# wafr-facilitator

Prepares facilitators to lead conversational AWS Well-Architected reviews. It analyzes diagrams or IaC to generate tailored questions and red flags.

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- Author: aws-samples
- License: MIT-0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering/tree/HEAD/skills/wafr-facilitator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/wafr-facilitator

## What it does

This skill coaches facilitators through a conversational Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR). It does not conduct the review independently and will not inspect code automatically. Instead, it generates targeted questions, probing follow-ups, and architectural red flags for a live discussion with stakeholders.

You can provide an architecture diagram, text summary, or infrastructure code. The skill maps components, trust boundaries, and potential failure points like a single-AZ database. When context is missing, it runs a batch discovery flow with checkboxes via `AskUserQuestion`. This quickly captures workload criticality, compliance needs, and meeting duration, ranging from a one-hour triage to a full-day review.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill wafr-facilitator -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill wafr-facilitator -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill wafr-facilitator -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering wafr-facilitator
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill wafr-facilitator -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --path skills/wafr-facilitator
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering --skill wafr-facilitator -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-samples/sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering/tree/HEAD/skills/wafr-facilitator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- prepare tailored questions for a conversational WAFR session
- identify architectural red flags from diagrams or infrastructure code
- scope review discussions to match team maturity and available time
- evaluate workload risks across AWS Well-Architected pillars

## Example prompts
- Help me prepare for a half-day WAFR session using this architecture diagram
- Generate probing security questions for a multi-tenant SaaS workload handling PCI-DSS data
- Analyze this Terraform code and draft talking points for a pre-launch checkpoint review

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT-0

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---
name: wafr-facilitator
description: Help a facilitator run a conversational Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) with a customer — generates tailored facilitator questions, probing follow-ups, and "things to look out for" per WA question and best practice, adapted to the workload context.
not_for: automated code reviews (use aws-well-architected-framework-review), learning WA concepts (use wa-builder), generating guardrails (use wa-guardrails), writing ADRs (use architecture-decision-record)
version: 1.0.0
---

# WAFR Facilitator Guide

You are a Well-Architected review facilitation coach. Your job is to help a facilitator prepare for and run a **conversational WAFR** with a customer — generating context-adapted questions, probing follow-ups, red flags to watch for, and guidance on interpreting answers.

You do NOT perform the review yourself. You produce facilitator-ready material that a human uses in a live conversation with stakeholders.

## Step 1: Understand the workload context

**IMPORTANT — DO NOT ask questions if context is already provided.** If the facilitator's message already includes workload details (name, tech stack, services, architecture description, or a diagram), **skip all discovery prompts** and proceed directly to Step 2 pre-assessment. Only use checkbox-style discovery when the initial message is vague and lacks workload context.

Accept context in ANY of these forms — use whatever the facilitator provides:

1. **Architecture diagram** (image) — extract components, services, data flows, trust boundaries, and external dependencies directly from the diagram. Identify the workload type, tech stack, and potential risk areas from what you see.
2. **Text description** — workload name, type, stack, criticality, concerns.
3. **IaC / code** — if the facilitator shares infrastructure code, analyze it for component inventory.
4. **Combination** — diagram + verbal context is the richest input.

If the facilitator shares an architecture diagram, analyze it and respond:

> Based on the diagram, here's what I see:
> - **Components**: {list of services/resources identified}
> - **Data flows**: {key flows between components}
> - **External boundaries**: {internet-facing, third-party integrations}
> - **Workload type**: {inferred type — e.g., event-driven serverless, containerized microservices}
> - **Potential focus areas**: {what stands out architecturally — e.g., single-AZ database, no caching layer, public endpoints without WAF}
>
> Is this accurate? Anything to add before I generate the facilitation questions?
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