Awsclaw Cloudformation

awsclaw-cloudformation

Use the CloudFormationTool language tool in VS Code to manage and inspect AWS CloudFormation stacks, resources, change sets, types, and drift status.

When to Use

• User wants to list or describe CloudFormation stacks
• User wants to view stack resources, events, or outputs
• User wants to inspect change sets before applying them
• User wants to check stack drift status
• User wants to validate a template
• User wants to view stack set details or operations
• User wants to list or describe CloudFormation resource types
• User wants to estimate template cost
• User wants to create, update, or delete stacks or stack sets
• User wants to execute or delete change sets

Tool Reference

Tool name: CloudFormationTool

Input Schema

{
  "command": "<CommandName>",
  "params": { ... }
}

Commands (66 total)

Parameters

Usage Examples

List all stacks

{ "command": "ListStacks", "params": {} }

Describe a specific stack

{ "command": "DescribeStacks", "params": { "StackName": "my-app-stack" } }

View stack resources

{ "command": "DescribeStackResources", "params": { "StackName": "my-app-stack" } }

View stack events

{ "command": "DescribeStackEvents", "params": { "StackName": "my-app-stack" } }

Get template body

{ "command": "GetTemplate", "params": { "StackName": "my-app-stack" } }

Get template summary

{ "command": "GetTemplateSummary", "params": { "StackName": "my-app-stack" } }

List change sets for a stack

{ "command": "ListChangeSets", "params": { "ChangeSetName": "my-app-stack" } }

Detect drift on a stack

{ "command": "DetectStackDrift", "params": { "StackName": "my-app-stack" } }

Describe resource drift results

{ "command": "DescribeStackResourceDrifts", "params": { "StackName": "my-app-stack" } }

Validate a template

{ "command": "ValidateTemplate", "params": {} }

List exported values

{ "command": "ListExports", "params": {} }

Describe a stack set

{ "command": "DescribeStackSet", "params": { "StackSetName": "my-stack-set" } }

List registered resource types

{ "command": "ListTypes", "params": {} }

Related Services

CloudFormation manages infrastructure for virtually every AWS service. Related awsclaw tools:

Tips

• Use ListStacks to get an overview, then DescribeStacks with a specific StackName for details.
• Use GetTemplate to retrieve the actual template body of a deployed stack.
• Use DetectStackDrift → DescribeStackResourceDrifts to check if resources have drifted from the template.
• ListExports + ListImports helps trace cross-stack dependencies.
• ValidateTemplate checks template syntax without deploying.