# aws-cloudtrail

Configures organization-wide AWS CloudTrail audit logging and CloudWatch security alerts. Useful for compliance checks and incident investigation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 340 installs · ★ 1177
- Author: devops-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/compliance/auditing/aws-cloudtrail/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aws-cloudtrail

## What it does

This skill provides AWS CLI workflows to create a multi-region organization trail. It sets up an S3 audit bucket with KMS encryption, public access blocking, and a lifecycle transition to Glacier after 90 days.

It defines advanced event selectors for management events alongside data logging for sensitive S3 buckets and Lambda functions. The skill also provisions CloudWatch metric filters for unauthorized API calls and root account activity.

Applying these configurations requires existing IAM permissions, an active KMS key alias, and target SNS topic ARNs.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill aws-cloudtrail -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/aws-cloudtrail/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/aws-cloudtrail/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill aws-cloudtrail -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/aws-cloudtrail/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill aws-cloudtrail -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/aws-cloudtrail/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills aws-cloudtrail
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/aws-cloudtrail/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill aws-cloudtrail -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --path compliance/auditing/aws-cloudtrail
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/aws-cloudtrail/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill aws-cloudtrail -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/compliance/auditing/aws-cloudtrail/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- enable audit logging across all accounts in an AWS organization
- create a hardened S3 audit bucket with Glacier transition and KMS encryption
- capture data events for sensitive S3 buckets and Lambda functions
- trigger CloudWatch alarms on root usage and console logins missing MFA

## Example prompts
- Set up an organization trail with S3 storage, KMS encryption, and log validation
- Configure CloudWatch metric filters for unauthorized API calls and IAM policy changes
- Add CloudTrail advanced event selectors for Lambda invocations and sensitive S3 data

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: aws-cloudtrail
description: Configure AWS CloudTrail for audit logging. Set up organization trails and event analysis. Use when auditing AWS activity.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: devops-skills
  version: "1.0"
---

# AWS CloudTrail

Audit AWS account activity with CloudTrail for compliance, security investigation, and operational troubleshooting.

## When to Use

- Enabling organization-wide audit logging across all AWS accounts
- Investigating security incidents or unauthorized API activity
- Meeting compliance requirements for SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, or FedRAMP
- Setting up automated alerting on sensitive AWS API calls
- Querying historical AWS activity for forensic analysis

## Create an Organization Trail

```bash
# Create the S3 bucket for log storage
aws s3api create-bucket \
  --bucket org-cloudtrail-audit-logs \
  --region us-east-1

# Apply bucket policy allowing CloudTrail to write
aws s3api put-bucket-policy \
  --bucket org-cloudtrail-audit-logs \
  --policy '{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
      {
        "Sid": "AWSCloudTrailAclCheck",
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Principal": {"Service": "cloudtrail.amazonaws.com"},
        "Action": "s3:GetBucketAcl",
        "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::org-cloudtrail-audit-logs"
      },
      {
        "Sid": "AWSCloudTrailWrite",
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Principal": {"Service": "cloudtrail.amazonaws.com"},
        "Action": "s3:PutObject",
        "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::org-cloudtrail-audit-logs/AWSLogs/*",
        "Condition": {
          "StringEquals": {"s3:x-amz-acl": "bucket-owner-full-control"}
        }
      }
    ]
  }'

# Block public access on the audit bucket
aws s3api put-public-access-block \
  --bucket org-cloudtrail-audit-logs \
  --public-access-block-configuration \
    BlockPublicAcls=true,IgnorePublicAcls=true,BlockPublicPolicy=true,RestrictPublicBuckets=true

# Enable versioning for tamper protection
aws s3api put-bucket-versioning \
  --bucket org-cloudtrail-audit-logs \
  --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled

# Enable server-side encryption
aws s3api put-bucket-encryption \
  --bucket org-cloudtrail-audit-logs \
  --server-side-encryption-configuration '{
    "Rules": [{"ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault": {"SSEAlgorithm": "aws:kms", "KMSMasterKeyID": "alias/cloudtrail-key"}}]
  }'

# Set lifecycle policy for log retention
aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \
  --bucket org-cloudtrail-audit-logs \
  --lifecycle-configuration '{
    "Rules": [
      {
        "ID": "TransitionToGlacier",
        "Status": "Enabled",
        "Filter": {"Prefix": "AWSLogs/"},
        "Transitions": [
          {"Days": 90, "StorageClass": "GLACIER"}
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "ExpireOldLogs",
        "Status": "Enabled",
        "Filter": {"Prefix": "AWSLogs/"},
        "Expiration": {"Days": 2555}
      }
````
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