Agent skill

AWS Agentic AI

by zxkane in zxkane/aws-skills

AWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing AI agents at scale.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install AWS Agentic AI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-agentic-ai -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install zxkane/aws-skills aws-agentic-ai --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/aws-agentic-ai/skills/aws-agentic-ai .claude/skills/aws-agentic-ai && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
aws-agentic-ai
GitHub stars
367
Token cost
~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
803 words
Files
40 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

AWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing AI agents at scale.

  • Works in 4 steps: Upload OpenAPI schema to S3 → (API Key auth only) Create credential… → Create gateway target linking schema… → …
  • Working with any AgentCore service including Gateway
  • SKILL.md covers AWS Documentation Requirement, Available Services, Common Workflows and Deep-Dive References, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

AWS Agentic AI is an agent skill from zxkane/aws-skills. AWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing AI agents at scale. Use when working with any AgentCore service including Gateway, Runtime, Memory, Identity, Code Interpreter, Browser, Observability, Agent Registry, or Evaluations. Covers agent deployment, MCP tool integration, credential management, agent discovery, governance workflows, and automated quality assessment. Essential when user mentions AgentCore, agent runtime, agent registry, agent evaluation, MCP gateway, deploy agent…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 44 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `cross-service/agent-persistence-patterns.md`, `cross-service/credential-management.md` and `cross-service/registry-integration.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering MCP servers, Agent evaluation and testing and Observability. It works with Amazon Web Services, Model Context Protocol and Amazon Bedrock. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code plugins and agent skills for AWS development — IaC(CDK/SST), serverless, cost ops, and Bedrock AgentCore. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Working with any AgentCore service including Gateway
  • Code Interpreter
  • Mentions AgentCore
  • Agent evaluation

Example prompts

  • “/aws-agentic-ai”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Docker
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): mcp__aws-mcp__*, mcp__awsdocs__*, mcp__acdocs__search_agentcore_docs, mcp__acdocs__fetch_agentcore_doc, Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore *), Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-control *), Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-runtime *), Bash(aws bedrock *), Bash(aws s3 cp *), Bash(aws s3 ls *), Bash(aws secretsmanager *), Bash(aws sts get-caller-identity)

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Upload OpenAPI schema to S3
  2. (API Key auth only) Create credential provider and store API key
  3. Create gateway target linking schema (and credentials if using API key)
  4. Verify target status and test connectivity

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 68530c6. 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:

    • mcp__aws-mcp__*
    • mcp__awsdocs__*
    • mcp__acdocs__search_agentcore_docs
    • mcp__acdocs__fetch_agentcore_doc
    • Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore *)
    • Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-control *)
    • Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-runtime *)
    • Bash(aws bedrock *)
    • Bash(aws s3 cp *)
    • Bash(aws s3 ls *)

    …and 2 more on the same allowed-tools line.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 6 files in scripts/ (Python, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    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.aws.amazon.com
    • awscli.amazonaws.com

    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 Agentic AI loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~43k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 168 tokens; SKILL.md has 803 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~168
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.5k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~43k

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

Auto-check passed

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from zxkane/aws-skills at commit 68530c6, republished under its MIT licence (© zxkane). 803 words, ~2,515 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/aws-agentic-ai/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 39 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
aws-agentic-ai
description
AWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing AI agents at scale. Use when working with any AgentCore service including Gateway, Runtime, Memory, Identity, Code Interpreter, Browser, Observability, Agent Registry, or Evaluations. Covers agent deployment, MCP tool integration, credential management, agent discovery, governance workflows, and automated quality assessment. Essential when user mentions AgentCore, agent runtime, agent registry, agent evaluation, MCP gateway, deploy agent, register MCP server, discover agents, evaluate agent quality, agent credentials, or wants to build, deploy, catalog, or monitor AI agents on AWS.
allowed-tools
mcp__aws-mcp__*, mcp__awsdocs__*, mcp__acdocs__search_agentcore_docs, mcp__acdocs__fetch_agentcore_doc, Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore *), Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-control *), Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-runtime *), Bash(aws bedrock *), Bash(aws s3 cp *), Bash(aws s3 ls *), Bash(aws secretsmanager *), Bash(aws sts get-caller-identity)
aliases
bedrock-agentcore
context
fork
model
sonnet
skills
aws-mcp-setup

AWS Bedrock AgentCore

AWS Bedrock AgentCore provides a complete platform for deploying and scaling AI agents with nine core services. This skill covers service selection, deployment patterns, and integration workflows using AWS CLI.

How to use this skill: Identify the service(s) the user needs from the table below, then read the corresponding service README before responding. For cross-service patterns (credentials, security, registry integration), check the Cross-Service Resources section. Verify AWS-specific details using the MCP documentation tools.

AWS Documentation Requirement

Always verify AWS facts using MCP tools before answering. Two documentation sources are available:

  • AgentCore-specific docs (mcp__acdocs__*) — bundled with this plugin, provides search_agentcore_docs and fetch_agentcore_doc for AgentCore documentation
  • General AWS docs (mcp__aws-mcp__* or mcp__*awsdocs*__*) — loaded via the aws-mcp-setup dependency for broader AWS documentation

Prefer the AgentCore docs MCP for AgentCore-specific questions. If MCP tools are unavailable, guide the user through the aws-mcp-setup skill's setup flow.

Available Services

ServiceUse ForDocumentation
GatewayConverting REST APIs to MCP toolsservices/gateway/README.md
RuntimeDeploying and scaling agentsservices/runtime/README.md
MemoryManaging conversation stateservices/memory/README.md
IdentityCredential and access managementservices/identity/README.md
Code InterpreterSecure code execution in sandboxesservices/code-interpreter/README.md
BrowserWeb automation and scrapingservices/browser/README.md
ObservabilityTracing and monitoringservices/observability/README.md
Agent RegistryCatalog, discover, and govern agents/tools (Preview)services/registry/README.md
EvaluationsAutomated agent quality assessment (LLM-as-a-Judge)services/evaluations/README.md

Common Workflows

Deploying a Gateway Target

Read services/gateway/README.md before implementing — Gateway setup involves deployment strategies, IAM, and auth choices that vary significantly by use case.

  1. Upload OpenAPI schema to S3
  2. (API Key auth only) Create credential provider and store API key
  3. Create gateway target linking schema (and credentials if using API key)
  4. Verify target status and test connectivity

Credential provider is only needed for API key authentication. Lambda targets use IAM roles, and MCP servers use OAuth.

Managing Credentials

Read cross-service/credential-management.md first — credential patterns differ across services and getting them wrong causes hard-to-debug auth failures.

  1. Use Identity service credential providers for all API keys
  2. Link providers to gateway targets via ARN references
  3. Rotate credentials quarterly through credential provider updates
  4. Monitor usage with CloudWatch metrics
Discovering Agents and Tools (Agent Registry)

Read services/registry/README.md first — the registry has governance workflows, MCP endpoint options, and sync modes that affect how records become discoverable.

  1. Create a registry to catalog your organization's AI resources
  2. Register resources (MCP servers, agents, skills, custom) with descriptive metadata
  3. Submit records for approval (auto-approve for dev, manual for production)
  4. Search and discover approved resources via CLI or MCP endpoint

Agent Registry is in Preview. Available in us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, ap-northeast-1, ap-southeast-2.

Evaluating Agent Quality

Read services/evaluations/README.md first — evaluators, scoring modes, and IAM setup vary between online monitoring and on-demand testing.

  1. Instrument the agent with OpenTelemetry (ADOT) for trace collection
  2. Create evaluators (use built-in like Builtin.Helpfulness or create custom)
  3. Set up online evaluation with sampling rate and data source
  4. Monitor scores in CloudWatch dashboards; investigate low-scoring sessions
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Monitoring Agents

Read services/observability/README.md for the full monitoring setup — observability configuration depends on your Runtime protocol and framework choice.

  1. Enable observability for agents
  2. Configure CloudWatch dashboards for metrics
  3. Set up alarms for error rates and latency
  4. Use X-Ray for distributed tracing

Deep-Dive References

Each service README (linked in the table above) contains sub-links to getting-started guides, troubleshooting, and advanced topics. Start with the service README and follow pointers from there.

Advanced Runtime & OAuth References

Deep-dive reference documentation for Runtime internals, deployment, OAuth integration, and communication protocols. Read these when building production Runtime deployments or configuring OAuth authentication:

  • OAuth Integration: references/agentcore-oauth-integration.md - Three-layer OAuth architecture (Inbound JWT, Outbound Credential Provider, Gateway OAuth), Cognito configuration, supported IdPs, end-to-end CDK examples
  • Runtime Core Mechanisms: references/agentcore-runtime-core.md - Container contract, MicroVM Session model, Agent lifecycle (per-request vs per-session), tool integration (MCP/HTTP), startup flow
  • Runtime Deployment & Operations: references/agentcore-runtime-deploy.md - CDK deployment (L1/L2 constructs), multi-Runtime architecture, security model, observability (OTel/CloudWatch), BedrockAgentCoreApp vs FastAPI comparison
  • Runtime Protocol Reference: references/agentcore-runtime-protocols.md - HTTP, MCP, A2A, AG-UI protocol specifications with container contracts, endpoint specs, and selection guide
Runnable Script Templates

Production-ready templates in scripts/ for common deployment patterns:

ScriptProtocolDescription
Dockerfile.runtime-template—ARM64 multi-stage Docker build for AgentCore Runtime
runtime-fastapi-template.pyHTTPFastAPI Runtime with SSE streaming and MCPClient
mcp-server-template.pyMCPMCP Server with Streamable HTTP transport
a2a-server-template.pyA2AA2A Server with Agent Card discovery
agui-server-template.pyAG-UIAG-UI Server with standard AG-UI event stream
gateway-custom-resource-lambda.py—CDK Custom Resource Lambda for Gateway lifecycle

Cross-Service Resources

For patterns and best practices that span multiple AgentCore services:

Additional Resources

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Files

SKILL.md and 39 other files (scripts, references) in plugins/aws-agentic-ai/skills/aws-agentic-ai of zxkane/aws-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • cross-service/agent-persistence-patterns.md
  • cross-service/credential-management.md
  • cross-service/registry-integration.md
  • cross-service/security-resource-policies.md
  • references/agentcore-oauth-integration.md
  • references/agentcore-runtime-core.md
  • references/agentcore-runtime-deploy.md
  • references/agentcore-runtime-protocols.md
  • scripts/Dockerfile.runtime-template
  • scripts/a2a-server-template.py
  • scripts/agui-server-template.py
  • scripts/gateway-custom-resource-lambda.py
  • scripts/mcp-server-template.py
  • scripts/runtime-fastapi-template.py
  • services/browser/README.md
  • … and 24 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 68530c6

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Questions about AWS Agentic AI

What does AWS Agentic AI do?

AWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing AI agents at scale. AWS Agentic AI is an agent skill from zxkane/aws-skills. AWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing AI agents at scale.

When should I use AWS Agentic AI?

AWS Agentic AI fits situations like: working with any AgentCore service including Gateway; code Interpreter; mentions AgentCore; agent evaluation.

How do I install AWS Agentic AI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-agentic-ai -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/aws-agentic-ai/skills/aws-agentic-ai in zxkane/aws-skills) into .claude/skills/aws-agentic-ai in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install AWS Agentic AI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-agentic-ai -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/aws-agentic-ai/skills/aws-agentic-ai in zxkane/aws-skills) into .agents/skills/aws-agentic-ai in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use AWS Agentic AI in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-agentic-ai -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aws-agentic-ai, .gemini/skills/aws-agentic-ai, .github/skills/aws-agentic-ai and .opencode/skills/aws-agentic-ai in your project.

What does AWS Agentic AI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, AWS Agentic AI needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3; Docker. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: mcp__aws-mcp__*, mcp__awsdocs__*, mcp__acdocs__search_agentcore_docs, mcp__acdocs__fetch_agentcore_doc, Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore *), Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-control *), Bash(aws bedrock-agentcore-runtime *), Bash(aws bedrock *), Bash(aws s3 cp *), Bash(aws s3 ls *), Bash(aws secretsmanager *), Bash(aws sts get-caller-identity).

Does AWS Agentic AI access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: docs.aws.amazon.com and awscli.amazonaws.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is AWS Agentic AI safe to install?

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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does AWS Agentic AI use?

AWS Agentic AI is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does AWS Agentic AI use?

About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 41k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to AWS Agentic AI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with AWS Agentic AI: AWS Strands Agents Agentcore (sammcj/agentic-coding, 162 stars), Hcls Deploy Agent (aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences, 274 stars), AWS Agentic AI (CommandCodeAI/agent-skills, 133 stars) and Deploy Observability (aliyun/alibabacloud-observability-mcp-server, 166 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains AWS Agentic AI?

zxkane (a GitHub user) maintains it in zxkane/aws-skills, which has 367 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 15, 2026.

Source: zxkane/aws-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.