# aws-networking

Routes AWS networking requests across seven services to their specialized implementation skills. It helps choose between connectivity and traffic filtering options.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5900 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/core-skills/aws-networking/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aws-networking

## What it does

This skill triages networking tasks across seven AWS services: Route 53, CloudFront, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, WAF, and Shield Advanced. It matches requests on intent rather than keywords. When a query targets an internet-facing endpoint on CloudFront, the router links WAF for L7 inspection and Shield Advanced for DDoS protection.

The skill does not configure resources on its own. It acts purely as a dispatcher. Downstream skills handle the actual implementation. It works best alongside the AWS MCP server via `aws___retrieve_skill`, though it also supports standard AWS CLI environments or reading local `SKILL.md` files.

VPC subnets, route tables, load balancers, security groups, and PrivateLink are deliberately out of scope. If you ask for those components, the skill halts instead of guessing.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- choose between Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN for on-premises connectivity
- separate L7 application filtering in WAF from L3/L4 protection in Shield Advanced
- route multi-VPC hub architectures to Transit Gateway
- map security header dependencies for CloudFront distributions

## Example prompts
- Help me design a hybrid link between on-premises and AWS using Direct Connect and VPN backup
- How should I configure WAF and Shield Advanced to stop DDoS and bot traffic on an API?
- Should I use VPC peering or Transit Gateway to connect multiple VPCs across accounts?

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

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name: aws-networking
description: "Routes AWS networking requests to the correct service skill for implementation. Covers Route 53 (DNS, health checks, routing policies, Resolver, DNS Firewall), CloudFront (caching, edge, OAC, mTLS, signed URLs), Transit Gateway (multi-VPC hub, segmentation, centralized egress), Direct Connect (hybrid link, DX Gateway, MACsec), Site-to-Site VPN (IPsec tunnels, static or BGP), WAF (web ACLs, AWS Managed Rules, rate-based rules, Bot and Fraud Control), and Shield Advanced (L3/L4 DDoS). Applicable when creating, configuring, troubleshooting, or designing across these services, choosing between them, or diagnosing connectivity or traffic-filtering issues. Not for VPC subnets and route tables, load balancers, VPC endpoints, PrivateLink, API Gateway, IAM policy logic, container or serverless networking, or IaC authoring."
metadata:
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---

# AWS Networking

## Overview

Routes networking requests to the correct service-specific skill. Covers 7 services across DNS and content delivery, hybrid connectivity, and network security (web application firewall and DDoS protection). Other AWS networking services (VPC foundations, load balancing, endpoints, PrivateLink, API Gateway, and more) are out of scope for this router (see step 6).

**Works best with** the [AWS MCP server](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-mcp/) — enables sandboxed execution, audit logging, and enterprise controls. All guidance also works with standard AWS CLI access.

## How to use this skill

1. Match the user's request against the **Skill Routing Table** below. Match on meaning, not exact wording.
2. **If the request matches multiple skills**, use the Cross-Service Concepts tables to determine which layer the request targets, then route to the skill that owns that layer.
3. **If still ambiguous**, ask one clarifying question: "Are you looking to set up connectivity, or control/filter existing traffic?"
4. Load the target skill: if the AWS MCP server is available, use `aws___retrieve_skill(skill_name="<skill>")`; otherwise retrieve the skill document from this repository at `skills/<skill>/SKILL.md`.
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