# agents-deploy

Validates configuration, deploys AgentCore agents to AWS, and diagnoses CDK, IAM, or quota errors. Useful for releases, canary setups, and rollbacks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2000 installs · ★ 3282
- Author: aws-agentcore
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/HEAD/plugins/aws-agents/skills/agents-deploy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agents-deploy

## What it does

The skill manages AgentCore agent deployments to AWS and troubleshoots failed runs. It starts by verifying the `agentcore` CLI version, which must be `0.9.0` or later. Next, it reads `agentcore/agentcore.json` and `agentcore/aws-targets.json`, comparing targets against `aws configure` and `aws sts get-caller-identity`. It also inspects Bedrock foundation model access and IAM permissions for `*BedrockAgentCore*` roles.

You can preview changes before touching infrastructure with `agentcore deploy --dry-run` and `--diff`. If a deployment fails, the skill inspects logs in `agentcore/.cli/logs/`. It detects unbootstrapped CDK environments, missing ECR Docker logins, Bedrock quota limits, and region mismatches. Memory provisioning takes 2–5 extra minutes.

This skill does not handle VPC configurations or production hardening, which require `agents-build` and `agents-harden` instead.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-deploy -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/agents-deploy/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agents-deploy/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-deploy -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/agents-deploy/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-deploy -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/agents-deploy/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws agents-deploy
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/agents-deploy/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-deploy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path plugins/aws-agents/skills/agents-deploy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/agents-deploy/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-deploy -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/HEAD/plugins/aws-agents/skills/agents-deploy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- verify AWS region alignment and AgentCore target configuration
- diagnose missing IAM permissions and unbootstrapped CDK stacks
- preview infrastructure diffs before applying changes
- identify ECR authentication failures and service quota limits
- roll back versions or configure canary deployments

## Example prompts
- /agents-deploy preflight
- Diagnose why my deploy failed with a CDK error
- /agents-deploy rollback

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: agents-deploy
description: >
  Use when deploying your agent to AWS, or when a deploy has failed.
  Handles pre-flight validation, CDK/IAM/quota error diagnosis, version
  management, rollback, and canary deployments. Triggers on: "deploy my
  agent", "agentcore deploy", "deploy failed", "CDK error", "rollback",
  "canary deploy", "pin version", "redeploy", "deploy stuck".
  Not for production hardening — use agents-harden. Not for adding
  capabilities before deploy — use agents-build or agents-connect.
  Not for VPC configuration errors — use agents-build.
allowed-tools: Read Grep Glob Bash
metadata:
  type: skill
  version: "1.0.0"
  author: aws-agentcore
  requires-cli: ">=0.9.0"
---

# deploy

Deploy your AgentCore agent to AWS, or diagnose why a deploy failed.

## When to use

- You're ready to deploy and want to validate config first
- `agentcore deploy` failed with an error
- You want to preview what deploy will create without actually deploying
- You want to deploy to a specific target (staging, production)
- You need to roll back to a previous version, pin to a specific version, or set up canary deployments

## Input

`$ARGUMENTS` is optional:

```
/agents-deploy                     # interactive — pre-flight check or diagnose failure
/agents-deploy preflight           # validate config and IAM before deploying
/agents-deploy diagnose            # diagnose a failed deploy (paste error or read logs)
/agents-deploy preview             # show what deploy will create without deploying
/agents-deploy rollback            # roll back to a previous version
```

## Process

### Step 0: Verify CLI version

Run `agentcore --version`. This skill requires v0.9.0 or later. If the version is older, tell the developer to run `agentcore update` before proceeding.

### Step 1: Determine the situation

Read `agentcore/agentcore.json` and `agentcore/aws-targets.json` if they exist.

Ask (or infer from context):

> "Are you:
>
> 1. About to deploy and want to check everything first
> 2. Dealing with a failed deploy — what error did you see?
> 3. Needing to roll back or pin a specific version?"

If the developer needs versioning, rollback, or canary deployment, load [`references/versioning.md`](references/versioning.md) and follow its instructions.

---

## Path A: Pre-flight validation

Run these checks before `agentcore deploy`:

### Check 1: Validate config files

Show the developer this command to run:

```bash
agentcore validate
```

This catches malformed `agentcore.json` before CDK even starts.

### Check 2: Verify region alignment

The most common deploy failure is a region mismatch. Show the developer these commands to verify:

```bash
# Your configured AWS region
aws configure get region

# The region in your deployment target
````
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