Hyperpod Ssm

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User request needs to execute commands on cluster nodes
• Upload files to nodes
• Read/download files from nodes
• Run diagnostics

Example prompts

• “/hyperpod-ssm”

Requirements

• A Bash shell

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

  Ships 3 files in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • aws
  • yum
  • apt
  • brew
  • bash

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use aws, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  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

Hyperpod Ssm loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 134 tokens; SKILL.md has 353 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~134

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

~1.3k

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

~1.8k

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

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:15

  even when the command ran. Install with `sudo yum install expect`, `sudo apt install expect`, or `brew install expect`.

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:96

  | CloudWatch agent | `sudo systemctl status amazon-cloudwatch-agent`                |

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from awslabs/agent-plugins at commit da51970, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© awslabs). 353 words, ~1,293 tokens.

name

hyperpod-ssm

description

Remote command execution and file transfer on SageMaker HyperPod cluster nodes via AWS Systems Manager (SSM). This is the primary interface for accessing HyperPod nodes — direct SSH is not available. Use when any skill, workflow, or user request needs to execute commands on cluster nodes, upload files to nodes, read/download files from nodes, run diagnostics, install packages, or perform any operation requiring shell access to HyperPod instances. Other HyperPod skills depend on this skill for all node-level operations.

metadata.version

1.0.0

scripts/get-cluster-info.sh CLUSTER_NAME [--region REGION]
# Output: {"cluster_id":"...","cluster_arn":"...","cluster_name":"...","region":"..."}

scripts/list-nodes.sh CLUSTER_NAME [--region REGION] [--instance-group GROUP] [--instance-id ID]
# Output: JSON array of ClusterNodeSummaries (InstanceId, InstanceGroupName, InstanceStatus, etc.)

# Execute — with pre-built target
scripts/ssm-exec.sh --target "sagemaker-cluster:CLUSTERID_GROUP-INSTANCEID" 'command' [--region REGION]

# Execute — with parts
scripts/ssm-exec.sh --cluster-id ID --group GROUP --instance-id INSTANCE_ID 'command' [--region REGION]

# Upload
scripts/ssm-exec.sh --target TARGET --upload LOCAL_PATH REMOTE_PATH [--region REGION]

# Read remote file
scripts/ssm-exec.sh --target TARGET --read REMOTE_PATH [--region REGION]

cat > /tmp/cmd.json << 'EOF'
{"command": ["bash -c 'echo hello && whoami'"]}
EOF

unbuffer aws ssm start-session \
  --target sagemaker-cluster:{CLUSTER_ID}_{GROUP_NAME}-{INSTANCE_ID} \
  --region REGION \
  --document-name AWS-StartNonInteractiveCommand \
  --parameters file:///tmp/cmd.json

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in plugins/sagemaker-ai/skills/hyperpod-ssm of awslabs/agent-plugins.

• SKILL.md
• references/troubleshooting.md
• scripts/get-cluster-info.sh
• scripts/list-nodes.sh
• scripts/ssm-exec.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit da51970

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in awslabs/agent-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• majiayu000/claude-skill-registryskills/bash/hyperpod-ssm