# AI use cases for Agent Toolkit for AWS (aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) Repo: [aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws](https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) | Use cases: 3 | Page: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws/ Agent Toolkit for AWS is the official, AWS-supported set of MCP servers, skills and plugins that help AI coding agents build, deploy and manage applications on AWS. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin, Kiro and fx, and bundles the AWS MCP Server configuration with agent skills into plugins such as aws-core. This file holds every use case of this repo. Each one starts with a "## " heading and ends with its URL. - Give Claude Code the official AWS skills: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws/install-aws-core-in-claude-code/ - Add the AWS MCP Server and skills to Kiro: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws/add-the-aws-mcp-server-and-skills-to-kiro/ - Use the toolkit from the AWS CLI or Codex: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws/use-aws-from-the-cli-or-codex/ ## How to give Claude Code the official AWS skills with Agent Toolkit for AWS Repo: [aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws](https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 10 minutes | Basis: From the README Install the aws-core plugin so your agent knows service selection, CDK and CloudFormation, serverless and deployment. **Who it is for:** A developer asking Claude Code to build on AWS who is tired of outdated or invented AWS advice. **The problem:** Agents guess at AWS services, IAM and deployment steps from stale training data. **The outcome:** Claude Code with the aws-core plugin installed, covering service selection, CDK/CloudFormation, serverless, containers, storage, observability, billing, SDK usage and deployment. ### Steps 1. In Claude Code run `/plugin install aws-core@claude-plugins-official` 2. If you get Plugin not found, run `/plugin marketplace update claude-plugins-official` first and try again 3. Optionally add `/plugin install aws-agents@claude-plugins-official` for Amazon Bedrock and AgentCore agents, or `/plugin install aws-data-analytics@claude-plugins-official` for S3 Tables, AWS Glue and Athena 4. Ask Claude Code to plan your AWS architecture and watch it use the toolkit's skills ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text Install the aws-core plugin with `/plugin install aws-core@claude-plugins-official`, then use it to recommend the smallest AWS architecture for . List which services you chose, why, and what it would cost me, before you create anything. ``` ### Caveat Plugins are for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor; other agents use the MCP server and skills setup instead. Risk, credentials: To call AWS APIs the agent needs local AWS credentials, so use a scoped profile and review what it wants to create or delete. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws/install-aws-core-in-claude-code/ ## How to add the AWS MCP Server and skills to Kiro with Agent Toolkit for AWS Repo: [aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws](https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) | Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 20 minutes | Basis: From the README Configure the AWS MCP Server and install the toolkit's skills so Kiro can search docs and call AWS APIs. **Who it is for:** A Kiro user who wants real-time AWS documentation search and API access inside the agent. **The problem:** Without a documentation source and API access the agent works from memory. **The outcome:** Kiro with the AWS MCP Server for runtime API access and documentation search, plus locally installed skills. ### Steps 1. Install uv, which the setup needs 2. Add the aws server to your Kiro MCP configuration in `.kiro/settings/mcp.json` with command `uvx` and args `mcp-proxy-for-aws-cli@latest`, `https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp`, `--metadata` and `AWS_REGION=us-west-2` 3. Run `npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills` to install the skills to `~/.kiro/skills/` or `.kiro/skills/` 4. Ask Kiro an AWS question and confirm it searches documentation or activates a skill ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text Set up the AWS MCP Server for me following the Kiro section of aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws: add the aws entry to .kiro/settings/mcp.json using my preferred region , then run `npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills` and tell me which skills landed in which folder. ``` ### Caveat The README says skills and the MCP server work independently: skills do not need the server, and the server does not serve locally installed skills. Risk, credentials: API calls and script execution use your local AWS credentials, so point them at a limited profile. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws/add-the-aws-mcp-server-and-skills-to-kiro/ ## How to use the toolkit from the AWS CLI or Codex with Agent Toolkit for AWS Repo: [aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws](https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 10 minutes | Basis: From the README Run the toolkit straight from the AWS CLI, or add the repo as a Codex plugin marketplace. **Who it is for:** A developer who works in the terminal and wants the toolkit without a specific IDE. **The problem:** Not every team uses Claude Code or Kiro, and the setup differs for each agent. **The outcome:** The Agent Toolkit available from your terminal, or the aws-core plugin installable inside Codex. ### Steps 1. For the AWS CLI, run `aws configure agent-toolkit` and follow the AWS CLI integration guide 2. For Codex, run `codex plugin marketplace add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws` in your terminal 3. Launch Codex and run `/plugins` to browse and install the aws-core plugin 4. For Devin, run `devin plugins install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws#plugins/aws-core` after `devin auth login` ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text Following aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws, run `codex plugin marketplace add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws`, then tell me how to install aws-core from /plugins. Do not change any AWS resources. ``` ### Caveat The README sends you to the AWS docs for CLI setup details, so read that guide for configuration options. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws/use-aws-from-the-cli-or-codex/