AWS Cloudformation Rds

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Creating RDS instances (MySQL
• Multi-AZ deployments
• Parameter groups
• Implementing template structure with Parameters

Example prompts

• “Use the aws-cloudformation-rds skill to provide AWS CloudFormation patterns for Amazon RDS databases”
• “/aws-cloudformation-rds”

Requirements

• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Define Database Parameters
2. 2Create DB Subnet Group
3. 3Configure Security Group
4. 4Launch RDS Instance
5. 5Enable High Availability
6. 6Define Outputs

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fe73fb3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Bash

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • aws

  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

AWS Cloudformation Rds loads about 3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~35k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 613 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~82

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

~3k

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

~35k

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

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash

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 giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit at commit fe73fb3, republished under its MIT licence (© giuseppe-trisciuoglio). 613 words, ~3,024 tokens.

name

aws-cloudformation-rds

description

Provides AWS CloudFormation patterns for Amazon RDS databases. Use when creating RDS instances (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Aurora), DB clusters, multi-AZ deployments, parameter groups, subnet groups, and implementing template structure with Parameters, Outputs, Mappings, Conditions, and cross-stack references.

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Bash

Parameters:
  DBInstanceClass:
    Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance::InstanceType
    Default: db.t3.micro
    AllowedValues: [db.t3.micro, db.t3.small, db.t3.medium]

  Engine:
    Type: String
    Default: mysql
    AllowedValues: [mysql, postgres, aurora-mysql, aurora-postgresql]

  MasterUsername:
    Type: String
    Default: admin
    AllowedPattern: "^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"
    MinLength: 1
    MaxLength: 16

  MasterUserPassword:
    Type: String
    NoEcho: true
    MinLength: 8
    MaxLength: 41

DBSubnetGroup:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBSubnetGroup
  Properties:
    DBSubnetGroupDescription: Subnet group for RDS
    SubnetIds:
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet1
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet2

DBSecurityGroup:
  Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
  Properties:
    GroupDescription: Security group for RDS
    VpcId: !Ref VpcId
    SecurityGroupIngress:
      - IpProtocol: tcp
        FromPort: 3306
        ToPort: 3306
        SourceSecurityGroupId: !Ref AppSecurityGroup

DBInstance:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  Properties:
    DBInstanceIdentifier: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-mysql"
    DBInstanceClass: !Ref DBInstanceClass
    Engine: !Ref Engine
    MasterUsername: !Ref MasterUsername
    MasterUserPassword: !Ref MasterUserPassword
    AllocatedStorage: 20
    StorageType: gp3
    DBSubnetGroupName: !Ref DBSubnetGroup
    VPCSecurityGroups: [!Ref DBSecurityGroup]
    StorageEncrypted: true
    MultiAZ: true
    BackupRetentionPeriod: 7
    DeletionProtection: false

Conditions:
  IsProduction: !Equals [!Ref Environment, production]

Resources:
  DBInstance:
    Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
    Properties:
      MultiAZ: !If [IsProduction, true, false]
      BackupRetentionPeriod: !If [IsProduction, 35, 7]
      DeletionProtection: !If [IsProduction, true, false]
      EnablePerformanceInsights: !If [IsProduction, true, false]

Outputs:
  DBInstanceEndpoint:
    Description: Database endpoint address
    Value: !GetAtt DBInstance.Endpoint.Address
    Export:
      Name: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-DBEndpoint

  DBInstancePort:
    Description: Database port
    Value: !GetAtt DBInstance.Endpoint.Port
    Export:
      Name: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-DBPort

  DBConnectionString:
    Description: Connection string
    Value: !Sub jdbc:mysql://${DBInstance.Endpoint.Address}:${DBInstance.Endpoint.Port}/${DBName}

# Validate the template syntax
aws cloudformation validate-template --template-body file://template.yaml

# Review the change set before applying updates
aws cloudformation create-change-set \
  --stack-name my-rds-stack \
  --template-body file://template.yaml \
  --change-set-type UPDATE

aws cloudformation describe-change-set --change-set-name <arn>

# Execute the change set if the preview looks correct
aws cloudformation execute-change-set --change-set-name <arn>

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: Production RDS Instance

Parameters:
  VpcId:
    Type: AWS::EC2::VPC::Identifier
  SubnetIds:
    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Identifier>
  AppSecurityGroupId:
    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id
  Environment:
    Type: String
    AllowedValues: [dev, staging, production]
  MasterUsername:
    Type: String
    Default: dbadmin

Conditions:
  IsProduction: !Equals [!Ref Environment, production]

Resources:
  DBSubnetGroup:
    Type: AWS::RDS::DBSubnetGroup
    Properties:
      DBSubnetGroupDescription: !Sub "${AWS::StackName} subnet group"
      SubnetIds: !Ref SubnetIds

  DBSecurityGroup:
    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
    Properties:
      GroupDescription: !Sub "${AWS::StackName} RDS security group"
      VpcId: !Ref VpcId
      SecurityGroupIngress:
        - IpProtocol: tcp
          FromPort: 3306
          ToPort: 3306
          SourceSecurityGroupId: !Ref AppSecurityGroupId

  DBInstance:
    Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
    DeletionPolicy: Snapshot
    UpdateReplacePolicy: Snapshot
    Properties:
      DBInstanceIdentifier: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-mysql"
      DBInstanceClass: db.t3.medium
      Engine: mysql
      EngineVersion: '8.0'
      MasterUsername: !Ref MasterUsername
      MasterUserPassword: !Ref MasterUserPassword
      AllocatedStorage: 50
      StorageType: gp3
      StorageEncrypted: true
      KmsKeyId: !Ref KmsKeyId
      DBSubnetGroupName: !Ref DBSubnetGroup
      VPCSecurityGroups: [!Ref DBSecurityGroup]
      MultiAZ: !If [IsProduction, true, false]
      BackupRetentionPeriod: !If [IsProduction, 35, 7]
      DeletionProtection: !If [IsProduction, true, false]
      EnablePerformanceInsights: !If [IsProduction, true, false]
      PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod: !If [IsProduction, 731, 7]

  KmsKeyId:
    Type: AWS::KMS::Key
    Condition: IsProduction
    Properties:
      Description: KMS key for RDS encryption
      EnableKeyRotation: true
      KeyPolicy:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
          - Sid: Enable IAM User Permissions
            Effect: Allow
            Principal:
              AWS: !Sub arn:aws:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:root
            Action: kms:*
            Resource: '*'

Outputs:
  DBEndpoint:
    Description: Database endpoint
    Value: !GetAtt DBInstance.Endpoint.Address
    Export:
      Name: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-DBEndpoint
  DBPort:
    Description: Database port
    Value: !GetAtt DBInstance.Endpoint.Port
    Export:
      Name: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-DBPort

© giuseppe-trisciuoglio, MIT. 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 8 other files (references) in plugins/developer-kit-aws/skills/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-rds of giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit.

• SKILL.md
• references/constraints.md
• references/database-components.md
• references/examples.md
• references/high-availability.md
• references/operational-practices.md
• references/reference.md
• references/security-secrets.md
• references/template-structure.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fe73fb3