Agent skill · software engineering · borghei
aws-solution-architect
Design AWS serverless architectures for startups with IaC. Use when designing serverless architecture, writing CloudFormation, optimizing AWS costs, setting up CI/CD, or migrating to AWS across Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable Python scripts for generating CloudFormation, CDK, and Terraform templates that automate AWS architecture design and cost optimization.
What it needs
Requires python installed locally. About 3k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-21. 462 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
AWS Solution Architect Design scalable, cost-effective AWS architectures for startups with infrastructure-as-code templates — recommend the right pattern, generate CloudFormation/CDK/Terraform, and optimize spend. Core Capabilities Architecture design — recommend serverless, three-tier, microservices, data-pipeline, GraphQL, IoT, or multi-region patterns from app type, scale, budget, and compliance needs. IaC generation — produce production-ready CloudFormation (SAM), CDK (TypeScript), and Terraform (HCL) with API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito, IAM least-privilege, and CloudWatch. Cost optimization — analyze inventory for idle resources, right-sizing, Savings Plans, storage tiering, and NAT Gateway alternatives with prioritized savings. Service selection — decision matrices for compute, database, storage, networking, and security. Operational excellence — monitoring, alarming, disaster recovery (RTO/RPO), and security hardening. When to Use Designing serverless / three-tier / microservices / data-pipeline / multi-region AWS architecture. Writing or generating CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform infrastructure-as-code. Reducing AWS costs, right-sizing, or evaluating Savings Plans / Reserved capacity. Selecting AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Aurora, ECS/Fargate, EventBridge, AppSync). Setting up CI/CD (CodePipeline, CodeBuild) or migrating workloads to AWS. Hardening IAM, VPC, encryption, Cognito, WAF, or planning monitoring (CloudWatch, X-Ray). Clarify First Before designing the architecture, confirm these inputs. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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