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.
Install
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notificationsnpx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notifications -a claude-code -gnpx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notifications -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git --path skills/specialized-skills/operations-skills/setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notificationsgh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notificationsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills/specialized-skills/operations-skills/setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notifications ~/.claude/skills/setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notifications # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills/specialized-skills/operations-skills/setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notifications ~/.agents/skills/setting-up-cloudwatch-alarm-notifications # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode