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aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering agent skills
- skills
- 5
- official
- 5
- GitHub stars
- 275
GitHub description: “Reusable skills and steering that teach AI coding agents how to apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework. One set of playbooks, 14 supported tools.”
- Stars
- 275 (47 forks)
- Licence
- MIT-0
- Last push
- Oct 2026
- Created
- May 2026
- ai-coding-agents
- aws-well-architected
- claude-code
- cline
- codex
- cursor
- github-copilot
- kiro
- skills
- steering
- windsurf
- antigravity
- devops-agent
- gemini-cli
- amp
- junie
Install all skills
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steeringAdd --skill <name> for a single skill and -a <agent> to choose the agent (see the agent guides).
Skills in aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering, ranked
Ranked by score. Sort bymost stars,trending,newest,recently updated
| # | Skill | Repository | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Learn then Build" — help developers understand AWS Well-Architected best practices for their specific workload, then produce actionable visual artifacts (architecture diagrams with WA annotations… | aws-samples/ | 275 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT-0 | 4 days ago |
| 2 | Generate preventive Well-Architected guardrails — AWS Config rules, Service Control Policies, permission boundaries, CloudWatch alarms, and IaC policy checks (CDK Aspects, cfn-guard, OPA/Sentinel) —… | aws-samples/ | 275 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT-0 | 4 days ago |
| 3 | Perform a full AWS Well-Architected Framework review evaluating all 57 questions across 6 pillars by analyzing code, IaC, and configurations to produce evidence-backed findings with… | aws-samples/ | 275 | — | ~11k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT-0 | 4 days ago |
| 4 | Assess a workload's readiness to migrate to AWS by analyzing existing code, dependencies, configurations, and infrastructure to produce evidence-backed findings covering the 7 Rs, risks, and a… | aws-samples/ | 275 | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT-0 | 4 days ago |
| 5 | Help a facilitator run a conversational Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) with a customer — generates tailored facilitator questions, probing follow-ups, and "things to look out for" per WA… | aws-samples/ | 275 | — | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Warn | MIT-0 | 4 days ago |
Questions, answered from the data.
What is the best skill in aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering?
Wa Builder (official) from aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering ranks first of the 5 skills in aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering listed here, with the highest score: its repository has 275 GitHub stars, its SKILL.md loads about 3.8k tokens and it passes the automated safety check with no findings. Next come Wa Guardrails and AWS Well Architected Framework Review.
Are the skills in aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering official?
5 of the 5 skills in aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering are official, published by the vendor's own GitHub organization: Wa Builder, Wa Guardrails, AWS Well Architected Framework Review, Migration Readiness and Wafr Facilitator.
How do I install all skills from aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering?
Run npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering in your project: the open-source skills CLI installs the repository's skills into your coding agent's skills folder. To install a single skill, open its page here for the exact command.
How are these skills ranked?
By Skill Navigator score, which combines the GitHub stars of the skill's repository (shared across that repo's skills and discounted for large collections), how many other GitHub owners carry a copy of the skill, and automated SKILL.md quality checks, minus penalties for safety-check warnings and for each further skill from the same repository. Skills that fail the safety check are not listed.
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