AWS Serverless Eda
zxkane/aws-skills
AWS serverless and event-driven architecture expert based on Well-Architected Framework.
AWS SQS message queue service for decoupled architectures. An agent skill from itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.
$ npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills sqs --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sqs .claude/skills/sqs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "sqs" agent skill from https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/sqs into .claude/skills/sqs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sqs", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/sqsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills sqs --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sqs .agents/skills/sqs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "sqs" agent skill from https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/sqs into .agents/skills/sqs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sqs", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills sqs --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sqs .cursor/skills/sqs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "sqs" agent skill from https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/sqs into .cursor/skills/sqs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sqs", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.git --path skills/sqs--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills sqs --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sqs .gemini/skills/sqs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sqs" agent skill from https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/sqs into .gemini/skills/sqs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sqs", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills sqsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sqs .github/skills/sqs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sqs" agent skill from https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/sqs into .github/skills/sqs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sqs", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills sqs --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sqs .opencode/skills/sqs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sqs" agent skill from https://github.com/itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/sqs into .opencode/skills/sqs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sqs", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
sqsAWS SQS message queue service for decoupled architectures. An agent skill from itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.
Sqs is an agent skill from itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills. AWS SQS message queue service for decoupled architectures. Use when creating queues, configuring dead-letter queues, managing visibility timeouts, implementing FIFO ordering, or integrating with Lambda.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `messaging-patterns.md`).
It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Event-driven systems. It works with Amazon Web Services. The repository describes itself as: AWS Skills for Agents. The licence is MIT.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e786d25. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
awsFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.comAlso links to:
docs.aws.amazon.comboto3.amazonaws.comFrom URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Sqs loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 400 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
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.
The full file from itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills at commit e786d25, republished under its MIT licence (© itsmostafa). 400 words, ~2,260 tokens.
.claude/skills/sqs/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service for decoupling and scaling microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.
| Type | Description | Use Case |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | At-least-once, best-effort ordering | High throughput |
| FIFO | Exactly-once, strict ordering | Order-sensitive processing |
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility Timeout | Time message is hidden after receive | 30 seconds |
| Message Retention | How long messages are kept | 4 days (max 14) |
| Delay Seconds | Delay before message is available | 0 |
| Max Message Size | Maximum message size | 256 KB |
Queue for messages that failed processing after maxReceiveCount attempts.
AWS CLI:
aws sqs create-queue \
--queue-name my-queue \
--attributes '{
"VisibilityTimeout": "60",
"MessageRetentionPeriod": "604800",
"ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds": "20"
}'boto3:
import boto3
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')
response = sqs.create_queue(
QueueName='my-queue',
Attributes={
'VisibilityTimeout': '60',
'MessageRetentionPeriod': '604800',
'ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds': '20' # Long polling
}
)
queue_url = response['QueueUrl']aws sqs create-queue \
--queue-name my-queue.fifo \
--attributes '{
"FifoQueue": "true",
"ContentBasedDeduplication": "true"
}'# Create DLQ
aws sqs create-queue --queue-name my-queue-dlq
# Get DLQ ARN
DLQ_ARN=$(aws sqs get-queue-attributes \
--queue-url https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012/my-queue-dlq \
--attribute-names QueueArn \
--query 'Attributes.QueueArn' --output text)
# Set redrive policy on main queue
aws sqs set-queue-attributes \
--queue-url https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012/my-queue \
--attributes "{
\"RedrivePolicy\": \"{\\\"deadLetterTargetArn\\\":\\\"${DLQ_ARN}\\\",\\\"maxReceiveCount\\\":\\\"3\\\"}\"
}"import boto3
import json
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')
queue_url = 'https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012/my-queue'
# Send single message
sqs.send_message(
QueueUrl=queue_url,
MessageBody=json.dumps({'order_id': '12345', 'action': 'process'}),
MessageAttributes={
'MessageType': {
'DataType': 'String',
'StringValue': 'Order'
}
}
)
# Send to FIFO queue
sqs.send_message(
QueueUrl='https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012/my-queue.fifo',
MessageBody=json.dumps({'order_id': '12345'}),
MessageGroupId='order-12345',
MessageDeduplicationId='unique-id-12345'
)
# Batch send (up to 10 messages)
sqs.send_message_batch(
QueueUrl=queue_url,
Entries=[
{'Id': '1', 'MessageBody': json.dumps({'id': 1})},
{'Id': '2', 'MessageBody': json.dumps({'id': 2})},
{'Id': '3', 'MessageBody': json.dumps({'id': 3})}
]
)import boto3
import json
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')
queue_url = 'https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012/my-queue'
while True:
# Long polling (wait up to 20 seconds)
response = sqs.receive_message(
QueueUrl=queue_url,
MaxNumberOfMessages=10,
WaitTimeSeconds=20,
MessageAttributeNames=['All'],
AttributeNames=['All']
)
messages = response.get('Messages', [])
for message in messages:
try:
body = json.loads(message['Body'])
print(f"Processing: {body}")
# Process message...
# Delete on success
sqs.delete_message(
QueueUrl=queue_url,
ReceiptHandle=message['ReceiptHandle']
)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error processing message: {e}")
# Message will become visible again after visibility timeout# Create event source mapping
aws lambda create-event-source-mapping \
--function-name my-function \
--event-source-arn arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:123456789012:my-queue \
--batch-size 10 \
--maximum-batching-window-in-seconds 5Lambda handler:
def handler(event, context):
for record in event['Records']:
body = json.loads(record['body'])
message_id = record['messageId']
try:
process_message(body)
except Exception as e:
# Raise to put message back in queue
raise
return {'batchItemFailures': []}| Command | Description |
|---|---|
aws sqs create-queue | Create queue |
aws sqs delete-queue | Delete queue |
aws sqs list-queues | List queues |
aws sqs get-queue-url | Get queue URL by name |
aws sqs get-queue-attributes | Get queue settings |
aws sqs set-queue-attributes | Update queue settings |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
aws sqs send-message | Send single message |
aws sqs send-message-batch | Send up to 10 messages |
aws sqs receive-message | Receive messages |
aws sqs delete-message | Delete message |
aws sqs delete-message-batch | Delete up to 10 messages |
aws sqs purge-queue | Delete all messages |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
aws sqs change-message-visibility | Change timeout |
aws sqs change-message-visibility-batch | Batch change |
Causes:
Debug:
# Check queue attributes
aws sqs get-queue-attributes \
--queue-url $QUEUE_URL \
--attribute-names All
# Check approximate message counts
aws sqs get-queue-attributes \
--queue-url $QUEUE_URL \
--attribute-names \
ApproximateNumberOfMessages,\
ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible,\
ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayedCauses:
Redrive from DLQ:
# Enable redrive allow policy on source queue
aws sqs set-queue-attributes \
--queue-url $MAIN_QUEUE_URL \
--attributes '{"RedriveAllowPolicy": "{\"redrivePermission\":\"allowAll\"}"}'
# Start redrive
aws sqs start-message-move-task \
--source-arn arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:123456789012:my-queue-dlq \
--destination-arn arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:123456789012:my-queueSolutions:
# Check event source mapping
aws lambda list-event-source-mappings \
--function-name my-function
# Check for errors
aws lambda get-event-source-mapping \
--uuid <mapping-uuid>© itsmostafa, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/sqs of itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e786d25
Sqs next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sqs this skillitsmostafa/aws-agent-skills | 1.2k | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| AWS Serverless Edazxkane/aws-skills | 367 | 4 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| FoundatioFoundatioFx/Foundatio | 2.1k | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Processing S3 Uploads With Step Functionsaws/agent-toolkit-for-aws | 2.8k | — | ~4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| AWS Serverlessdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 8 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| AWS Lambda Microvmsawslabs/agent-plugins | 915 | 1 repos | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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AWS SQS message queue service for decoupled architectures. An agent skill from itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills. Sqs is an agent skill from itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills. AWS SQS message queue service for decoupled architectures.
Sqs fits situations like: creating queues; configuring dead-letter queues; managing visibility timeouts; implementing FIFO ordering.
Run `npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sqs in itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/sqs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sqs in itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/sqs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills --skill sqs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sqs, .gemini/skills/sqs, .github/skills/sqs and .opencode/skills/sqs in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Sqs needs the command-line tools its instructions call (aws). Our summary lists: Python 3.
SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: docs.aws.amazon.com and boto3.amazonaws.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Sqs is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Sqs: AWS Serverless Eda (zxkane/aws-skills, 367 stars), Foundatio (FoundatioFx/Foundatio, 2.1k stars), Processing S3 Uploads With Step Functions (aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws, 2.8k stars) and AWS Serverless (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
itsmostafa (a GitHub user) maintains it in itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills, which has 1,161 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.