Agent setup guide
AI coding agents can accelerate serverless development by providing intelligent assistance for application scaffolding, deployment configuration, debugging, and infrastructure-as-code generation. By configuring your agent with the right combination of plugins and skills, you equip it with expertise required to build and manage serverless applications.
Work with your coding agent
For a quick-start reference, you can drop this link directly into your agent's
context: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/samples/aws-sfn-agent-setup.md
Choose the installation method that matches your development environment.
Prerequisites
Ensure the following prerequisites are in place for installing the aws-core plugin:
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uv
installed on your system. -
(Optional) An AWS account with IAM credentials set up on your local machine. Credentials are required for tools that execute AWS API calls and run scripts, but not for searching documentation or discovering skills. If you do not have credentials configured, see Setting up the AWS MCP Server for detailed instructions.
Claude Code
Install the aws-core plugin, part of the Agent Toolkit for AWS, that bundles the AWS MCP Server configuration and a curated set of agent skills (including the AWS serverless skill).
Install aws-core plugin from Agent Toolkit for AWS
Run the following command to install the plugin:
/plugin marketplace add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws /plugin install aws-core@agent-toolkit-for-aws
This installs agent skills including the AWS serverless skill, agent hooks, and the AWS MCP Server configuration in one step.
Codex
Install AWS serverless skill
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-serverless --yes --global
Cursor
Install AWS serverless skill
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-serverless --yes --global
Kiro
Install AWS serverless skill in Kiro CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-serverless --yes --global
Install Kiro powers (from Kiro IDE)
Install the following Kiro powers that provide specialized contexts and tools to the Kiro agents on-demand:
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Serverless Application Model (SAM) — install via Kiro powers link
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GitHub Copilot
Install AWS serverless skill
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-serverless --yes --global
Windsurf
Install AWS serverless skill
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-serverless --yes --global
OpenCode
Install AWS serverless skill
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-serverless --yes --global
For all other agents compatible with agent skills
For any other agent that supports the open-source agent skills
Install AWS serverless skill
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill aws-serverless --yes --global
