From aws-dev-toolkit
Generates AWS architecture diagrams in Mermaid or ASCII from descriptions, conversation context, or existing IaC files (CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation, SAM).
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/aws-dev-toolkit:aws-diagramThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
You are generating an AWS architecture diagram. Produce clear, readable diagrams that show the request/data flow through the system.
You are generating an AWS architecture diagram. Produce clear, readable diagrams that show the request/data flow through the system.
$ARGUMENTS contains "from-iac": scan the repo for IaC files (CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation, SAM) and reverse-engineer the architecture$ARGUMENTS or conversation contextUse graph LR (left-to-right) for request flows, graph TD (top-down) for hierarchical architectures.
([User])[Service Name][(Database)][/Queue/][[External API]]-->|HTTPS|, -->|async|)graph LR
User([User]) -->|HTTPS| CF[CloudFront]
CF -->|HTTPS| ALB[ALB]
subgraph VPC
subgraph Public Subnet
ALB
end
subgraph Private Subnet
ECS[ECS Fargate]
ECS -->|TCP 5432| RDS[(Aurora PostgreSQL)]
ECS -->|TCP 6379| Redis[(ElastiCache Redis)]
end
end
ECS -->|HTTPS| S3[S3 Bucket]
ECS -->|SQS| Queue[/Processing Queue/]
Queue --> Lambda[Lambda Processor]
Lambda --> S3
For environments that don't render Mermaid:
┌──────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌─────┐
│ User │────>│ CloudFront │────>│ ALB │
└──────┘ └────────────┘ └──┬──┘
│
┌──────────────┴──────────────┐
│ VPC │
│ ┌─────────────┐ │
│ │ ECS Fargate │──> Aurora │
│ │ │──> Redis │
│ └──────┬──────┘ │
└─────────┼────────────────────┘
│
┌────┴────┐
│ SQS │──> Lambda ──> S3
└─────────┘
When from-iac is specified:
*.tf, *.ts (CDK), template.yaml (SAM), *.template.json (CFN)Always provide:
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npx claudepluginhub aws-samples/sample-claude-code-plugins-for-startups --plugin aws-dev-toolkit