# chatting-with-aws-devops-agent

This skill sends AWS infrastructure questions to AWS DevOps Agent for conversational analysis. Use it for cost, architecture, topology, security, and diagnostic questions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1500 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-agents-for-devsecops/skills/chatting-with-aws-devops-agent/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/chatting-with-aws-devops-agent

## What it does

The skill sends a question to AWS DevOps Agent through `aws_devops_agent__chat` and returns a response in one conversation session. It covers cost analysis, architecture reviews, topology mapping, dependency questions, security audits, runbook discovery, and diagnostics. Local project details such as IaC files, errors, metrics, or deployment data can be included in the message.

For a follow-up, it uses `aws_devops_agent__send_message` with the `execution_id` returned by the first call. Previous conversations can be found with `aws_devops_agent__list_chats`. With SigV4 AgentSpace routing, `list_agent_spaces` runs first and the selected `agent_space_id` is sent with later tool calls.

This is not the main path for incident investigation: deeper multi-service work moves to `investigating-incidents-with-aws-devops-agent`. If the remote MCP server is unavailable, the skill falls back to `aws-mcp` and AWS CLI commands. Agent responses may contain commands or code, so they require explicit user approval before execution.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/chatting-with-aws-devops-agent/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path plugins/aws-agents-for-devsecops/skills/chatting-with-aws-devops-agent
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill chatting-with-aws-devops-agent -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-agents-for-devsecops/skills/chatting-with-aws-devops-agent/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- diagnose service errors
- review an AWS architecture
- map resource topology
- find relevant runbooks
- compare configuration options

## Example prompts
- Review the AWS architecture and dependencies for this service.
- Show the topology for `checkout-service` with its ALB and RDS resources.
- Compare costs using these Terraform files and scaling policies.

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

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````text
---
name: chatting-with-aws-devops-agent
description: >-
  Have a fast, conversational analysis with the AWS DevOps Agent. Use for cost
  optimization, architecture review, topology mapping, knowledge / runbook
  discovery, security audits, dependency questions, and quick diagnostics —
  anything that needs a 5-30 second answer rather than a 5-8 minute deep
  investigation. Trigger words include cost, optimize, review, architecture,
  topology, what runbooks, show me, compare, audit, what if.
---

# Chat with the AWS DevOps Agent

> **AgentSpace routing (SigV4 only):** If `list_agent_spaces` is available in your tool list and the multi-space orchestration skill has NOT been invoked yet this session, invoke it first to determine which `agent_space_id` to use. Then pass `agent_space_id` on all tool calls below. For bearer token auth this is unnecessary — the token is already scoped to one space.

Chat is the **default**. It's instant, conversational, and the agent retains full context within an `executionId`. Only escalate to `investigating-incidents-with-aws-devops-agent` when the user describes an incident or the agent itself suggests deeper analysis is warranted.

## How to send messages

**Primary — use the `chat` tool:**

```
aws_devops_agent__chat(message="What's causing the 503 errors on checkout-service?")
→ {"executionId": "uuid", "answer": "Based on my analysis..."}
```

One call, full answer. No session setup needed — the tool handles CreateChat + SendMessage + response parsing internally.

**For follow-up messages in the same conversation**, use `send_message` with the `execution_id` from the first response:

```
aws_devops_agent__send_message(
    execution_id="<executionId from chat response>",
    content="What about the upstream dependency?"
)
→ "The upstream service shows..."
```

The agent retains full context within an `executionId`. Reuse it for follow-ups — don't call `chat` again for the same conversation.

**For browsing previous conversations:**

```
aws_devops_agent__list_chats()
→ {"chats": [...]}
```

## Injecting local context

Pack local workspace knowledge into the `message` parameter. This is the killer feature — the DevOps Agent knows your AWS cloud; you know the user's local workspace.

```
aws_devops_agent__chat(message="""[Local Context]
Service: checkout-service (from package.json)
````
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