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"start or stop Amazon EC2 instances when new channel mentions occur in Microsoft Teams"
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Supported triggers and actions
Zapier helps you create workflows that connect your apps to automate repetitive tasks. A trigger is an event that starts a workflow, and an action is an event a Zap performs.
- Region
Try ItTriggerPolling- RegionRequired
- InstanceRequired
- Start/StopRequired
ActionWrite
- Region
Try ItTriggerPolling- Region
- Instance IDRequired
ActionSearch
For builders
Let your AI safely access Amazon EC2
Go beyond Zap workflows. Install Zapier in your AI to call Amazon EC2 actions directly from your agents—with governance built in. Authenticate once. Revoke access anytime.
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Act in Amazon EC2 from your AI—no exposed credentials, and you control which actions your AI can touch. One install covers 9,000+ other apps.
Example actions on this page
Works with
Claude · ChatGPT · Cursor · Any MCP-compatible AI
Work in code with the Zapier SDK
Expose Amazon EC2 actions from backend services, scripts, or agent code. Zapier handles the OAuth and scoped permissions. Access 9,000+ apps, plus thousands more with .fetch().
Install
npm install @zapier/zapier-sdk npm install -D @zapier/zapier-sdk-cli zapier-sdk login # create a Amazon EC2 connection @ https://zapier.com/app/assets/connections
Run an action
// Typescript
import { createZapierSdk } from "@zapier/zapier-sdk";
const zapier = createZapierSdk();
const { data: connection } = await zapier.findFirstConnection({ app: "amazon-ec2", owner: "me" });
await zapier.runAction({
app: 'amazon-ec2',
action: 'start_stop_instance',
connection: connection.id,
input: {
{inputKeyValuePairs}
},
});Direct API calls to raw endpoints through fetch are not yet subject to org-level app and action restrictions.











