AWS Access
Provision an AWS STS session for Claude to use against staging or prod, and reach the deployed environment's data plane from there. Covers (1) the first-time setup walkthrough for a teammate who has never let Claude reach AWS, (2) refreshing an expired session, (3) running read-only queries against the private staging/prod boxel Postgres via SSM port-forwarding through the realm-server ECS task, authenticated as `claude_readonly_user` (a dedicated DB user, member of `readonly_role`), (4) browsing the realm-server's EFS filesystem read-only via a dedicated `boxel-claude-fs-readonly` Fargate task (Caddy file-server, port-forwarded over SSM), and (5) tailing CloudWatch logs for the four boxel ECS services. Claude operates as the dedicated `boxel-claude-readonly` IAM role — its effective AWS permissions are exactly that role's policy, regardless of which IAM groups the user is in. Use whenever Claude needs to call AWS APIs against the cardstack accounts, read/inspect the boxel_index database, browse `/persistent/` files, or read service logs in a deployed environment, or whenever the user asks "how do I connect Claude to AWS / staging / prod" or any of the deployed-env triage questions ("why is this realm indexing slowly", "show me the realm-server logs from last night", "is this file actually on disk in staging").
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From the source SKILL.md
This skill exists because:
What this skill does
AWS Access is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the cloud-platforms sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/aws-access/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use whenever Claude needs to call AWS APIs against the cardstack accounts, read/inspect the boxel_index database, browse `/persistent/` files, or read service logs in a deployed environment, or whenever the user asks "how do I connect Claude to AWS / staging / prod" or any of the deployed-env triage questions ("why is this realm indexing slowly", "show me the realm-server logs from last night", "is this file actually on disk in staging").
Who uses this skill
The AWS Access Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 158,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/aws-access
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/aws-access/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/aws-access/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/aws-access/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/aws-access/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\aws-access\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Telegram
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Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the AWS Access Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/aws-access/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the AWS Access skill do?
Provision an AWS STS session for Claude to use against staging or prod, and reach the deployed environment's data plane from there. Covers (1) the first-time setup walkthrough for a teammate who has never let Claude reach AWS, (2) refreshing an expired session, (3) running read-only queries against the private staging/prod boxel Postgres via SSM port-forwarding through the realm-server ECS task, authenticated as `claude_readonly_user` (a dedicated DB user, member of `readonly_role`), (4) browsing the realm-server's EFS filesystem read-only via a dedicated `boxel-claude-fs-readonly` Fargate task (Caddy file-server, port-forwarded over SSM), and (5) tailing CloudWatch logs for the four boxel ECS services. Claude operates as the dedicated `boxel-claude-readonly` IAM role — its effective AWS permissions are exactly that role's policy, regardless of which IAM groups the user is in. Use whenever Claude needs to call AWS APIs against the cardstack accounts, read/inspect the boxel_index database, browse `/persistent/` files, or read service logs in a deployed environment, or whenever the user asks "how do I connect Claude to AWS / staging / prod" or any of the deployed-env triage questions ("why is this realm indexing slowly", "show me the realm-server logs from last night", "is this file actually on disk in staging").
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the AWS Access skill?
Use AWS Access when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the cloud platforms area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use AWS Access" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/engineering/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the AWS Access skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. AWS Access is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
cardstack. (2026). AWS Access [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/aws-access/
BibTeX
@misc{aws-access-2026,
author = {cardstack},
title = {AWS Access [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/aws-access/}
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Security scan
Grade A · scanned 2026-07-23 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›
- ✓ Prompt injection
- ✓ Data exfiltration
- ✓ Supply chain
- ✓ Reverse shell
- ✓ Credentials
- ✓ Execution
- ✓ Filesystem
- ✓ Persistence
- ✓ Obfuscation
- ✓ Network
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