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---
- title: "AWS CloudFormation Stack Diagnostics"
+ name: "AWS CloudFormation Stack Diagnostics"
+ slug: "aws-cloudformation-stack-diagnostics"
description: "Diagnoses failed AWS CloudFormation stack operations using the AWS CLI (aws cloudformation describe-stack-events) and cfn-lint validator. Traces resource creation failures, rollback causes, and nested stack dependency chains."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-stack-drift.html"
author: "Amazon Web Services"
- category:
- - "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
- framework:
- - "ChatGPT Agents"
+ category: "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
+ framework: "ChatGPT Agents"
---
# AWS CloudFormation Stack Diagnostics
Diagnoses failed AWS CloudFormation stack operations using the AWS CLI (aws cloudformation describe-stack-events) and cfn-lint validator. Traces resource creation failures, rollback causes, and nested stack dependency chains.
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
+ Requirements and caveats from upstream:
+ - Resources that support drift detection and allow or require attachments from
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ Basic usage or getting-started notes:
+ - the underlying service that created the resource. For example, you can use the Amazon EC2 console
+ - the stack. For example, if the stack includes an AWS::EC2::Instance
+ - example, the AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress and
+
+ - Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-stack-drift.html
## Documentation
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-stack-drift.html
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/aws-cloudformation-stack-diagnostics/)