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aws-messaging-and-streaming

An agent skill by aws, from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. Tags: analytics, architecture, automation, cloud, data.

What it does

Guides general use of AWS messaging and streaming services. Covers Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon MQ, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Data Firehose, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, and Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK). Use when reasoning about messaging and streaming patterns. Also identifies which AWS service owns each customer communication channel: email (Amazon SES), and WhatsApp, SMS, MMS, RCS, voice and mobile push (the AWS End User Messaging family of services). Routes the request to the specialized skill for that channel. Defers to the channel's specialized skill when the user already named a specific channel. In general, use specific skills or documentation searches for detailed service-specific questions. Do NOT use for MSK or Managed Service for Apache Flink questions, prefer specific skills. Does not configure customer communication channels; defers to specific skills.

Install

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

npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-messaging-and-streaming

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/plugins/aws-core/skills/aws-messaging-and-streaming ~/.claude/skills/aws-messaging-and-streaming

Safety box score

Grade A, minimal risk: 0 of 100 risk points, rated 2026-09-26. The grade rates what the skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. How the score works.

This is a documentation-only AWS guidance skill for messaging and streaming services. It does not ship executable code or make changes; the main risk is wrong advice or handoff to more specialized skills, not machine or account impact.

Category levels, from 0 (none) to 3 (high)
CategoryLevelWhy
Code & shell execution0 (none)The only content is markdown guidance; there are no scripts, shell commands, or code evaluation paths in `SKILL.md`.
Network access0 (none)It mentions reading AWS documentation and loading other skills, but the skill itself does not make network requests or send data.
Filesystem reach0 (none)No paths are written to or deleted; the file only describes AWS concepts and where to route questions.
Secrets & credentials0 (none)It discusses secrets handling as AWS advice (for example, Secrets Manager), but does not request or access any credentials itself.
Privilege & persistence0 (none)There is no sudo, service registration, global install, or OS-setting change behavior in the skill.
Instruction hijack surface0 (none)The text contains routing guidance like 'Do NOT use for MSK...' and 'search skills or docs rather than guessing,' but no instruction to ignore safeguards or hide actions.
Irreversible actions0 (none)It explicitly says it 'does not configure customer communication channels' and only routes questions to other skills; it does not send messages or perform external actions.
Transparency0 (none)All shipped content is a readable markdown document; there are no binaries, base64 blobs, or generated installers.

Before installing

Rated 2026-09-26 by an automated review of 1 file from the skill's repository.

Source

Repository
aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws (all skills from this repository)
Path
plugins/aws-core/skills/aws-messaging-and-streaming/SKILL.md
Branch
main
Collection
aws-core
Updated
2026-09-19