# testing-mwaa-workflow

Runs end-to-end execution tests for Amazon MWAA workflows and tracks them to completion. Useful for verifying Python DAGs and Serverless workflows safely.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 861 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-data-analytics/skills/testing-mwaa-workflow/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/testing-mwaa-workflow

## What it does

The skill tests Amazon MWAA workflows across Provisioned and Serverless environments. It uses the Airflow REST API for Python DAGs and `StartWorkflowRun` for Serverless YAML workflows. Before triggering any run, it verifies that the artifact is deployed and parse-ready. If a run fails, the skill delegates error diagnosis to `debugging-mwaa-workflow` and fixes to `authoring-mwaa-workflow`.

Polling runs in discrete steps. The agent sends one status check per call instead of blocking inside a shell sleep loop. For Airflow 2 environments, it requires `is_active: true`. In Airflow 3, that field does not exist, so it checks for `is_stale: false`.

A production guardrail requires explicit user confirmation before every state-changing step on non-dev environments. An AWS MCP server is optional; plain AWS CLI works without extra MCP tools.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path plugins/aws-data-analytics/skills/testing-mwaa-workflow
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill testing-mwaa-workflow -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-data-analytics/skills/testing-mwaa-workflow/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- trigger an end-to-end DAG test run in Amazon MWAA
- verify Airflow artifact parse readiness before triggering
- monitor Serverless workflow runs to a terminal state
- prevent unconfirmed workflow runs in production environments

## Example prompts
- Test my DAG in the MWAA environment and wait for completion
- Trigger a test run for my serverless workflow
- Verify that my MWAA pipeline runs and report status

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```text
---
name: testing-mwaa-workflow
description: >
  Tests Amazon MWAA workflow execution end-to-end: trigger a run and monitor it
  to completion for Provisioned (Python DAG, via Airflow REST API) and Serverless
  (YAML workflow, via StartWorkflowRun). Verifies the artifact is deployed and
  parse-ready, triggers with confirmation, polls to terminal state, and on failure
  delegates diagnosis to debugging-mwaa-workflow and artifact/redeploy fixes to
  authoring-mwaa-workflow, then retests up to a capped number of attempts.
  Triggers on: test my DAG, test my workflow, run my DAG, trigger a test run,
  does my DAG work, smoke-test the pipeline, verify my workflow runs, execute my
  DAG to check it. Not applicable to writing or deploying a new workflow (handled by authoring-mwaa-workflow), or for diagnosing why a run failed or root-causing an
  error (handled by debugging-mwaa-workflow).
metadata:
  version: "1"
---

# Testing MWAA Workflows

> **AWS MCP server (optional but recommended):** running the AWS CLI commands in
> this skill through the AWS MCP server gives sandboxed execution and audit
> logging. Every command here also works with the plain AWS CLI, so the skill
> does not require the MCP server or any MCP-only tools.

Test Amazon MWAA workflow execution end-to-end: trigger a run, poll it to a
terminal state, and on failure drive a capped debug -> fix -> retest loop. This
skill triggers and reads state only; it delegates every diagnosis to
debugging-mwaa-workflow and every mutation (artifact edit, redeploy, environment
create/update) to authoring-mwaa-workflow. Routes by flavor, then runs one
shared spine.

> **Execution note — poll in discrete steps:** whenever you wait for an AWS
> operation to reach a terminal or ready state, issue **one status check per
> call** and decide in your own loop whether to check again. Never block a
> single command or script on the wait (no `while`+`sleep` until done),
> regardless of the operation or how long it takes.

## Guardrail — where this skill's own files live (MCP vs local install)

This skill can be loaded two ways, and they resolve the skill's own bundled
files from different places. Determine how the skill was loaded before reading
a reference:

- **Loaded through the AWS MCP `retrieve_skill` tool:** The skill is not
  installed on the local filesystem. You MUST fetch each reference via
  `retrieve_skill` with the `file` parameter (e.g.
  `file="references/provisioned-testing.md"`) and read the returned content. Do
  NOT `file_read` these paths locally — they do not exist on disk.
- **Installed locally** (e.g. `.kiro/skills/testing-mwaa-workflow/` or
```
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