AWS Health Monitor
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 1, 2026.
Overview
This skill coherently checks AWS’s public health feed and sends configured alerts; review the optional cron schedule and notification target before use.
Before installing, decide whether you want a five-minute cron monitor, set the notification channel and target carefully, and optionally restrict regions or services to avoid noisy alerts. No artifact-backed malicious or deceptive behavior was found.
Findings (3)
Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.
If installed as shown, it will keep running on a schedule and may keep sending outage notifications until the cron entry is removed or changed.
The skill documents a cron entry that runs the monitor every five minutes, creating intentional recurring background behavior.
*/5 * * * * ... /usr/bin/python3 scripts/aws-health-monitor.py >> logs/aws-health-monitor.log 2>&1
Only add the cron job if continuous monitoring is desired; set region/service filters and remove the cron entry to stop recurring execution.
Alerts will be sent to whichever channel and target are configured in the environment.
The script invokes the local openclaw messaging tool with environment-configured channel and target values to send alerts. It uses an argument list rather than a shell, and this behavior matches the notification purpose.
subprocess.run(["openclaw", "message", "send", "--channel", NOTIFY_CHANNEL, "--target", NOTIFY_TARGET, "--message", msg], capture_output=True, text=True)
Verify AWS_HEALTH_NOTIFY_CHANNEL and AWS_HEALTH_NOTIFY_TARGET before running, especially in shared workspaces or cron environments.
Installation may look simpler than it is, and the skill may fail or send nowhere unless the needed local command and notification settings are available.
The registry metadata under-declares setup requirements that the artifacts show are needed for useful operation, including notification environment variables and the openclaw command.
Required env vars: none; Required binaries (all must exist): none; Install specifications: No install spec
Treat the SKILL.md and source as the authoritative setup guide, and confirm the openclaw CLI plus notification environment variables are configured before relying on it.