[ aws . agent-toolkit ]

add-skill

Description

Download and install an AWS skill to detected AI coding agents. By default the latest version is installed globally to all detected agents. Use --agent to target a specific tool, or --skill-version to pin a specific version.

Synopsis

  add-skill
--skill-name <value>
[--skill-version <value>]
[--agent <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
[--cli-error-format <value>]

Options

--skill-name (string) [required] The name of the skill.

--skill-version (string) Skill version to retrieve (such as v1). Defaults to latest.

--agent (string) The agentic tool to target. If not set, the operation applies to all detected tools. Valid values: claude-code, cline, codex, cursor, devin, gemini-cli, kiro, openclaw, opencode, pi, windsurf, universal.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

• json
• text
• table
• yaml
• yaml-stream
• off

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

• on
• off
• auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

• base64
• raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--cli-error-format (string)

The formatting style for error output. By default, errors are displayed in enhanced format.

• legacy
• json
• yaml
• text
• table
• enhanced

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

Example 1: To install a skill

The following add-skill example downloads and installs the aws-serverless skill to all detected AI coding agents.

aws agent-toolkit add-skill \
    --skill-name aws-serverless

Output:

Installed aws-serverless (v1) to Kiro.

For more information, see Getting started in the AWS Agent Toolkit User Guide.

Example 2: To install a skill to a specific agent

The following add-skill example installs the aws-cdk skill only to Kiro.

aws agent-toolkit add-skill \
    --skill-name aws-cdk \
    --agent kiro

Output:

Installed aws-cdk (v1) to Kiro.

For more information, see Getting started in the AWS Agent Toolkit User Guide.

Example 3: To install a specific version of a skill

The following add-skill example installs version v1 of the aws-serverless skill.

aws agent-toolkit add-skill \
    --skill-name aws-serverless \
    --skill-version v1

Output:

Installed aws-serverless (v1) to Kiro.

For more information, see Getting started in the AWS Agent Toolkit User Guide.