arc-region-switch

An agent skill by aws, from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. Tags: aws, disaster-recovery, failover, resilience, strategy.

What it does

Answers questions about Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch including architecture, plans, execution blocks, workflows, triggers, active/active vs active/passive, cross-account support, recovery time, dashboards, and customer positioning. Applicable when users ask about ARC Region switch adoption, design, or troubleshooting.

Install

With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:

npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill arc-region-switch

Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws
cp -r agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/arc-region-switch ~/.claude/skills/arc-region-switch

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Source

Repository

aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws (all skills from this repository)

Path

skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/arc-region-switch/SKILL.md

Branch

main

Updated

2026-09-19

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• recovery-controller-setup — Configures AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover.
• resilience-hub-getting-started — Sets up AWS Resilience Hub v2 from scratch: creates resilience policies with SLO targets, registers systems and user journeys.
• resilience-program-design — Designs a resilience program: how to structure and standardize resilience policies across an organization, team.
• resilience-hub-failure-mode-assessment — Runs and interprets AWS Resilience Hub v2 failure mode assessments.
• resilience-hub-multi-account — Configures AWS Resilience Hub v2 for multi-account resilience management across an AWS Organization.