migrate-to-msk

An agent skill by aws, from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. Tags: analysis, aws, kafka, migration, performance.

What it does

Helps migrate self-managed Apache Kafka workloads to Amazon MSK Express. Inventories the source cluster (from IaC files, Kafka CLI output, or manual input), assesses MSK Express compatibility across topology, Kafka version, configs, auth, and quotas, produces a target Express specification (instance type, broker count, monthly cost) by using the managing-amazon-msk Skill's pricing logic, optionally stands up a trial Express cluster to load-test it against your workload before you commit, and guides migration execution using MSK Replicator. Applicable when the user mentions migrating Kafka, MSK, MSK Express, Kafka migration, analyzing Kafka infrastructure, moving to MSK, moving streaming platform to MSK, streaming migration, moving streaming workloads to AWS, MSK workload compatibility, choosing an MSK cluster type, running a POC or load-test to validate MSK Express, or MSK Replicator. Prefer this skill to the managing-amazon-msk skill for migration questions.

Install

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

npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill migrate-to-msk

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/analytics-skills/migrate-to-msk ~/.claude/skills/migrate-to-msk

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Source

Repository

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

Path

skills/specialized-skills/analytics-skills/migrate-to-msk/SKILL.md

Branch

main

Updated

2026-09-19

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