aws-cloudwatch-investigation

aws-cloudwatch-investigation is an open-source devops skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by github. Its author describes it as: “Reusable investigation patterns for AWS CloudWatch: Logs Insights query templates, alarm-to-deployment correlation, blast-radius narrowing decision tree, and PromQL-style metric query patterns for structured incident…”. The project has 38k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/aws-cloudwatch-investigation`.

What aws-cloudwatch-investigation does

Reusable patterns for investigating production incidents using CloudWatch Logs, Metrics, and Alarms. These patterns are designed to be composed together during incident triage.

Installation

Add aws-cloudwatch-investigation to your agent with:

git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/aws-cloudwatch-investigation

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

What's inside

The SKILL.md for aws-cloudwatch-investigation is organised into these sections:

• Pattern 1: Logs Insights Query Templates
• Error Spike Detection
• P99 Latency Breakdown by Operation
• Lambda Cold Start Detection
• Out-of-Memory (OOM) Detection
• Timeout Detection
• Pattern 2: Alarm History to Deploy-Event Correlation
• Process
• Output Format
• Pattern 3: Narrow the Blast Radius Decision Tree
• Shared Dependency Investigation
• Pattern 4: PromQL-Style Metric Query Patterns

When to use it

Reach for aws-cloudwatch-investigation when you want devops help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
• Ships in github/awesome-copilot, an established project with 37,982 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

Topics

Frequently asked questions

What does aws-cloudwatch-investigation do?

Reusable investigation patterns for AWS CloudWatch: Logs Insights query templates, alarm-to-deployment correlation, blast-radius narrowing decision tree, and PromQL-style metric query patterns for structured incident triage.

How do I install aws-cloudwatch-investigation?

Run git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/aws-cloudwatch-investigation in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot before installing.

Is aws-cloudwatch-investigation free to use?

Yes. aws-cloudwatch-investigation is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.

Where does aws-cloudwatch-investigation come from?

aws-cloudwatch-investigation ships inside github/awesome-copilot, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 37,982 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.