# hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery

This skill resolves the active AWS profile, region, account, and caller ARN before AWS work. It helps agents use local configuration instead of guessing.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 541 installs · ★ 11213
- Author: huggingface
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/huggingface/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery

## What it does

The skill reads the local AWS setup before deployments, resource creation, AWS API calls, or any task that touches an account. It resolves the active profile, region, account ID, and caller ARN, then keeps those values available for the rest of the session.

It uses `aws configure list` and `aws sts get-caller-identity`, while accounting for `AWS_PROFILE`, `AWS_REGION`, `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION`, `~/.aws/config`, and `~/.aws/credentials`. Region lookup follows an explicit user value, environment variables, and the active profile. There is no hardcoded fallback region.

The skill also identifies SSO and assumed-role principals from the ARN. For SSO, it warns that IAM role creation is usually unavailable, so a SageMaker task should look for an existing role first. That is a reason to check permissions before deployment, since the failure may otherwise appear at `iam:CreateRole`.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install huggingface/skills hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/huggingface/skills --path skills/hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery -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/huggingface/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- resolve the active AWS profile and region
- validate credentials through AWS STS
- retrieve the account ID and caller ARN
- identify SSO or assumed-role access before deployment
- prevent an incorrect region from being guessed

## Example prompts
- Before deploying to AWS, discover the profile, region, and account ID from my local configuration.
- Check my AWS context before calling an AWS API and report the caller ARN.
- Before creating a SageMaker role, determine whether I am authenticated through SSO and flag IAM limits.

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

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---
name: hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery
description: Discover the user's local AWS context (active profile, region, account ID, caller identity) at the start of any AWS task. Use this skill before any other AWS work — deploying to SageMaker, creating resources, calling AWS APIs, or anything that touches an AWS account. Use it especially when the user has not specified a region or profile explicitly, when they say things like "use my AWS account", "deploy to AWS", "use my profile", or when about to make any AWS CLI or SDK call. Never guess the region or account ID — always use this skill to read it from the local configuration first.
---

# AWS Context Discovery

Before doing any AWS work, read the user's local AWS config. Don't guess the region, and don't ask the user for things their config already answers.

## What to discover

Run these at the start of the AWS work and remember the results for the rest of the session.

### 1. Active profile

`AWS_PROFILE` env var, else `default`. If the user mentioned a profile in their prompt, that overrides. If the named profile doesn't exist in `~/.aws/config`, surface that clearly.

### 2. Region

Resolution order — stop at the first one that produces a value:
1. Region the user explicitly named in this conversation
2. `AWS_REGION` env var
3. `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` env var
4. `region` field on the active profile in `~/.aws/config`
5. Ask the user — but only after the first four have failed

Do not fall back to `us-east-1` or any other hardcoded default.

### 3. Credentials, account ID, caller ARN

```bash
aws sts get-caller-identity --profile <profile> --region <region>
```

Three purposes in one call: confirms credentials are valid (stop if not), returns the `Account` ID (needed for ARN construction), returns the `Arn` of the caller.

### 4. Identify SSO / assumed-role principals

The `Arn` field tells you what kind of principal this is. The pattern matters because it determines what IAM operations the caller can do.

| ARN pattern | Type | IAM write capability |
|---|---|---|
| `arn:aws:iam::<acct>:user/<name>` | IAM user | Depends on attached policies |
| `arn:aws:sts::<acct>:assumed-role/AWSReservedSSO_<...>/<email>` | **SSO assumed-role** | Typically **none** — can't create/modify IAM roles |
| `arn:aws:sts::<acct>:assumed-role/<role>/<session>` | Regular assumed-role | Depends on the role |

**If the caller is SSO**, surface this immediately before later skills hit `iam:CreateRole` and fail:
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