Amplify Workflow

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Amplify Gen2 topics — even for questions you think you know — it contains validated
• Version-specific patterns that prevent common mistakes
• : user mentions Amplify Gen2
• Project has amplify/ directory

Example prompts

• “/amplify-workflow”

Requirements

• Node.js

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Read Core Reference (ALWAYS)
2. 2Identify the Task Type
3. 3Backend Features
4. 4Frontend Integration

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit da51970. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • npx
  • aws

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • docs.amplify.aws
  • ui.docs.amplify.aws

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Amplify Workflow loads about 3.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~33k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 228 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,009 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~228

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~3.2k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~33k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from awslabs/agent-plugins at commit da51970, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© awslabs). 1,009 words, ~3,220 tokens.

name

amplify-workflow

description

Build and deploy full-stack web and mobile apps with AWS Amplify Gen2 (TypeScript code-first). Covers auth (Cognito), data (AppSync/DynamoDB including schema modeling, enum types, relationships, authorization rules), storage (S3), functions, APIs, and AI (Amplify AI Kit with Bedrock). Supports React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, React Native, Flutter, Swift, and Android. Always use this skill for Amplify Gen2 topics — even for questions you think you know — it contains validated, version-specific patterns that prevent common mistakes. TRIGGER when: user mentions Amplify Gen2; project has amplify/ directory or amplify_outputs; code imports @aws-amplify packages; user asks about defineBackend, defineAuth, defineData, defineStorage, or npx ampx. SKIP: Amplify Gen1 (amplify CLI v6), standalone SAM/CDK without Amplify (use aws-serverless), direct Bedrock without Amplify AI Kit (use bedrock).

project-root/
├── amplify/
│   ├── backend.ts            # defineBackend({ auth, data, ... })
│   ├── auth/resource.ts      # defineAuth({ ... })
│   ├── data/resource.ts      # defineData({ schema })
│   ├── storage/resource.ts   # defineStorage({ ... })
│   └── functions/
│       └── my-func/
│           ├── resource.ts   # defineFunction({ ... })
│           └── handler.ts    # export const handler = ...
├── src/                      # Frontend code
├── amplify_outputs.json      # Generated — DO NOT edit or commit (gitignored)
└── package.json

© awslabs, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 16 other files (references) in plugins/aws-amplify/skills/amplify-workflow of awslabs/agent-plugins.

• SKILL.md
• references/advanced-features.md
• references/ai.md
• references/auth-backend.md
• references/auth-mobile.md
• references/auth-web.md
• references/core-mobile.md
• references/core-web.md
• references/data-backend.md
• references/data-mobile.md
• references/data-web.md
• references/deployment.md
• references/functions-and-api.md
• references/scaffolding.md
• references/storage-backend.md
• references/storage-mobile.md
• references/storage-web.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit da51970