To display type information

The following describe-type example displays information for the specified type.

aws cloudformation describe-type \
    --type-name My::Logs::LogGroup \
    --type RESOURCE

Output:

{
    "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-resource-providers-logs.git",
    "Description": "Customized resource derived from AWS::Logs::LogGroup",
    "TimeCreated": "2019-12-03T23:29:33.321Z",
    "Visibility": "PRIVATE",
    "TypeName": "My::Logs::LogGroup",
    "LastUpdated": "2019-12-03T23:29:33.321Z",
    "DeprecatedStatus": "LIVE",
    "ProvisioningType": "FULLY_MUTABLE",
    "Type": "RESOURCE",
    "Arn": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:type/resource/My-Logs-LogGroup/00000001",
    "Schema": "[details omitted]"
}

For more information, see Using the CloudFormation Registry in the AWS CloudFormation Users Guide.