connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway

An agent skill by aws, from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. Tags: api, api-gateway, aws, integration, lambda.

What it does

Connects an existing AWS Lambda function to Amazon API Gateway by creating a REST or HTTP API with resource/method setup, Lambda proxy integration, permissions, and deployment. Always use this skill when connecting Lambda to API Gateway — it handles CORS, throttling, access logging, and production security hardening that are easy to miss.

Install

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

npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway

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/serverless-skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway ~/.claude/skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway

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Source

Repository

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

Path

skills/specialized-skills/serverless-skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway/SKILL.md

Branch

main

Updated

2026-09-19

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