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# AWS CloudTrail

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## Overview{% #overview %}

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AWS CloudTrail records API calls and account activity across AWS services.

What this pack does:

- Samples high-frequency, read-only API calls
- Splits multi-record events into clean entries
- Scans for keys, credentials, and role IDs