--- title: "Connect Amazon CloudWatch to Extracto - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Alarm\" fires in Amazon CloudWatch, your agent runs \"Extract data from URL\" in Extracto." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-cloudwatch-to-extracto" --- # Connect Amazon CloudWatch to Extracto When **New Alarm** fires in [Amazon CloudWatch](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-cloudwatch), your agent runs **Extract data from URL** in [Extracto](https://apiant.ai/connections/extracto). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Amazon CloudWatch **2** triggers Amazon CloudWatch **3** actions Extracto **1** action What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Amazon CloudWatch and Extracto to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Amazon CloudWatch can start in Extracto - When **New Alarm** in Amazon CloudWatch then **Extract data from URL** in Extracto Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Amazon CloudWatch and Extracto ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 4 actions - Trigger **Alarm State Change** Triggers when a CloudWatch metric alarm changes state, for example from OK to ALARM. - Trigger **New Alarm** Triggers when a new metric alarm is created in Amazon CloudWatch. - Action **Disable Alarm Actions** Turns off the notifications and other actions of a CloudWatch alarm, without deleting the alarm. - Action **Enable Alarm Actions** Turns the notifications and other actions of a CloudWatch alarm back on. - Action **Set Alarm State** Temporarily sets a CloudWatch alarm to OK, ALARM or INSUFFICIENT_DATA, for example to test its notifications. The alarm returns to its real state at its next evaluation. - Action **Extract data from URL** renders the given URL in a real browser, extracts fields per a caller-supplied JSON schema (type hints: string/number/boolean/array/nested object), validates the result against that schema, and returns matching JSON or a structured error. Inputs: url (string), schema (object). This is the entirety of Extracto's documented API surface as of 2026-09-14 (docs page states "full API reference ships at launch"). ## Each app on its own - [ **Amazon CloudWatch** Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service for AWS cloud resources and the applications you run on AWS.](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-cloudwatch) - [ **Extracto** Web data extraction API returning typed, schema-validated JSON from any URL](https://apiant.ai/connections/extracto) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Amazon CloudWatch - [ **Amazon CloudWatch to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-cloudwatch-to-hubspot) - [ **Amazon CloudWatch to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-cloudwatch-to-salesforce) - [ **Amazon CloudWatch to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-cloudwatch-to-slack) - [ **Amazon CloudWatch to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-cloudwatch-to-google-sheets) - [ **Amazon CloudWatch to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-cloudwatch-to-gmail) - [ **Amazon CloudWatch to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-cloudwatch-to-google-calendar) ## More into Extracto - [ **HubSpot to Extracto** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-extracto) - [ **Salesforce to Extracto** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-extracto) - [ **Slack to Extracto** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-extracto) - [ **Google Sheets to Extracto** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-extracto) - [ **Gmail to Extracto** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-extracto) - [ **Google Calendar to Extracto** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-extracto) Questions ## Amazon CloudWatch and Extracto, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Amazon CloudWatch? Any of Amazon CloudWatch's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Alarm and Alarm State Change. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Extracto when something happens in Amazon CloudWatch? Any of Extracto's 1 action, including Extract data from URL. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Extracto to Amazon CloudWatch? Extracto has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Amazon CloudWatch. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Extracto's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Amazon CloudWatch or Extracto? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Amazon CloudWatch and Extracto without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.