cdkd SKILL.md skillA

cdkd from go-to-k/cdkd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add go-to-k/cdkd/cdkd@git:20261103.6e5dfe1

Pins git:20261103.6e5dfe1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
go-to-k/cdkd
Path
plugins/cdkd-skills/skills/cdkd/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
32
Latest version
git:20261103.6e5dfe1, committed Nov 3, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 14, 2026
Size
30,922 bytes
Repository stars
171
License
Apache-2.0

Install cdkd and use it safely from an AWS CDK project. Use when bootstrapping, synthesizing, diffing, deploying, inspecting, rolling back, migrating, or destroying dev/test stacks with cdkd.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

<!--
  This file is the DISTRIBUTED end-user skill, installed via the Claude Code
  plugin marketplace (`/plugin install cdkd-skills@cdkd`), `gh skill`, or
  `npx skills`. It ships together with the repo-internal contributor skill at
  .claude/skills/use-cdkd/SKILL.md, which defers to this file for the
  safe-usage flow. When cdkd CLI behavior changes, update this file AND bump
  the `version` fields in plugins/cdkd-skills/.claude-plugin/plugin.json and
  .claude-plugin/marketplace.json in the same PR.
-->

# Use cdkd Safely

Use cdkd for rapid iteration in development and test environments. It complements the AWS CDK CLI; it is not the default production deployment engine.

## Install cdkd

Before installing or upgrading, verify the current release and runtime requirement from the npm registry:

```bash
npm view @cdkd/cli version engines --json
```

cdkd requires Node.js 22.12 or later. If the user asks to install it, prefer an explicit version so the action is reproducible:

```bash
npm install --global @cdkd/cli@'<version>'
cdkd --version
```

Do not silently upgrade an existing installation during an unrelated deployment.

## Establish the deployment boundary
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add go-to-k/cdkd/cdkd@sha256:fb2255d3a0cd7eec

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261103.6e5dfe1, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Source

GitHub

go-to-k/cdkd · 171 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vyoc5sc3wcjmuubm
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