aws-cdk-development

Guidance for using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), a tool that lets you define Amazon Web Services infrastructure with TypeScript or Python code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Creating CDK stacks and reusable constructs, defining AWS resources programmatically, and working with CloudFormation, infrastructure as code, or commands such as cdk synth and cdk deploy.
Why use it?
It helps developers create and change cloud infrastructure as code instead of configuring every resource by hand. It also points to AWS documentation and CDK utilities when available.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/commandcodeai/agent-skills/aws-cdk-development
Any agent
npx skills add CommandCodeAI/agent-skills --skill aws-cdk-development
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CommandCodeAI/agent-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 88 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,195 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 84% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00088 $0.02195
Opus 5 $0.00044 $0.01097
Sonnet 5 $0.00018 $0.00439
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00219

Measured 2d ago against content hash b77d77305a28, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

aws-cdk-development scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/validate-stack.sh), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

84% identical to aws-cdk-development — 51 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/aws-cdk-development/SKILL.md · 279 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 279 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AWS CDK Development

This skill provides comprehensive guidance for developing AWS infrastructure using the Cloud Development Kit (CDK), with integrated MCP servers for accessing latest AWS knowledge and CDK utilities.

AWS Documentation Requirement

CRITICAL: This skill requires AWS MCP tools for accurate, up-to-date AWS information.

Before Answering AWS Questions

  1. Always verify using AWS MCP tools (if available):

    • mcp__aws-mcp__aws___search_documentation or mcp__*awsdocs*__aws___search_documentation - Search AWS docs
    • mcp__aws-mcp__aws___read_documentation or mcp__*awsdocs*__aws___read_documentation - Read specific pages
    • mcp__aws-mcp__aws___get_regional_availability - Check service availability
  2. If AWS MCP tools are unavailable:

    • Guide user to configure AWS MCP: See AWS MCP Setup Guide
    • Help determine which option fits their environment:
      • Has uvx + AWS credentials → Full AWS MCP Server
      • No Python/credentials → AWS Documentation MCP (no auth)
    • If cannot determine → Ask user which option to use

Integrated MCP Servers

This skill includes the CDK MCP server automatically configured with the plugin:

AWS CDK MCP Server

When to use: For CDK-specific guidance and utilities

  • Get CDK construct recommendations
  • Retrieve CDK best practices
  • Access CDK pattern suggestions
  • Validate CDK configurations
  • Get help with CDK-specific APIs

Important: Leverage this server for CDK construct guidance and advanced CDK operations.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

  • Creating new CDK stacks or constructs
  • Refactoring existing CDK infrastructure
  • Implementing Lambda functions within CDK
  • Following AWS CDK best practices
  • Validating CDK stack configurations before deployment
  • Verifying AWS service capabilities and regional availability

Core CDK Principles

Resource Naming

CRITICAL: Do NOT explicitly specify resource names when they are optional in CDK constructs.

Read the full file on GitHub · 279 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 279 lines · 88 tokens per session scan A b77d77305a28

Subscribe to this mod's changes

aws-cdk-development is a skill published in the GitHub repository CommandCodeAI/agent-skills (120 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 88 tokens to every session and 2,195 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 84% identical to aws-cdk-development, differing in 51 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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