# transitgateway

Configures AWS Transit Gateway to link multiple VPCs and on-premises networks to a central hub. It handles route table segmentation, firewall inspection, and cross-Region peering.

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- 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/transitgateway/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/transitgateway

## What it does

The skill acts as a router for AWS networking tasks. It provides procedural steps for attaching VPCs, configuring inter-Region peering, routing IP multicast, and migrating off point-to-point VPC peering meshes. For traffic inspection, it guides routing through a centralized egress VPC using Gateway Load Balancer endpoints or third-party appliances.

Operations run through the AWS MCP server for sandboxed execution and logging, falling back to the AWS CLI if the server is unavailable. You must use temporary credentials via AWS STS or IAM Identity Center; static IAM user access keys are not permitted. Every `aws ec2` command must target the Region hosting the hub.

Plan your segmentation before creating the hub. Default route table association and propagation are enabled by default, wiring every attachment into a flat mesh. Retrofitting isolation onto an active open hub requires re-architecting your routing. Note that this skill does not handle single-VPC routing, direct two-VPC peering, or Direct Connect virtual interface setup.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill transitgateway -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/transitgateway/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- connect multiple VPCs and on-premises sites to a single Regional router
- inspect east-west VPC traffic using AWS Network Firewall
- migrate away from a VPC peering mesh without dropping active traffic
- aggregate VPN tunnel bandwidth using equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing

## Example prompts
- Set up an AWS Transit Gateway and attach three VPCs with isolated route tables
- Centralize internet egress through an inspection VPC using a Gateway Load Balancer endpoint
- Configure cross-Region transit gateway peering between two regional hubs

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

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---
name: transitgateway
description: >-
  Configures AWS Transit Gateway: creating a hub and attaching VPCs, segmenting traffic with route
  tables, centralizing egress and inspection through a hub (appliances or a Gateway Load Balancer
  endpoint), forcing east-west traffic between VPCs through AWS Network Firewall, connecting
  on-premises networks over the transit-gateway side of a Site-to-Site VPN or Direct Connect
  attachment (including ECMP to aggregate bandwidth across multiple VPN tunnels), peering transit
  gateways across Regions, migrating from a VPC peering mesh, and routing IP multicast. Applicable
  when connecting many VPCs through one router, isolating environments, forcing VPC-to-VPC traffic
  through a central Network Firewall, reaching on-premises over the hub, linking Regions, or moving
  off a peering mesh. Not applicable for single-VPC routing, VPC peering between two VPCs (vpcpeering
  skill), Direct Connect gateway or virtual interface setup (directconnect skill), or Route 53 DNS
  work.
version: 1
---

# AWS Transit Gateway

## Overview

Domain expertise for configuring AWS Transit Gateway, the Regional network hub that connects many
VPCs and on-premises networks through a single router instead of a mesh of point-to-point
connections. Covers building the hub and attaching VPCs, segmenting traffic with route tables,
centralizing egress and inspection, east-west inspection with AWS Network Firewall, hybrid
connectivity over Site-to-Site VPN and Direct Connect, inter-Region peering, migrating off a VPC
peering mesh, and IP multicast.

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. All CLI operations require least-privilege,
ephemeral credentials (an assumed IAM role through AWS STS or AWS IAM Identity Center / SSO), never
long-lived IAM user access keys. A transit gateway is a Regional resource: run each `aws ec2`
transit gateway command in the Region that holds the hub.

## Which Transit Gateway task do you need?
```
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