setup-security-agent
An agent skill by aws, from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. Tags: automation, cloud, mcp, security, setup.
What it does
Configure AWS Security Agent for the current workspace — provision or reuse an agent space, IAM service role, and S3 bucket. Use when the user asks to "set up security agent", "configure security scanner", "is security agent configured", or on first-time use before any scan or pentest.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill setup-security-agentOr 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-agents-for-devsecops/skills/setup-security-agent ~/.claude/skills/setup-security-agentSafety box score
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Source
- Repository
- aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- plugins/aws-agents-for-devsecops/skills/setup-security-agent/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Collection
- aws-agents-for-devsecops
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
Related skills
- setup — Set up the AWS DevOps Agent and AWS Security Agent connections. Use when the user says "set up", "configure", "connect", or when MCP tools are missing.
- agents-connect — Use when connecting your agent to external APIs, tools, or services via Gateway, or restricting tool access with Cedar policies.
- setting-up-ec2-instance-profiles — Configures EC2 instances to securely call AWS services by creating and attaching IAM roles via instance profiles, eliminating hardcoded credentials.
- cloud-architect — Designs cloud architectures, creates migration plans, generates cost optimization recommendations, and produces disaster recovery strategies across AWS, Azure.
- coordinating-multi-space-devops-agent — Coordinate the AWS DevOps Agent across multiple AgentSpaces from one Claude Code session — route questions to the right space (prod vs staging vs knowledge).
- pentesting-with-aws-security-agent — Run an AWS Security Agent penetration test against a live web application — registers and verifies the target domain.