# amazon-aurora-mysql

A skill for Amazon Aurora MySQL clusters: creating and modifying them, sizing ACUs, evaluating storage, and planning version upgrades.

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- Author: aws
- 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/skills/specialized-skills/database-skills/amazon-aurora-mysql/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/amazon-aurora-mysql

## What it does

The skill is a registry of sub-skills, each covering one area of Aurora MySQL work. A router matches your request to the right sub-skill by meaning rather than exact wording, then loads only that sub-skill's `references/{id}-instructions.md`. There are five: cluster creation, Aurora serverless, I/O-Optimized storage, commitment pricing, and upgrade planning.

Creation runs through full VPC-based configuration, so you collect a subnet group, security group, KMS key, parameter group, and engine version first. Express configuration does not apply here — it is PostgreSQL-only, and Aurora PostgreSQL has its own `amazon-aurora-postgresql` skill. Before any create or modify call the skill asks for confirmation, and it tags new resources with `created_by` and `generation_model` on its own.

Mutations are split by risk tier. Switching storage to `aurora-iopt1` needs a restart on NVMe/Optimized Reads instances (r6gd, r6id, r8gd), and moving from Aurora Standard to I/O-Optimized is allowed once every 30 days. Going back to Standard can happen at any time. Worth checking your maintenance window before you run it.

When it executes, the skill prefers the AWS MCP server and falls back to the AWS CLI or SDK with the same `aws rds ...` operation.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS, PostgreSQL

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws amazon-aurora-mysql
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/amazon-aurora-mysql/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path skills/specialized-skills/database-skills/amazon-aurora-mysql
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill amazon-aurora-mysql -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/skills/specialized-skills/database-skills/amazon-aurora-mysql/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create an Aurora MySQL cluster with the right VPC, subnet group and security group
- pick an ACU size and understand scale-to-zero behavior
- decide whether to move to I/O-Optimized storage
- compare Reserved Instances against Database Savings Plans over 1 and 3 years
- plan a major Aurora MySQL version upgrade

## Example prompts
- Create an Aurora MySQL cluster in my VPC, set up the subnet group and security group, and show me the options before you run it
- How many ACUs should I set for Aurora serverless if load is high during the day and near zero at night?
- Should I switch to aurora-iopt1 if my I/O costs went up?

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

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```text
---
name: amazon-aurora-mysql
description: >-
  Amazon Aurora MySQL — creates, modifies, and advises on Aurora MySQL clusters specifically
  (MySQL-compatible engine, Aurora serverless, parallel query). Trigger for Aurora
  MySQL cluster operations, ACU sizing, I/O-Optimized storage, commitment pricing,
  or MySQL upgrade planning. Aurora MySQL uses full (VPC-based) configuration — express
  configuration is PostgreSQL-only. For Aurora PostgreSQL, use amazon-aurora-postgresql
  instead. Contains safety guardrails and response templates that override defaults.
version: 1
---

# Amazon Aurora MySQL

A modular toolkit for **Aurora MySQL** organized as a registry of sub-skills. Each sub-skill handles one domain of Aurora MySQL work. The router matches user intent to the right sub-skill, then loads only the references needed. (For Aurora PostgreSQL — and its express-configuration quick-start — use the `amazon-aurora-postgresql` skill.)

## Operating procedure (follow in order)

1. **Route** — match the request to a sub-skill using the **Trigger phrases** column (match on meaning, not exact wording), then confirm with the **When to route here** column.
2. **Load** — `file_read` the matched sub-skill's `references/{id}-instructions.md` and announce the path. Do not answer a matched sub-skill from general knowledge alone.
3. **Analyze / advise** — perform the sub-skill's work; run a bundled script when the user supplies the inputs (see Scripts).
4. **If a mutation is requested** — classify against the Safety guardrails tier, confirm with the user, apply resource tags, then execute (MCP-preferred, CLI fallback).
5. **Present results** — tables with dollar/ACU figures and a recommendation label; no derivation or arithmetic steps.
```
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