# aws-well-architected-framework-review

Runs a full AWS Well-Architected Framework review: reads code, IaC and configs, scores all 57 questions, and returns evidence-backed findings with priorities.

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- Author: aws-samples
- License: MIT-0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering/tree/HEAD/skills/aws-well-architected-framework-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
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## What it does

The skill walks all 57 AWS Well-Architected Framework questions across six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Cost Optimization, Performance Efficiency and Sustainability. Each item gets one of five statuses — Implemented, Partially Implemented, Not Implemented, Not Applicable or Cannot Determine. Findings carry file paths, line numbers, gaps and risk.

It works in steps. First it asks you to describe the workload: name, code directories, business criticality, known pain points. Then it reads the IaC — CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform, SAM, CI/CD and monitoring configs — and draws an architecture diagram in PlantUML. A checkpoint follows application-code discovery: the agent shows what it found and waits for your confirmation before continuing. Fix blocks are emitted in the workload's primary IaC dialect; with no IaC they fall back to AWS CLI commands.

One rule matters here: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. If a control is simply not mentioned, or the code is not authoritative for it, the status is Cannot Determine rather than Not Implemented. That is why you should not read every open item as a real defect. The skill is marked deprecated — `aws-well-architected-review` in Agent Toolkit for AWS replaces it, and new feature work is not accepted. Single-pillar deep dives, WA learning, ADRs and migration readiness have their own skills.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill aws-well-architected-framework-review -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill aws-well-architected-framework-review -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill aws-well-architected-framework-review -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering aws-well-architected-framework-review
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/aws-well-architected-framework-review/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill aws-well-architected-framework-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --path skills/aws-well-architected-framework-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill aws-well-architected-framework-review -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-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering/tree/HEAD/skills/aws-well-architected-framework-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- score an AWS workload against all 57 framework questions in one pass
- pull evidence from IaC and code with file and line references
- separate real control gaps from things that were never inspected
- get a PlantUML architecture diagram from the configs
- rank remediation work with an Eisenhower matrix

## Example prompts
- run a full Well-Architected review for the workload in `infra/`, criticality is high
- analyze the Terraform in `terraform/` and report findings across all six pillars
- review against the serverless lens, Lambda code lives in `src/handlers/`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT-0

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---
name: aws-well-architected-framework-review
description: Perform a full AWS Well-Architected Framework review evaluating all 57 questions across 6 pillars by analyzing code, IaC, and configurations to produce evidence-backed findings with Eisenhower-prioritized remediation.
not_for: single-pillar deep-dives (use the specific pillar skill), learning WA (use wa-builder), ADRs (use architecture-decision-record), migration (use migration-readiness)
version: 2.3.0
---

> [!NOTE]
> **Deprecated.** This skill is superseded by `aws-well-architected-review` in
> [Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws). New
> feature work is not accepted here; see
> [issue #147](https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering/issues/147).

# Well-Architected Review

## Step 1: Define the workload scope

Ask the user to describe the workload:

> What workload would you like me to review? Please share:
> - **Workload name** and brief description
> - **Code packages/directories** to analyze (IaC, application code, CI/CD configs)
> - **Business criticality** (critical, high, standard, low)
> - **Current pain points** (optional — anything you already know is problematic)

If the user has already provided architecture details or you are in a codebase with IaC, skip the prompt and proceed with discovery.
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