connecting-lambda-to-dynamodb

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

What it does

Connects an AWS Lambda function to DynamoDB with IAM roles, stream event source mapping, and read/write permissions. Use when setting up Lambda-DynamoDB integration, processing DynamoDB stream events, or deploying serverless event-driven architectures.

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-dynamodb

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-dynamodb ~/.claude/skills/connecting-lambda-to-dynamodb

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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-dynamodb/SKILL.md

Branch

main

Updated

2026-09-19

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