# cloudfront

A skill for Amazon CloudFront: decide when a CDN fits, manage certificates, lock down origins and restrict who sees your content.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5200 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/networking-and-content-delivery-skills/cloudfront/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cloudfront

## What it does

The skill is a router. Each task maps to a file under `references/`, and the agent reads the matching file in full before acting. Six areas are covered: choosing CloudFront and its place in the architecture, custom-domain certificates, multi-tenant distributions, origin protection, content access control and logs.

Commands run through the AWS MCP server when it is connected, otherwise through the AWS CLI. CloudFront is a global service, so its API calls and the ACM certificates it uses are made in `us-east-1` no matter where your application runs. Worth remembering when the app region differs.

The skill does not cover the DNS side of a custom domain or failover between distributions via Route 53 — that belongs to the separate `route53-cloudfront` skill. This one handles the CloudFront-side configuration only.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path skills/specialized-skills/networking-and-content-delivery-skills/cloudfront
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- decide whether CloudFront belongs in front of your content
- issue an ACM certificate for a custom domain
- lock an origin so only CloudFront can reach it
- restrict viewing by location or signed URLs
- read standard and real-time traffic logs

## Example prompts
- Set up CloudFront in front of my S3 bucket and lock the origin with OAC
- Help me issue an ACM certificate in us-east-1 and add an alternate domain name
- Restrict content access with signed URLs and geographic restrictions

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

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```text
---
name: cloudfront
description: >
  Configures Amazon CloudFront content delivery across six workflows: when to use CloudFront and
  how it fits with AWS WAF, Shield, CloudFront Functions, Lambda@Edge, Route 53, and origins
  (creating a distribution, caching, and Flat Rate Pricing (FRP) versus pay-as-you-go pricing); managing
  custom-domain TLS certificates (ACM in us-east-1); configuring multi-tenant distributions;
  protecting origins with origin access control (OAC), VPC origins, and origin mutual TLS (mTLS);
  securing content with signed URLs and cookies, geographic restrictions, viewer mutual TLS, and
  edge token validation; and observing traffic with standard and real-time logs. Applicable when the
  customer wants to put CloudFront in front of content, choose pricing, lock an origin, restrict who
  can view content, or analyze logs. Not applicable for the Route 53 DNS side of a CloudFront custom
  domain or failover between distributions (see the route53-cloudfront skill), or for pure-Route 53
  DNS work (see the route53 skill).
version: 1
---

# Amazon CloudFront

## Overview

Domain expertise for configuring Amazon CloudFront content delivery: deciding when to use
CloudFront and how it fits the wider architecture, managing custom-domain certificates and
multi-tenant distributions, protecting origins, securing content, and observing traffic.

This skill is a router. Each customer task maps to a procedure file under `references/`. Read the
matching reference in full before acting, then follow its constraints and steps. The reference
files are self-contained: each carries its own decision tables, constraints, procedure, and
troubleshooting.

Execute commands using the AWS MCP server when connected (sandboxed execution, audit logging,
observability). Fall back to the AWS CLI otherwise. CloudFront is a global service; its API calls
and the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) certificates it uses are made in `us-east-1` regardless of
where the customer's application runs.

## Which CloudFront task do you need?

| Goal | Reference |
| --- | --- |
| Decide whether CloudFront is the right layer, see how it integrates, create a distribution, tune caching, or choose pricing | [when to use CloudFront](references/when-to-use-cloudfront.md) |
| Serve a custom domain over HTTPS, manage ACM certificates, or run many domains with a certificate per tenant | [managing certificates with CloudFront](references/managing-certificates-with-cloudfront.md) |
| Make CloudFront the only way to reach the origin (S3 OAC, VPC origins, origin mutual TLS, security groups) | [protecting your origins](references/protecting-your-origins.md) |
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