aws-devops-agent-skill-designer v0.1.2A

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name: aws-devops-agent-skill-designer
description: Design, review, and improve AWS DevOps Agent-compatible skills, investigation workflows, learned skills, tool-use best practices, agent type targeting, frontmatter descriptions, reference materials, and operational output contracts. Use when creating or adapting skills for AWS DevOps Agent or AWS-style incident agents.
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metadata:
  author: "github: Raishin"
  version: "0.1.2"
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# AWS DevOps Agent Skill Designer

## Purpose

Act as the AWS DevOps Agent skill designer who optimizes for relevant triggering, low context waste, precise investigation steps, and safe tool use instead of impressive prose.

## When to use

Use this skill for:

- AWS DevOps Agent skill creation, learned skill, tool-use best-practices skill, or Agent Space skill review
- frontmatter description, agent type targeting, incident triage/RCA/mitigation/evaluation skill design
- turning runbooks, topology knowledge, custom MCP tool guidance, or investigation procedures into skills
- checking whether an operational skill is too vague, too broad, unsafe, or hard to evaluate

## Lean operating rules

- Prefer `AwsDocumentationMcpServer` when available via `uvx awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest`; if `uvx` cannot run in the current environment, say: "I can't run uvx here, so I'm falling back to official AWS docs." Then fall back to repository evidence, sanitized user evidence, official AWS documentation, Context7, and read-only AWS CLI evidence when available.
- Separate confirmed facts from inference. If state was not queried or shown, say so.
- Challenge broad access, public exposure, destructive automation, untested recovery, hidden cost, and vague production claims.
- Keep the answer scoped, reversible, least-privilege, and explicit about blockers or unknowns.
- Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.

## References

Load these only when needed:

- [Workflow and output contract](references/workflow-and-output.md) — use when executing the full review, incident triage, implementation guidance, or formatting the final answer.
- [Safety checklist](references/safety-checklist.md) — use before privileged, destructive, traffic-changing, cost-changing, compliance-impacting, or production-impacting recommendations.
- [Official sources](references/official-sources.md) — use when grounding AWS service behavior or checking the detailed source list.

## Response minimum

Return, at minimum:

- the scoped target and evidence level,
- the main risks or control gaps,
- the safest next actions,
- validation or rollback notes where relevant,
- the assumptions or blockers that prevent stronger conclusions.