# amazon-documentdb

An AWS skill that runs DocumentDB work end to end: cluster setup, TLS and VPC fixes, MongoDB migrations, slow-query diagnosis and a 41-check review.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5000 installs · ★ 3282
- 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-documentdb/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/amazon-documentdb

## What it does

Seven workflows behind one skill: connection and TLS, document schema design, MongoDB compatibility assessment, DMS migration, performance tuning, a Well-Architected review and major version upgrades such as 4.0 to 5.0 and 5.0 to 8.0.

It executes rather than advises. `aws` CLI calls, DMS tasks and `explain()` run against your cluster, and the artifacts land in `artifacts/{app-name}/`. The AWS MCP server is recommended for sandboxed execution and audit logging. Without it the same commands go through the shell.

New clusters come up serverless on engine 8.0 with `db.serverless` as the instance class. Pass `--master-user-password` and the password ends up in your shell history, so production setups should use `--manage-master-user-password` instead — the two flags are mutually exclusive and the managed one keeps the credential in Secrets Manager. Elastic Clusters sit outside the skill entirely: no transactions, no change streams.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS, MongoDB

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/amazon-documentdb/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-documentdb
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- create a DocumentDB cluster with serverless scaling
- fix a TLS handshake failure from Lambda
- check whether application code runs on DocumentDB instead of MongoDB
- run a DMS migration with CDC cutover
- find why a query does a COLLSCAN

## Example prompts
- Create a serverless DocumentDB cluster on 8.0 in eu-central-1 with TLS enabled
- My Lambda can't connect — TLS handshake fails, figure out what's wrong
- Assess our code for MongoDB to DocumentDB compatibility before we migrate

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

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# Amazon DocumentDB Toolkit

## Overview

End-to-end DocumentDB toolkit covering seven workflows: **connection** (serverless-default cluster setup, TLS, VPC, driver config), **schema design** (embed-vs-reference, indexes, vector search for RAG), **compatibility assessment** (MongoDB -> DocumentDB), **migration** (DMS full-load + CDC + cutover), **performance tuning** (explain, COLLSCAN, anti-patterns), **Well-Architected review** (41 checks across 6 pillars), and **major version upgrade** (4.0->5.0, 5.0->8.0 in-place or near-zero-downtime).

The skill acts as an executor — it runs AWS CLI commands, DMS tasks, index tools, and `explain()` against the user's cluster rather than just advising. Each workflow produces concrete artifacts under `artifacts/{app-name}/`.

The AWS MCP server is **recommended** for executing AWS commands via its `call_aws` tool (sandboxed execution, audit logging), but it is not required — when the MCP server is not available, the same `aws ...` CLI commands run via shell.

## Decision Guide

| User asks about… | Route to |
|---|---|
| Get started, create cluster, can't connect, TLS/SSL error, VPC, SSH tunnel, driver config | [references/connection.md](references/connection.md), [references/connection-drivers.md](references/connection-drivers.md) |
| Store JSON, flexible schema, catalog/CMS/profiles, embed vs reference, index design, vector search, RAG | [references/schema-advisor.md](references/schema-advisor.md) |
| Migrate from MongoDB, "will this work?", unsupported operator, aggregation pipeline gap | [references/compatibility.md](references/compatibility.md) |
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