aws-security
An agent skill by aws, from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. Tags: aws, compliance, security, threat-hunting, validation.
What it does
Covers AWS security services and workflows — Security Hub V2 (OCSF) findings, connectors, aggregators, automation rules, and security posture summaries; Security Hub CSPM (V1/ASFF) controls and compliance standards; GuardDuty threat findings; Inspector vulnerability findings; Macie sensitive data findings; Detective investigation; and Security Lake configuration and data aggregation. Applicable when questions involve security posture, Exposure findings, CSPM failed controls, threat findings, vulnerability findings, sensitive data findings, automation rules, or cross-service security configuration across AWS environments. Procedures use standard AWS CLI syntax and work with or without the AWS MCP server.
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-security
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-security ~/.claude/skills/aws-security
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Source
- Repository
- aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- plugins/aws-core/skills/aws-security/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Collection
- aws-core
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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