{"id":"mcp-cloudwatch-mcp-server","name":"cloudwatch-mcp-server","af_score":42.0,"security_score":61.0,"reliability_score":33.8,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server that exposes AWS CloudWatch functionality (metrics/logs/alarms, depending on supported tools) to AI agents via MCP.","best_when":"You have an MCP-capable agent runtime and want the agent to read CloudWatch data (and possibly take limited actions) using standard AWS IAM.","avoid_when":"You cannot grant least-privilege AWS permissions or you cannot configure secure credential handling for the MCP server.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:34:57.707929+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["AWS IAM (typically via access key/secret or instance/task role credentials)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["CloudWatch API calls may be region-specific—ensure the agent/tool uses the correct AWS region.","CloudWatch logs queries can be expensive/slow; agents should constrain time ranges and limit result sizes.","IAM permissions must be least-privilege; missing permissions will surface as AWS authorization errors.","If the MCP server uses environment/role-based credentials, ensure they’re present in the runtime where the server runs."],"error_quality":0.0}