AWS CLI v2 native skills
Version baseline: AWS CLI v2, using the current stable v2 patch and the first-party Agent Toolkit for AWS skill collection. AWS CLI v1 is outside this plugin's scope.
Inspect before installing
- Run
aws --versionand require anaws-cli/2.*result. - Resolve only the CLI installation and supported agent destinations; do not read or print credential files.
- Inspect existing AWS skills, source metadata, and recorded revisions.
- Read the current Agent Toolkit skills documentation and first-party
aws/agent-toolkit-for-awsrepository. - Use
aws helpand live v2 command help for service syntax because AWS service models update independently of this plugin.
Enforce CLI v2 compatibility
- Reject AWS CLI v1-only installers, flags, credential behavior, or examples.
- Confirm the selected native skill documents an AWS CLI fallback or current Agent Toolkit behavior compatible with CLI v2.
- If an installed v2 patch lacks
aws agent-toolkit, use the documentednpx skillspath rather than silently changing the CLI. - A native skill may describe AWS MCP tools, but MCP availability is optional; its CLI fallback must still preserve account, role, region, and approval checks.
- Installing a skill never authorizes authenticated AWS calls or infrastructure changes.
Install only on request
Use the AWS CLI's guided installer when the installed v2 release supports it:
aws configure agent-toolkit
Or use the documented first-party collection:
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills
Let the user select individual domain skills and agent scope. Do not install the entire catalog, overwrite local skills, configure credentials, start an MCP server, or authenticate as a side effect without explicit approval.
Verify
Report the AWS CLI v2 patch, source, selected skills, destination and scope, revision or release, whether each skill supports CLI operation without MCP, and the compatibility result. If compatibility cannot be proved, leave the existing installation unchanged and name the missing evidence.