{"id":"awslabs-log-analyzer-with-mcp","name":"Log-Analyzer-with-MCP","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/awslabs/Log-Analyzer-with-MCP","category":"infrastructure","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","aws","cloudwatch","logs","observability","agent-tools","python"],"what_it_does":"Provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects AI assistants to AWS CloudWatch Logs, enabling log browsing/searching, log insights-style querying, summarization, error pattern detection, and cross-service log correlation.","use_cases":["Ask an AI assistant to search CloudWatch log groups using Logs Insights query syntax","Generate summaries of recent incidents or deployments from CloudWatch logs","Detect and explain error patterns from application logs","Correlate logs across multiple AWS services for investigation and troubleshooting","Help operators investigate issues faster using an agent-driven log exploration workflow"],"not_for":["Real-time alerting or notification delivery without additional systems","A managed, hosted service with guaranteed availability/SLA","Use as a general-purpose database/search API for arbitrary non-CloudWatch data","Environments where outbound AWS API access or AWS credential handling is prohibited"],"best_when":"You want an MCP-compatible tool interface for an AI assistant to perform interactive investigations against CloudWatch Logs using AWS credentials.","avoid_when":"You cannot provide/maintain AWS credentials securely, or you require strict data handling controls not described in the documentation provided.","alternatives":["AWS CloudWatch Logs Insights (direct querying via AWS Console/SDK)","Custom application layer around CloudWatch Logs APIs","Other MCP servers / agent tools that integrate with AWS services (e.g., CloudWatch metrics/events) if available","Using an LLM with retrieval over exported log data (e.g., store logs in a search system) rather than live CloudWatch access"],"af_score":46.8,"security_score":52.5,"reliability_score":30.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:41:00.908478+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["AWS credentials (configuration described in docs referenced by README)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"Authentication is not presented as an MCP-native scheme; instead it relies on configured AWS credentials for CloudWatch Logs API access. The README content provided does not describe specific IAM scope boundaries or required permissions."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing information is included; cost would primarily be AWS usage (CloudWatch Logs queries/API calls) and any hosting/runtime cost for running the MCP server."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":46.8,"security_score":52.5,"reliability_score":30.0,"mcp_server_quality":55.0,"documentation_accuracy":45.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":70.0,"rate_limit_clarity":20.0,"tls_enforcement":70.0,"auth_strength":55.0,"scope_granularity":35.0,"dependency_hygiene":65.0,"secret_handling":40.0,"security_notes":"Security guidance is minimal in the provided README content (links exist, but specific practices for credential handling, logging redaction, and IAM least-privilege are not described here). As it integrates with AWS using credentials, risk hinges on correct IAM scoping and how the server logs requests/responses. Rate limiting and query cost controls are not documented in the provided content.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":40.0,"breaking_changes_history":50.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Agent may generate Logs Insights queries that are expensive or hit CloudWatch query limits; additional guardrails/constraints may be needed.","Live log search can produce large outputs; without truncation/limits, agents may struggle with context length.","AWS permissions must be correctly scoped; insufficient IAM rights will cause failures that an agent may need to interpret."]}}