aws-compute
This aws-core skill covers running workloads on Amazon EC2: choosing instance types such as Graviton, burstable or GPU and instance store or EBS, launch templates, Auto Scaling groups with scaling policies, instance refresh, Spot and warm pools, IMDSv2, placement groups, Elastic IP addresses, managing AMIs over time, and fleet operations through Systems Manager Session Manager, Run Command and Patch Manager.
What the skill teaches
This aws-core skill covers running workloads on Amazon EC2: choosing instance types such as Graviton, burstable or GPU and instance store or EBS, launch templates, Auto Scaling groups with scaling policies, instance refresh, Spot and warm pools, IMDSv2, placement groups, Elastic IP addresses, managing AMIs over time, and fleet operations through Systems Manager Session Manager, Run Command and Patch Manager. It also helps troubleshoot capacity errors, CPU credit charges, IMDSv2 failures, stuck instances, Auto Scaling groups that keep unhealthy instances, failed status checks, SSH problems and instances missing from Systems Manager. Single secure launches and instance profiles are left to specialized skills.
Capabilities
- Choose EC2 instance types
- Configure launch templates and Auto Scaling groups
- Run fleet operations with Systems Manager
- Troubleshoot EC2 capacity, IMDSv2 and SSH problems
About
- Publisher
- Amazon Web Services
Install
What's inside
- references/ami-management.md
- references/auto-scaling.md
- references/instance-selection.md
- references/provisioning.md
- references/systems-manager.md
- references/troubleshooting.md
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Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | Amazon Web Services | |
| Publisher | Amazon Web Services | source |
| Official status | Officialpublished in AWS's own GitHub organisation (github.com/aws) as part of the Agent Toolkit for AWS | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 11, 20263,464 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository |
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Sources
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-awsNov 10, 2026
- README (README.md)github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws · Backs: Official status, PublisherNov 13, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws · Backs: LicenceNov 13, 2026
- Folder in the repository (aws-compute)github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 10, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws · Backs: Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
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