Agent Plugins for AWS

Important

Generative AI can make mistakes. You should consider reviewing all output and costs generated by your chosen AI model and agentic coding assistant. See AWS Responsible AI Policy.

Agent Plugins for AWS equip AI coding agents with the skills to help you architect, deploy, and operate on AWS. Agent plugins are currently supported by Claude Code and Cursor.

AI coding agents are increasingly used in software development, helping developers write, review, and deploy code more efficiently. Agent skills and the broader agent plugin packaging model are emerging as best practices for steering coding agents toward reliable outcomes without bloating model context. Instead of repeatedly pasting long AWS guidance into prompts, developers can now encode that guidance as reusable, versioned capabilities that agents invoke when relevant. This improves determinism, reduces context overhead, and makes agent behavior easier to standardize across teams. Agent plugins act as containers that package different types of expertise artifacts together. A single agent plugin can include:

• Agent skills – Structured workflows and best-practice playbooks that guide AI through complex tasks like deployment, code review, or architecture planning. Agent skills encode domain expertise as step-by-step processes.
• MCP servers – Connections to external services, data sources, and APIs. MCP servers give your assistant access to live documentation, pricing data, and other resources at runtime. Learn more about MCP servers for AWS.
• Hooks – Automation and guardrails that run on developer actions. Hooks can validate changes, enforce standards, or trigger workflows automatically.
• References – Documentation, configuration defaults, and knowledge that the agent skill can consult. References make agent skills smarter without bloating the prompt.

As new types of expertise artifacts emerge in this space, they can be packaged into agent plugins, making the evolution transparent to developers.

Best practices

To maximize the benefits of plugin-assisted development while maintaining security and code quality, follow these essential guidelines:

• Always review generated code before deployment (for example, against your constraints for security, cost, resilience)
• Use plugins as accelerators, not replacements for developer judgment and expertise.
• Keep plugins updated to benefit from the latest AWS best practices.
• Follow the principle of least privilege when configuring AWS credentials.
• Run security scanning tools on generated infrastructure code.

Plugins

Plugin	Description	Status
deploy-on-aws	Deploy applications to AWS with architecture recommendations, cost estimates, and IaC deployment	Available
amazon-location-service	Add maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and geospatial features to applications with Amazon Location Service	Available
migration-to-aws	Migrate GCP infrastructure to AWS with resource discovery, architecture mapping, cost analysis, and execution planning	Available
aws-serverless	Build serverless applications with Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, Step Functions, and durable functions	Available

Installation

Claude Code

Add the marketplace

/plugin marketplace add awslabs/agent-plugins

Install a plugin

/plugin install deploy-on-aws@agent-plugins-for-aws

or

/plugin install amazon-location-service@agent-plugins-for-aws

or

/plugin install migration-to-aws@agent-plugins-for-aws

or

/plugin install aws-serverless@agent-plugins-for-aws

Cursor

You can install the deploy-on-aws plugin from the Cursor Marketplace. For additional information, please refer to the Cursor plugin documentation. You can also install within the Cursor application:

• Open Cursor Settings
• Navigate to Plugins
• Search for AWS
• Select the plugin you want to install and click Add to Cursor
• Select the scope for the installed plugin
• The plugin should appear under Plugins -> Installed

deploy-on-aws

Equips agents with the skills to accelerate AWS deployment - recommending AWS architectures and services, estimating costs, generating Infrastructure as Code (CDK or CloudFormation), and guiding you through deployment.

Workflow

1. Analyze - Scan codebase for framework, database, dependencies
2. Recommend - Select AWS services with concise rationale
3. Estimate - Show cost estimates before proceeding
4. Generate - Write IaC code (CDK/CloudFormation)
5. Deploy - Execute with user confirmation

Agent Skill Triggers

Agent Skill	Triggers
deploy	"deploy to AWS", "host on AWS", "run this on AWS", "AWS architecture", "estimate AWS cost", "generate infrastructure"

MCP Servers

Server	Purpose
awsknowledge	AWS documentation, architecture guidance, and best practices
awspricing	Real-time AWS service pricing for cost estimates
aws-iac-mcp	IaC best practices for CDK/CloudFormation

amazon-location-service

Guides developers through adding maps, places search, geocoding, routing, and other geospatial features with Amazon Location Service, including authentication setup, SDK integration, and best practices.

Agent Skill Triggers

Agent Skill	Triggers
amazon-location-service	"add a map", "geocode an address", "calculate a route", "location-aware app", "Amazon Location Service", "geospatial", "places search"

MCP Servers

Server	Purpose
aws-mcp	AWS documentation and service guidance

migration-to-aws

Helps you systematically migrate GCP infrastructure to AWS through Terraform resource discovery, architecture mapping, cost estimation, and execution planning.

Workflow

1. Discover - Scan Terraform files for GCP resources and extract infrastructure
2. Clarify - Understand compute workloads and architecture patterns
3. Design - Map GCP services to AWS equivalents with rationale
4. Estimate - Calculate monthly AWS costs and compare to GCP
5. Execute - Plan migration timeline and identify deployment risks

Agent Skill Triggers

Agent Skill	Triggers
gcp-to-aws	"migrate GCP to AWS", "move from GCP", "GCP migration plan", "estimate AWS costs", "GCP infrastructure assessment"

MCP Servers

Server	Purpose
awsknowledge	AWS documentation, architecture guidance
awspricing	Real-time AWS service pricing for cost estimates

aws-serverless

Design, build, deploy, test, and debug serverless applications with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, Step Functions, and durable functions. Includes SAM and CDK deployment workflows, a SAM template validation hook, and the AWS Lambda durable functions skill for building resilient, long-running, multi-step applications.

Agent Skill Triggers

Agent Skill	Triggers
aws-lambda	"Lambda function", "event source", "serverless application", "API Gateway", "EventBridge", "Step Functions", "serverless API", "event-driven architecture", "Lambda trigger"
aws-serverless-deployment	"use SAM", "SAM template", "SAM init", "SAM deploy", "CDK serverless", "CDK Lambda construct", "NodejsFunction", "PythonFunction", "serverless CI/CD pipeline"
aws-lambda-durable-functions	"lambda durable functions", "workflow orchestration", "state machines", "retry/checkpoint patterns", "long-running stateful Lambda", "saga pattern", "human-in-the-loop"

MCP Servers

Server	Purpose
aws-serverless-mcp	Serverless development guidance, project scaffolding, IaC generation, and deployment

Hooks

Hook	Trigger	Action
SAM template validation	After edits to template.yaml/template.yml	Runs sam validate and reports errors inline

Requirements

• Claude Code >=2.1.29 or Cursor >= 2.5
• AWS CLI configured with appropriate credentials

Troubleshooting

Having issues with plugin installation or usage? See our troubleshooting guide for common solutions.

Contributing

Big shout out to our awesome contributors! Thank you for making this project better!

Contributions of all kinds are welcome! Check out our contributor guide for more information.

Developer guide

If you want to add a new plugin to the library, check out our design guidelines and development guide.

Maintainers

Repository reviewers, maintainers, and admins can find PR review workflows, merge rules, and CI/CD documentation in the maintainers guide.

Additional Resources

• Introducing Agent Plugins for AWS Blog
• Extend Cursor with plugins ft. AWS
• MCP Servers for AWS
• Claude Code plugins documentation
• Cursor plugins documentation

License

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.