setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notifications
Sets up notification channels for CloudWatch alarms using SNS topics and subscriptions. Always use this skill when configuring alarm notifications — it creates encrypted SNS topics, configures topic policies for CloudWatch access, sets up email/SMS/webhook subscriptions, and links alarms to notification actions with proper security controls.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notificationsIs this agent skill safe to install?
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This skill facilitates the configuration of Amazon CloudWatch alarm notifications through Amazon SNS. It incorporates security best practices by default, such as enabling encryption at rest via AWS KMS and establishing appropriate resource-based policies. The skill operates within the expected scope of AWS resource management.
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Risk: LOW · No issues
What does this agent skill do?
Setting Up CloudWatch Alarm Notifications
Overview
Domain expertise for configuring Amazon CloudWatch alarm notification channels using Amazon SNS topics and subscriptions. Covers creating encrypted SNS topics, setting up subscriptions for email, SMS, and webhook endpoints, configuring topic policies for CloudWatch access, and linking alarms to notification actions.
Set up alarm notifications
To configure notification channels for a CloudWatch alarm, follow the procedure exactly. See CloudWatch alarm notification setup procedure.
Troubleshooting
Email notifications not received
Verify the email subscription was confirmed. Use aws sns list-subscriptions-by-topic
to check that the subscription status is "Confirmed" rather than "PendingConfirmation".
SMS notifications failing
Ensure the phone number is in E.164 format (e.g., +12345678901) and that SMS is supported in your AWS region.
Alarm not triggering notifications
Verify the alarm has the correct SNS topic ARN in its AlarmActions using
aws cloudwatch describe-alarms, and ensure ActionsEnabled is set to true.
How can the creator link this skill?
Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.
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