Use DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks with a CLI

To list the available Amazon Trusted Advisor checks

The following describe-trusted-advisor-checks example lists the available Trusted Advisor checks in your Amazon account. This information includes the check name, ID, description, category, and metadata. Note that the output is shortened for readability.

aws support describe-trusted-advisor-checks \
    --language "en"

Output:

{
    "checks": [
        {
            "id": "zXCkfM1nI3",
            "name": "IAM Use",
            "description": "Checks for your use of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). You can use IAM to create users, groups, and roles in AWS, and you can use permissions to control access to AWS resources. \n<br>\n<br>\n<b>Alert Criteria</b><br>\nYellow: No IAM users have been created for this account.\n<br>\n<br>\n<b>Recommended Action</b><br>\nCreate one or more IAM users and groups in your account. You can then create additional users whose permissions are limited to perform specific tasks in your AWS environment. For more information, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/IAMGettingStarted.html\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started</a>. \n<br><br>\n<b>Additional Resources</b><br>\n<a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/IAM_Introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Is IAM?</a>",
            "category": "security",
            "metadata": []
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Amazon Trusted Advisor in the Amazon Support User Guide.

Example 1: Returns the collection of Trusted Advisor checks. You must specify the Language parameter which can accept either "en" for English output or "ja" for Japanese output.

Get-ASATrustedAdvisorCheck -Language "en"

Example 1: Returns the collection of Trusted Advisor checks. You must specify the Language parameter which can accept either "en" for English output or "ja" for Japanese output.

Get-ASATrustedAdvisorCheck -Language "en"