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AWS Solution Architect

Designs startup-friendly AWS architectures and generates CloudFormation/CDK/Terraform templates plus cost-optimization plans.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 24,151⑂ 3,405AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

  • Captures requirements: app type, expected users and RPS, monthly budget, team size and AWS maturity, compliance needs (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2), SLA/RPO targets.
  • Recommends a pattern: Serverless Web (S3 + CloudFront + API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB), Event-Driven Microservices, Three-Tier (ALB + ECS Fargate + Aurora), GraphQL (AppSync) — each with cost estimate and trade-offs.
  • Generates IaC: CloudFormation/SAM YAML, CDK TypeScript, and Terraform HCL, including least-privilege IAM, Cognito, and CloudWatch logging.
  • Reviews cost: idle resource cleanup, right-sizing, Savings Plans, S3 lifecycle tiering, NAT Gateway alternatives, prioritized high/medium/low.
  • Deploys and recovers: concrete commands for stack deployment plus a failure playbook (inspect events → fix → delete stack → redeploy).

Who it's for

  • Startup engineers who own AWS infrastructure end to end
  • Founding teams launching an MVP on a tight budget
  • Tech leads who need evidence-backed cost reduction plans
  • Backend developers who want a fast CloudFormation/CDK first draft

Examples

  1. "Design a serverless MVP backend for a mobile app with 1,000 users" → Lambda + API Gateway + DynamoDB + Cognito stack with a $20–50/month estimate.
  2. "Cut my $3,000/month AWS bill by 30%; here's my resource inventory" → RDS right-sizing, a 1-year Compute Savings Plan, Glacier lifecycle moves, with projected savings per action.
  3. "Generate CloudFormation for a three-tier web app with auto-scaling" → VPC with public/private subnets, HTTPS ALB, ECS Fargate auto-scaling, Aurora read replicas, security groups and IAM roles.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the .gemini/skills/aws-solution-architect folder from the GitHub repo alirezarezvani/claude-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/aws-solution-architect/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git /tmp/claude-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/.gemini/skills/aws-solution-architect ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r claude-skills/.gemini/skills/aws-solution-architect ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify with ls ~/.claude/skills/aws-solution-architect that SKILL.md, scripts/, and references/ are present (check other repo paths if the scripts are missing).
  6. Make sure Python 3 and the AWS CLI are installed, then run aws configure to set credentials.
  7. Restart Claude Code and try a prompt such as "Design a serverless MVP architecture for my app".
  8. Always review generated templates and test in a sandbox AWS account before deploying to production.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT