_DeleteAlarms

POST/#Action=DeleteAlarms

POST_DeleteAlarms

GET/#Action=DeleteAnomalyDetector

GET_DeleteAnomalyDetector

POST/#Action=DeleteAnomalyDetector

POST_DeleteAnomalyDetector

GET/#Action=DeleteDashboards

GET_DeleteDashboards

POST/#Action=DeleteDashboards

POST_DeleteDashboards

GET/#Action=DeleteInsightRules

GET_DeleteInsightRules

POST/#Action=DeleteInsightRules

POST_DeleteInsightRules

GET/#Action=DeleteMetricStream

GET_DeleteMetricStream

POST/#Action=DeleteMetricStream

POST_DeleteMetricStream