# authoring-mwaa-workflow

Creates and deploys Amazon MWAA workflows as Python DAGs for provisioned environments or YAML files for Serverless. Use it to build a new workflow and publish its artifact.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 812 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/plugins/aws-data-analytics/skills/authoring-mwaa-workflow/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/authoring-mwaa-workflow

## What it does

The skill follows one of two routes: a Python DAG for MWAA provisioned or a YAML workflow for MWAA Serverless. It guides operator choice, schedules, timeouts, retries, failure notifications, and idempotency. A target matters: asking for a “DAG” alone does not determine which route to use.

After writing the artifact, the skill can deploy it by uploading a DAG to S3 or calling `CreateWorkflow` or `UpdateWorkflow` for Serverless. It can also create an environment when the user approves, then redeploy a corrected artifact. The AWS MCP server is recommended; the commands also work with the AWS CLI.

This skill does not cover migrating an existing DAG between provisioned and Serverless, running or smoke-testing a deployed workflow, or diagnosing a failed run. Serverless YAML is validated during deployment. If it uses `PythonOperator` or `BashOperator`, its code package must first be uploaded to S3.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws authoring-mwaa-workflow
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/authoring-mwaa-workflow/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path plugins/aws-data-analytics/skills/authoring-mwaa-workflow
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill authoring-mwaa-workflow -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-data-analytics/skills/authoring-mwaa-workflow/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- author a Python DAG for MWAA provisioned
- write a YAML workflow for MWAA Serverless
- set task schedules, retries, and timeouts
- deploy a DAG to S3 or create a Serverless workflow
- redeploy a corrected workflow

## Example prompts
- Create a Python DAG for my MWAA provisioned environment with a schedule and retries.
- Write a YAML workflow for MWAA Serverless and prepare it for deployment.
- Deploy this DAG to S3 and trigger a workflow run now.

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

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```text
---
name: authoring-mwaa-workflow
description: >
  Authors and deploys MWAA workflow artifacts: Python Airflow DAGs for provisioned
  environments or YAML workflow files for Serverless. Covers operator selection,
  timeout design, retry strategy, scheduling, failure notifications, idempotency,
  and MWAA Serverless schema compliance. Deploys the artifact (S3 DAG upload or
  Serverless CreateWorkflow/UpdateWorkflow), creates an environment inline when
  approved, and redeploys fixes, then optionally hands off to
  testing-mwaa-workflow. Triggers on: create a DAG, write a pipeline, build a
  workflow, orchestrate tasks, Airflow DAG, data pipeline, schedule a job, deploy
  a DAG, deploy a workflow, YAML workflow. Not applicable to converting or migrating
  existing DAGs between provisioned and serverless (conversion is out of scope),
  running or smoke-testing a deployed workflow (handled by testing-mwaa-workflow) or
  diagnosing a failed run (handled by debugging-mwaa-workflow).
metadata:
  version: "1"
---

# Authoring MWAA Workflows

> **AWS MCP server (optional but recommended):** running the AWS CLI commands in
> this skill through the AWS MCP server gives sandboxed execution and audit
> logging. Every command here also works with the plain AWS CLI, so the skill
> does not require the MCP server or any MCP-only tools.

Author production-grade workflow artifacts for Amazon MWAA. Routes to one
of two paths: Python DAG (provisioned) or YAML workflow (Serverless).

> **Execution note — poll in discrete steps:** whenever you wait for an AWS
> operation to reach a terminal or ready state, issue **one status check per
> call** and decide in your own loop whether to check again. Never block a
> single command or script on the wait (no `while`+`sleep` until done),
> regardless of the operation or how long it takes.

## Guardrail — where this skill's own files live (MCP vs local install)

This skill can be loaded two ways, and they resolve the skill's own bundled
files from different places. Determine how the skill was loaded before reading
a reference:

- **Loaded through the AWS MCP `retrieve_skill` tool:** The skill is not
  installed on the local filesystem. You MUST fetch each reference via
  `retrieve_skill` with the `file` parameter (e.g.
  `file="references/authoring-provisioned-dag.md"`) and read the returned
  content. Do NOT `file_read` these paths locally — they do not exist on disk.
- **Installed locally** (e.g. `.kiro/skills/authoring-mwaa-workflow/` or
```
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