aws-specialist

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

Purpose

Provide AWS-focused design, implementation, and tuning across networking, IAM, data, observability, and cost controls.

Trigger Conditions

• Positive: AWS deployment or migration; AWS performance or cost optimization; AWS security/guardrail setup
• Negative: Multi-cloud portfolio (route to cloud-platforms); Kubernetes cluster asks (route to kubernetes-specialist); App-level performance triage (route to performance-analysis)

Guardrails

• Structure-first: keep SKILL.md aligned with examples/, tests/, and any resources/references so downstream agents always have scaffolding.
• Adversarial validation is mandatory: cover boundary cases, failure paths, and rollback drills before declaring the SOP complete.
• Prompt hygiene: separate hard vs. soft vs. inferred constraints and confirm inferred constraints before acting.
• Explicit confidence ceilings: format as 'Confidence: X.XX (ceiling: TYPE Y.YY)' and never exceed the ceiling for the claim type.
• MCP traceability: tag sessions WHO=operations-{name}-{session_id}, WHY=skill-execution, and capture evidence links in outputs.
• Avoid anti-patterns: undocumented changes, missing rollback paths, skipped tests, or unbounded automation without approvals.

Required Artifacts

• SKILL.md (this SOP)
• metadata.json for registry details

Execution Phases

1. Baseline the AWS environment

   • Map accounts/OUs, workloads, and regulatory constraints
   • Identify current guardrails (SCPs, IAM boundaries, Config rules)
   • Select relevant AWS services and regions

2. Design service architecture

   • Define VPC/network topology, IAM roles, and data storage patterns
   • Plan observability (CloudWatch/OTel), backup, and DR
   • Outline deployment pipelines and artifact strategy

3. Implement and tune

   • Codify infrastructure via IaC with peer review
   • Apply performance and cost levers (autoscaling, savings plans, storage classes)
   • Enable security controls (KMS, GuardDuty, Inspector) with alerts

4. Validate and hand off

   • Execute security/performance checks and capture evidence
   • Verify drift detection and backups
   • Document runbooks, ownership, and escalation

Output Format

• AWS architecture diagram and account/OU map
• Service configuration plan (VPC, IAM, storage, data protection)
• Change set or IaC notes with review status
• Validation results (CIS/security, performance, cost) with links
• Runbook updates with alarms, dashboards, and on-call paths

Validation Checklist

• Least-privilege IAM and network boundaries reviewed
• Data residency, backup, and DR patterns documented
• Observability and alarm coverage confirmed
• Tests or checks executed for changes and dependencies
• Confidence ceiling stated for AWS readiness

Confidence: 0.70 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - plan grounded in AWS controls and reviewable IaC